Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response
Active
- Assistance listing
- 93.070
- Agency
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Department of Health and Human Services
- Grant awards
- 496 $820,969,162 in federal obligations
Program facts
- Assistance types
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- Cooperative Agreement
- Project Grant
- Treasury account
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- 75-0943-0-1-550
- More information
Program details come from SAM.gov Assistance Listings. Updated . Grant award figures come from USAspending.gov.
About this program
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is funding surveillance and response activities that integrate public health and epidemiologic principles to identify and reduce the impact of environmental threats on populations, under CFDA 93.070, with the most recent grant award dated September 4, 2025.
The program funds concrete environmental health activities: environmental health surveillance and investigations linking human health to environmental threats; laboratory science to prevent disease from environmental chemical exposures; biomonitoring to assess individual exposure to environmental chemicals through blood and urine specimens; asthma control through evidence-based interventions in high-burden communities; environmental public health tracking networks integrating health and environmental data at state and local levels; food safety research in retail establishments; and emergency preparedness and response to natural disasters and terrorist threats. The program also supports emerging environmental health topics including climate change adaptation and the built environment.
Funding is overwhelmingly concentrated among CDC divisions. CDC's National Center for Environmental Health and its divisions (broken into four separate funder entries in the portfolio) account for 490 of 496 total awards and 704.9 million of 821 million federal dollars obligated. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry contributes 5 awards worth 66 million federal dollars. Awards are predominantly Cooperative Agreements (495 awards; 100 percent). Recent awards have been sparse and irregular: the portfolio shows 1 award in 2025, 3 in 2024, 1 in 2023, 14 in 2022, and 3 in 2020. The most recent award, $1.97 million to the City of Milwaukee Health Department on September 4, 2025, supported public health crisis response. Other recent awards funded state epidemiology and laboratory capacity for emerging infectious disease ($3.6 to 4.1 million, Georgia, Houston, Colorado, August 2024); PFAS exposure health studies ($9.6 to 17.4 million per award, ranging to September 2026); and environmental public health tracking modernization across multiple states ($4.2 to 8.6 million, August 2022, funded through July 2027).
An open opportunity, CDC-RFA-EH-27-0074 (State Biomonitoring Cooperative Agreement), posted September 22, 2026, funds state and local biomonitoring for metals, pesticides, PFAS, or emerging chemicals over 3-year periods; applicant types include state and county governments, tribal entities, and nonprofit organizations. Awards under the program carry 12-month budget periods within up to 5-year project periods; continuation is subject to fund availability, satisfactory progress, and federal interest determination. Applicants should check Grants.gov for current NOFO details and timelines.
Objective and description
- Objective
To bring public health and epidemiologic principles together to identify, clarify, and reduce the impact of complex environmental threats, including terrorist threats and natural disasters, on populations, domestic and foreign. These programs and ac
- Description
To bring public health and epidemiologic principles together to identify, clarify, and reduce the impact of complex environmental threats, including terrorist threats and natural disasters, on populations, domestic and foreign. These programs and activities focus on safeguarding the health of people from environmental threats; providing leadership in the use of environmental health sciences-including environmental epidemiology, environmental sanitation, and laboratory sciences-to protect public health; and responding to issues and sharing solutions to environmental health problems worldwide. To accomplish the above, the CDC: (1) conducts surveillance and investigations that increase the knowledge about the relation between human health and environmental threats; (2) uses this knowledge to develop national public health programs and policies to prevent or control public health problems; (3) plans, prepares, and responds to emergencies, including terrorist threats, technologic accidents, and natural disasters; (4) provides direct service delivery to partners engaged in environmental health services such as food, safety, rodent control, water quality, and sanitation; (5) develops and applies laboratory science to prevent disease and death caused by exposure to environmental chemicals and to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of selected chronic diseases; (6) conducts Biomonitoring to assess individual human exposure to environmental chemicals by measuring them in human specimens (e.g. blood and urine); and, (7) conducts activities on emerging environmental threats such as climate change and the built environment.
