Pediatric Disaster Care Centers of Excellence Program Cooperative Agreement
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- EP-U3R-26-001
- Agency
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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications due
- Award size
- Not on record
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Health
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Points of contact
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- Joe Lamana joe.lamana@hhs.gov (202) 230-9169
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) is soliciting applications for cooperative agreements to fund four Pediatric Disaster Care Centers of Excellence, with an application deadline of August 31, 2026. ASPR will award $24 million total ($6 million per recipient over five years, distributed as $1.2 million per 12-month budget period) to establish regional pediatric disaster care hubs. Eligible applicants are limited to one or more public or private hospitals and/or corporate health systems. No cost-sharing requirement applies.
Recipients must develop five core capabilities: coordinated pediatric disaster care capability; strengthened disaster preparedness plans and healthcare system coordination; enhanced statewide and regional medical surge capacity; standardized training programs to increase and maintain healthcare professional competency; and enhanced situational awareness with regional readiness assessments through metrics and exercises. Priority focus areas include pediatric management of trauma, burn care, infectious diseases, pandemic influenza, chemical/biological/radiological/nuclear incidents, and behavioral health impacts. Applicants must secure letters of support from state departments of health, emergency management offices, emergency medical services offices, and children's hospitals across their defined region.
Applications are evaluated on approach (5 points), organizational capability (36 points), work plan (52 points), budget (2 points), and project relevance and evaluation (5 points), with up to 5 additional funding priority points available. The performance period runs October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2031. Assistance Listing 93.889 (National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program) applies; statutory authority derives from Section 1204 of the Public Health Service Act. Expected award date is September 30, 2026.
Synopsis
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Update #2 · Latest ·
The NOFO document and synopsis have been updated to reflect a change in the period of performance from one year to five years, as well as an increase in the estimated total program funding from $4.8 million to $24 million over the full performance period. The salary rate limitation under the funding restrictions has also been updated from $225,700 to $228,000. -
The purpose of this NOFO is to fund four PEDs COEs to:
- Develop a coordinated pediatric disaster care capability for pediatric patient care in disasters.
- Strengthen pediatric disaster preparedness plans and health care system coordination related to pediatric medical surge in disasters.
- Enhance statewide and regional medical surge capacity for pediatric patients.
- Increase and maintain health care professional competency through the development and delivery of a standardized training program.
- Enhance situational awareness of pediatric disaster care capabilities and capacity and assess regional pediatric readiness.
Specific focus will be given to the management of pediatric care related to trauma, infectious diseases including
Update #1 ·
The purpose of this NOFO is to fund four PEDs COEs to:
- Develop a coordinated pediatric disaster care capability for pediatric patient care in disasters.
- Strengthen pediatric disaster preparedness plans and health care system coordination related to pediatric medical surge in disasters.
- Enhance statewide and regional medical surge capacity for pediatric patients.
- Increase and maintain health care professional competency through the development and delivery of a standardized training program.
- Enhance situational awareness of pediatric disaster care capabilities and capacity and assess regional pediatric readiness.
Specific focus will be given to the management of pediatric care related to trauma, infectious diseases including
Files
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