VA State Board Of Health

VA State Board Of Health Office Of Emergency Preparedness Division, doing business as Emergency Preparedness & Response Programs, is a U.S. state government entity headquartered in Richmond, Virginia that acts as a prime recipient for federal grants across public health, nutrition assistance, water infrastructure, boating safety, and emergency preparedness programs. The organization operates as a grant recipient (96% of recent awards) rather than a federal contractor and does not hold federal contract vehicles; it receives recurring formula grants and project grants from civilian federal agencies—chiefly the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, the Department of Health and Human Services (CDC, HHS Regions, HRSA, NIH/NIDA), and the Environmental Protection Agency.

The Office of Emergency Preparedness administers a sprawling grant portfolio spanning nutrition programs (WIC, National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program), drinking water infrastructure (State Revolving Funds, lead remediation, emerging contaminants), public health emergency preparedness (hospital preparedness, Medical Reserve Corps, public health surveillance), disease prevention and treatment (HIV care, opioid response, immunization, radon risk reduction), boating safety and marina infrastructure (transient vessel docking, fuel systems, bathhouse construction under the Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act), and child nutrition technology innovation. The organization received $5.3 million in a WIC EBT and Management Information System technology grant from USDA Food and Nutrition Service (CFDA 10.578) awarded April 23, 2026, $1.3 million in HIV Care Formula Grants from HHS/HRSA (CFDA 93.917) for AIDS Drug Assistance Program shortfall relief awarded April 1, 2026, and a $1.0 million EPA Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 66.489) for emergency response to water systems affected by Hurricane Helene awarded April 1, 2026. Additional recent high-value work includes $11.4 million in Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part B supplemental funding from HHS/HRSA (awarded September 30, 2025), and multiple EPA State Revolving Fund capitalization grants totaling more than $100 million across fiscal 2025 to support low-interest drinking water infrastructure financing for emerging contaminants (PFAS), lead service line replacement, and hurricane recovery.

Customer concentration is diffuse across federal agencies. The top five funding sources by award count—USDA Food and Nutrition Service (102, 55, and 54 awards across WIC, CACFP, and CNP components), HHS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (60 awards), and HHS CDC (48 awards)—account for 53% of awards, while the same set accounts for 45% of combined potential value, indicating substantial dollar concentration in nutrition and health programs managed by USDA and HHS. The organization has served 35 distinct federal agencies over its award history; recent activity shows growth from 22 awards in 2022 to 47 in 2025, with 30 awards (combined potential value $1.3 million) reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, creating recompete opportunity for sub-awarded vendors and state-level service partners.

The Office of Emergency Preparedness distributes substantial sub-award funding to local health departments, community-based organizations, Planning District Commissions, and service providers across Virginia's five public health regions and 119 local health departments. Recent sub-recipients include the University of Virginia (data management for lead testing portal), Virginia Tech and Mountain Empire Community College (water operator certification training under EPA DWSRF set-asides), the Southeast Regional Community Action Partnership (private well repair and public water connection work), and multiple Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Services sub-awards supporting peer recovery services, naloxone distribution, community health resource sites, and opioid prevention programs across health districts in Lenowisco, Mount Rogers, Central Virginia, and New River Valley regions. The organization also partners with the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association on hospital preparedness programming and has collaborative relationships with the CDC, EPA Region 3, and state environmental and behavioral health agencies for integrated emergency response and disease prevention delivery.