County Of LOS Angeles

County of Los Angeles, doing business as Department of Public Health, operates as a U.S. local government entity and prime recipient of federal health and public health grants, serving a jurisdiction of 9.8 million residents across 88 incorporated cities and 136 unincorporated areas. The Department is the largest county health department in the nation, with over 5,000 employees, an annual budget exceeding $1.5 billion, and national accreditation from the Public Health Accreditation Board (re-accredited in 2023). DPH competes for federal grants on a full-and-open basis — not under SBA set-asides — and receives funding from thirty-six distinct federal agencies, predominantly the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Bureau of Justice Assistance.

DPH's federal work centers on disease surveillance, prevention, and emergency response across communicable and chronic disease domains. Recent prime-recipient cooperative agreements and project grants include a $16.909 million CDC award under the High-Impact HIV Prevention and Surveillance Programs for Health Departments program (CFDA PS24-0047) for integrated STD and HIV screening, PrEP/PEP provision, and cluster detection; a $19.293 million CDC Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity Cooperative Agreement (2024–2029) spanning cross-cutting epidemiology, health information systems, antimicrobial resistance, vaccine-preventable diseases, and vector-borne disease surveillance; a $1.748 million CDC Cooperative Agreement under HIV Prevention and Surveillance Activities-Health Department Based (CFDA 93.940) for HIV prevention and surveillance running through 2030; a $2 million Department of Justice Project Grant under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) to enhance trauma prevention and mental health services for youth and young adult survivors of violence; and a $770 thousand EPA Project Grant for fish contamination outreach and pier signage management at the Palos Verdes Shelf Superfund site. DPH also holds CDC Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) and Public Health Crisis Response cooperative agreements totaling approximately $20 million, supporting workforce expansion, community public health teams, and emergency response capacity across the county. Recent prime contracts include a $100 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order from FEMA for technical and management support in public health laboratories hosting BioWatch laboratory operations (awarded September 27, 2026) and a $90 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order from DHS Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction for public health laboratory support for BioWatch biodetection activities.

DPH's customer concentration heavily favors CDC — the agency accounts for a significant share of the top customer awards by count — reflecting DPH's core role in communicable disease surveillance, prevention, and outbreak response. The Department also receives substantial federal health and human services funding through pass-through sub-recipient awards from the California Department of Health Care Services, California Department of Public Health, and other state intermediaries, including mental health block grants (MHBG), substance abuse block grants (SABG), vaccine-preventable disease (VPD) prevention funding, Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program support (CFDA 93.917), and Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) allocation. Award activity has averaged 9.2 awards per year over the past five years, with fifteen awards totaling approximately $100 thousand reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months.

DPH subcontracts under prime recipients including the California Department of Health Care Services, California Department of Public Health, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, the City of Los Angeles, and the National Association of County and City Health Officials, performing surveillance, epidemiology, health systems strengthening, and community partnership work. The Department is a child entity within the County of Los Angeles corporate structure; the parent entity (County of Los Angeles, Chief Executive Office) serves as the administrative and governance body for the county government.