Eligibility
- Uses of assistance
Restrictions are indicated in the NOFO posted on Grants.gov
- Length and time phasing of assistance
Financial assistance is provided for a 12-month budget period with a period of performance of up to five years subject to the availability of funds and satisfactory progress of the recipient.
How to apply
- Preapplication coordination
Any required coordination will be identified in the specific Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for this Assistance Listing.
- Criteria for selecting proposals
Applications will be evaluated on the review criteria described in the Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcements (NOFOs). In general, the review and selection process of complete and responsive applications to the NOFO consists of determination of the scientific and technical merit by objective or peer review, availability of funds, and relevance of program priorities and the priorities of CDC.
- Award procedure
After review and approval, a Notice of Award (NoA) will be prepared and processed, along with appropriate notification to the public. Initial awards provide funds for the first budget period (usually 12 months) and the NoA will indicate support recommended for the remainder of the project period, allocation of Federal funds by budget categories, award requirements, and special conditions, if any.
- Deadlines
Check Grants.gov for any relevant NOFO information regarding processes for applying for assistance.
- Renewals
Project periods are for 1 to 5 years with 12-month renewals. Throughout the project period, CDC's commitment to continuation of awards will be conditioned on the availability of funds, evidence of satisfactory progress by the recipient (as documented in required reports), and the determination that continued funding is in the best interest of the Federal Government.
Grant opportunities
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Grant awards
Latest 10 of 496 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Top recipients by federal obligations
| Rank | Recipient | Federal obligations | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Department Of Health | $31,455,075 | 4% |
| 2 | State Of Wisconsin Department Of Health Services | $31,286,563 | 4% |
| 3 | Massachusetts Department Of Public Health | $29,273,674 | 4% |
| 4 | Oregon Health Authority-Public Health | $28,835,961 | 4% |
| 5 | Washington State Department Of Health | $27,617,099 | 3% |
| 6 | State Of New Mexico | $26,077,028 | 3% |
| 7 | Florida Department Of Health | $23,951,935 | 3% |
| 8 | New Jersey Department Of Health | $22,928,288 | 3% |
| 9 | Michigan Department Of Health And Human Services | $22,421,157 | 3% |
| 10 | New Hampshire Department Of Health & Human Services | $22,361,732 | 3% |
10 of 145 recipients listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Federal obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Federal obligations |
|---|---|
| FY2026 | $9,634,058 |
| FY2025 | $16,442,532 |
| FY2024 | $69,690,364 |
| FY2023 | $85,581,150 |
| FY2022 | $151,102,004 |
| FY2021 | $63,209,225 |
| FY2020 | $125,016,651 |
| FY2019 | $108,552,027 |
| FY2018 | $50,477,197 |
| FY2017 | $50,003,558 |
| FY2016 | $49,963,886 |
| FY2015 | $53,543,384 |
| FY2014 | $52,166,516 |
| FY2013 | $28,718,993 |
| FY2012 | $29,405,657 |
| FY2011 | $48,779,291 |
| FY2010 | $30,345,839 |
| FY2009 | $25,561,456 |
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Quick answers
What is Assistance Listing 93.070?
Assistance Listing 93.070 is Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response, a federal grant program run by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Department of Health and Human Services).
What is the CFDA number for Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response?
Its CFDA number is 93.070: Assistance Listing numbers were called CFDA numbers before 2018.
How much funding has Assistance Listing 93.070 awarded?
496 grant awards under 93.070 have obligated $820,969,162 in federal funds to 145 recipients.
Who receives the most funding from 93.070?
The recipients obligated the most under Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response are Minnesota Department Of Health ($31,455,075), State Of Wisconsin Department Of Health Services ($31,286,563) and Massachusetts Department Of Public Health ($29,273,674).
How much did 93.070 obligate in fiscal year 2025?
Grants under 93.070 obligated $16,442,532 in federal funds in fiscal year 2025.
Are there open grant opportunities under 93.070?
2 listed opportunities under 93.070 are open or forecasted. The latest, State Biomonitoring Cooperative Agreement, was posted on September 22, 2026.
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