OpportunityTitle: Public Health Emergency Response (PHER)
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible Applicants  Assistance will be provided only to the health departments of states or their bona fide agents, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the official public health agencies of New York City, New York; Los Angeles County, California; and Chicago, Illinois.   A bona fide agent is an agency/organization identified by the state as eligible to submit an application under the state eligibility in lieu of a state application. If applying as a bona fide agent of a state or local government, a letter from the state or local government as documentation of the status is required. Attach with &#147;Other Attachment Forms&#148; when submitting via www.grants.gov.      Competition is limited based on Title VIII of the 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act.  CDC will administer $260 million to support domestic disease surveillance, laboratory capacity, laboratory diagnostics, risk communication, rapid response, vaccination planning, and quarantine related to pandemic H1N1 influenza virus preparedness and response.
Description: Purpose The purpose of the PHER grant is to support and enhance the state and local public health infrastructure that is critical to public health preparedness and response, such as strengthening and sustaining the public health workforce; increasing laboratory capacity and capability; strengthening disease surveillance activities; planning and implementing possible large scale mass vaccination activities; developing effective public and risk communication guidance; developing effective community mitigation guidance; purchasing and procuring personal protective equipment, antivirals, and other pandemic related purchases for protecting the public health workforce; training and education of the public health workforce; community and personal preparedness activities; and addressing gaps and other public health preparedness challenges related to public health preparedness and response to an influenza pandemic. Implementation of a vaccination program will be assessed in early September; therefore, flexibility should be built into the planning and mobilization process.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: PGO Technical Information Management Section
GrantorContactText: CDC Procurement and Grants Office &lt;br/&gt;TIMS &lt;br/&gt;Phone 770-488-2700