Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant funded solely with Prevention and Public Health Funds (PPHF)

To provide States with the resources to improve the health status of the population of each grantee by: (A) conducting activities leading to the accomplishment of the most current Healthy People objectives for the nation; (B) rapidly responding to emerging health threats; (C) providing emergency medical services, excluding most equipment purchases; (D) providing services for sex offense victims including prevention activities; and (E) coordinating related administration, education, monitoring and evaluation activities.

All fifty States, the District of Columbia, eight US Pacific Territorial governments, and two Native American tribes - the Kickapoo in Kansas and the Santee Sioux in Nebraska are eligible for Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grants.

Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant grantees utilize this assistance to address the public health priorities in their state, aligning their Programs to the latest Healthy People objectives. As a critical public health resource, the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant supports activities that benefits states by (1)Addressing basic health concerns such as tooth decay among children, food sanitation, and injuries to older adults from falling, (2) Allowing states to respond rapidly to emerging health threats they experience, (3) Funding critical prevention efforts to address health concerns such as skin cancer, child safety, and untreated dental decay that lack specific state funding, (4) Protecting investments in and enhancing the effectiveness of funded programs that address specific health problems and (5) Leveraging other resources to increase the benefit of preventive health measures.

Applications shall contain certification by the CEO of the State that the State has complied with provisions of and will meet the requirements of PHS Act, Title XIX, Section 1905, and Title XVII, Chapter 2 of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981.

Except as described below, Block Grant funds may be used for preventive health service programs for: (A) Activities to achieve improvements in the health status of populations through achievement of the most current Healthy People health objectives for the nation; (B) preventive health service programs for the control of rodents and for community and school-based fluoridation programs; (C) feasibility studies and planning for emergency medical services systems and the establishment, expansion, and improvement of such systems; D) providing services to victims of sex offenses and prevention of sex offenses; (E) the establishment, operation, and coordination of effective and cost-efficient systems to reduce the prevalence of asthma and asthma related illnesses, especially among children; (F) related planning, administration, and educational activities; and (G) monitoring and evaluation of proposed activities in the application.

Each allotment is available for obligations over a 24-month period and must be utilized within that timeframe

Applications are reviewed for completeness and for compliance with legislative requirements. Award is made to the applicant by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

CDC accepts applications starting October 1st to July 1st of each federal fiscal year.