News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 17, 2004 |
Contact: CDC Press Office (404) 639-3286 |
HHS Awards $849 Million to Improve Public Health Preparedness
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced an additional $849
million in awards to states, territories, and four major
metropolitan areas to strengthen the ability of government and
public health agencies to respond to bioterror attacks, infectious
diseases and natural disasters.
“This funding is a critical component to our national
security,” Secretary Thompson said. “Our state
and local public health system is the first line of defense when it
comes to detection, reporting and containing a terrorist attack, an
infectious disease outbreak or any other public health
emergency.”
This funding is in addition to $498 million released earlier this
month by HHS’ Health Resources Services Agency to strengthen
hospitals and improve overall response capability. All
totaled since Sept. 11, 2001, HHS has invested
more than $3.7 billion in strengthening the nation’s public
health infrastructure.
“We’re better prepared to respond to public health
emergencies than ever before,” said Dr. Julie Gerberding,
director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“We have more work to do, but these funds will go a long way
to further ensure states and local governments are prepared to
respond to public health emergencies.”
HHS’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will
distribute the federal funds to enhance the capabilities of public
health departments in the states, territories and metro areas (New
York City, Chicago, Los Angeles County and Washington, D.C.).
The money will be used to improve the readiness of the public
health sector and other major health care providers to respond to
bioterrorism and other public health emergencies.
Recipients will be able to use the funds in a number of ways to
improve public health and emergency response. These include
improving communication and coordination between hospitals and
local and state health departments, and their laboratories, while
bolstering epidemiology and disease surveillance in state and local
areas by increasing the number of people trained in emergency
response.
FY 2004 awards from the Public Health Preparedness and Response
Cooperative Agreement are listed below:
State
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Total Allocation
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Alabama
|
$12,910,651
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Alaska
|
5,205,459
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American Samoa
|
444,499
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Arizona
|
16,470,314
|
Arkansas
|
9,339,265
|
California
|
59,319,441
|
Chicago
|
12,563,491
|
Colorado
|
13,654,314
|
Connecticut
|
10,828,647
|
Delaware
|
5,518,506
|
District of Columbia
|
11,985,069
|
Florida
|
37,583,527
|
Georgia
|
21,575,121
|
Guam
|
515,976
|
Hawaii
|
6,384,925
|
Idaho
|
6,588,258
|
Illinois
|
23,718,971
|
Indiana
|
16,262,765
|
Iowa
|
9,816,873
|
Kansas
|
9,354,215
|
Kentucky
|
12,105,282
|
Los Angeles
|
27,069,695
|
Louisiana
|
12,913,581
|
Maine
|
6,600,682
|
Marshall Islands
|
434,158
|
Maryland
|
14,756,853
|
Massachusetts
|
17,640,158
|
Michigan
|
26,896,854
|
Micronesia
|
497,837
|
Minnesota
|
14,701,780
|
Mississippi
|
9,671,470
|
Missouri
|
15,952,563
|
Montana
|
5,775,627
|
N. Marianas Islands
|
450,446
|
Nebraska
|
7,377,335
|
Nevada
|
8,927,588
|
New Hampshire
|
6,465,014
|
New Jersey
|
21,047,364
|
New Mexico
|
8,803,295
|
New York City
|
25,874,757
|
New York
|
28,493,781
|
North Carolina
|
20,433,395
|
North Dakota
|
5,223,458
|
Ohio
|
27,626,951
|
Oklahoma
|
10,899,049
|
Oregon
|
10,906,827
|
Palau
|
406,583
|
Pennsylvania
|
30,735,407
|
Puerto Rico
|
11,641,389
|
Rhode Island
|
6,048,030
|
South Carolina
|
12,091,813
|
South Dakota
|
5,441,461
|
Tennessee
|
15,488,192
|
Texas
|
51,803,533
|
Utah
|
8,501,910
|
Vermont
|
5,198,685
|
Virgin Islands
|
488,051
|
Virginia
|
19,924,893
|
Washington
|
16,978,969
|
West Virginia
|
7,540,254
|
Wisconsin
|
14,811,846
|
Wyoming
|
4,908,897
|
Grand Total
|
$849,596,000
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Last Revised: June 17, 2004
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