*This is an archive page. The links are no longer being updated. 1992.08.31 : Immunization Action Plans Contact: CDC Press Office (404) 639-3286 August 31, 1992 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- HHS Secretary Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., today announced the disbursement of approximately $45 million to assist 87 areas around the country in implementing local Immunization Action Plans (IAPs). "These local immunization plans represent the cutting edge in improving our nation's immunization system," Secretary Sullivan said. "This new funding through the Centers for Disease Control builds on our existing system of support for states and communities. "CDC will continue to help states purchase vaccines and to operate their statewide immunization programs. But with this new funding, we will also provide support to communities for improving their vaccine delivery infrastructure. This will help communities create new networks to provide access and improve the quality of immunization services, aiming particularly at children in their earliest years." Total CDC immunization funding in FY 1992 is $297 million, more than double the $141 million provided in FY 1989. Vaccine purchases are $143 million this year, compared with $92 million in 1989. The federal government purchases about 24 million doses of vaccine to be distributed without charge. The $45 million for Immunization Action Plans is new funding. It follows special projects in six cities during the past year showing that barriers to immunization, including clinic hours and staffing, could be reduced through development of community-wide immunization plans. "With our vaccine purchases, no child in America should go unvaccinated because of cost," Dr. Sullivan said. "But we have found that parents were confronting difficulties such as inconvenient clinic hours and requirements for appointments or doctors' referrals. We want to make it easy for parents to get their young children vaccinated. That's what Immunization Action Plans are all about." In two White House events (the first in June 1991 and the second in May 1992) President Bush directed HHS and the Centers for Disease Control to provide technical assistance to states, U.S. territories, and selected cities to develop Immunization Action Plans. The plans are the local underpinnings of a national strategy to increase access to immunization and address the multi-faceted problem of underimmunization of 2-year-old children. The national goal is to improve immunization levels in these children from approximately 50 percent to at least 90 percent by the year 2000. Assistant Secretary for Health James Mason, M.D., said, "CDC has stimulated local areas to devise their own comprehensive solutions using new and creative partnerships to stamp out vaccine- preventable diseases among these children once and for all. With each of these states and communities now clearly focused on the same national goal, the local immunization delivery systems being revitalized, and this initial funding, we have the foundation on which to build a safe haven in which far more of our youngest children will be protected from preventable diseases than ever before." The $45 million is being made available to fund supplemental requests to 63 existing immunization grants administered through the CDC and another 24 major urban centers within those grant areas selected on the basis of overall population size and the percent of their minority populations. The amounts of the individual awards were determined using a unique approach which gave consideration to both technical merit and need. Each applicant received a base award amount equivalent to $4 for each child less than 2 years of age living in the applicant's jurisdiction. Additionally, the 51 areas with technical merit scores at or above the average for all 87 scores received a bonus award calculated according to their technical merit score and the size of their under 2 population. For these 51 applicants, the total award consisted of the base award plus the bonus award up to a maximum of the amount requested. CDC Director William L. Roper, M.D., said, "These new funds are being awarded in this new manner to reinforce that 'it is not business as usual' in the immunization arena. If the comprehensive planning process we've just completed tells us anything, it tells us that entire communities are willing and even eager to solve the underimmunization problem in their own backyards. Many new partners in the private sector and other federal agencies in the public sector have aggressively stepped forward to accept the challenge and are contributing in important ways to ensure that we reach our goal. With the public will in place and real commitments from our many new partners, there may never be a better time to put into place a nation-wide system for delivering vaccines which ensure that every child receives all of his or her needed vaccines on time." The funds are to be used to ensure that vaccines are available and administered to children less than 2 years of age. They will assist states and localities in removing barriers to immunization, reducing missed opportunities to vaccinate, measuring immunization coverage, and raising awareness among the public, parents, and providers, and stimulating innovative approaches to improving immunization levels in vulnerable children. The revitalization of the immunization infrastructure within each community should allow local areas/states to attract other resources from the community and other agencies to support this initiative. # # # NOTE: A list of the IAP awards is attached. FY 1992 IMMUNIZATION ACTION PLANS AWARDS Total Area Applicant Award ALABAMA $398,064 Total for Alabama BIRMINGHAM $74,920 $472,984 ALASKA $160,333 AMERICAN SAMOA $21,496 ARIZONA $366,277 Total for Arizona PHOENIX $321,284 $687,561 ARKANSAS $434,102 CALIFORNIA $4,015,346 LOS ANGELES $2,266,189 SAN DIEGO $576,696 Total for California SAN JOSE $331,514 $7,189,745 COLORADO $655,096 CONNECTICUT $388,016 DELAWARE $128,121 DISTRICT OF $152,738 COLUMBIA FLORIDA $1,933,468 JACKSONVILLE $104,636 Total for Florida MIAMI $386,324 $2,424,428 GEORGIA $1,124,249 Total for Georgia ATLANTA $225,551 $1,349,800 GUAM $48,568 HAWAII $243,040 IDAHO $129,936 ILLINOIS $1,564,571 Total for Illinois CHICAGO $645,275 $2,209,846 INDIANA $932,244 Total for Indiana INDIANAPOLIS $107,568 $1,039,812 IOWA $500,418 KANSAS $306,560 KENTUCKY $410,988 LOUISIANA $779,148 Total for Louisiana NEW ORLEANS $104,475 $883,623 MAINE $233,161 MARSHALL ISLANDS $24,397 MARYLAND $526,348 Total for Maryland BALTIMORE $79,368 $605,716 MASSACHUSETTS $1,016,803 Total for Massachusetts BOSTON $126,777 $1,143,580 MICHIGAN $1,465,334 Total for Michigan DETROIT $151,852 $1,617,186 MICRONESIA $23,288 MINNESOTA $898,029 MISSISSIPPI $493,401 MISSOURI $958,298 MONTANA $147,633 NEBRASKA $300,066 NEVADA $251,801 NEW HAMPSHIRE $139,580 NEW JERSEY $817,716 Total for New Jersey NEWARK $95,340 $913,056 NEW MEXICO $337,524 NEW YORK STATE 1,963,195 Total for New York NEW YORK CITY 1,247,457 $3,210,652 NORTH CAROLINA $781,104 NORTH DAKOTA $76,696 N. MARIANA ISLANDS $13,960 OHIO $1,654,467 CLEVELAND $170,276 Total for Ohio COLUMBUS $195,359 $2,020,102 OKLAHOMA $633,305 OREGON $331,660 PALAU $4,096 PENNSYLVANIA $1,798,159 Total for Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA $339,249 $2,137,408 PUERTO RICO $692,135 Total for Puerto Rico SAN JUAN $82,181 $774,316 RHODE ISLAND $187,160 SOUTH CAROLINA $436,212 SOUTH DAKOTA $136,953 TENNESSEE $382,500 MEMPHIS $175,206 Total for Tennessee NASHVILLE $63,260 $620,966 TEXAS $1,424,964 DALLAS $411,988 EL PASO $148,085 HOUSTON $376,240 Total for Texas SAN ANTONIO $152,168 $2,513,445 UTAH $282,184 VERMONT $67,468 VIRGIN ISLANDS $27,419 VIRGINIA $744,204 WASHINGTON $755,508 Total for Washington SEATTLE $281,242 $1,036,750 WEST VIRGINIA $171,588 WISCONSIN $451,280 Total for Wisconsin MILWAUKEE $202,425 $653,705 WYOMING $55,276 GRAND TOTAL $44,840,556 ###