News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 |
Contact: HHS Press Office
(202) 690-6343 |
HHS Announces $1.2 Billion In Funding To States For Bioterrorism Preparedness
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced that the department has made available another $1.2 billion to the states, territories and four metropolitan areas to help strengthen their capacity to respond to terrorism and other public health emergencies.
�Improving our nation�s response to public health emergencies is an important part of securing America,� Secretary Leavitt said. �All emergency incidents -- whether naturally occurring, accidental, or terrorist-induced -- begin as local matters and with this program, states and communities will build on the preparedness gains they�ve made over the past four years.�
The funds will be used to improve infectious disease surveillance and investigation, enhance the preparedness of hospitals and the health care system to deal with large numbers of casualties, expand public health laboratory and communications capacities and improve connectivity between hospitals, and city, local and state health departments to enhance disease reporting. The funds will also be used to exercise existing response plans, test capabilities and evaluate improvements. These emergency preparedness and response efforts are intended to support the National Response Plan and the interim National Preparedness Goal.
The HHS funding is awarded via two separate but interrelated cooperative agreements. HHS' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is providing $766 million to develop emergency-ready public health departments by upgrading, improving, and sustaining their preparedness and response capabilities for �all-hazards� public health emergencies, including terrorism and other naturally-occurring public health emergencies.
Included in the CDC awards is targeted funding to expand the Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) from 36 metropolitan areas to 72 metropolitan areas representing all 50 states. Tables are included with the release with a listing of all metropolitan areas expected to participate in CRI this year.
The goal of CRI is to ensure the selected cities are prepared to provide oral medications during a public health emergency to 100 percent of their affected populations. This entails enhancing each city�s dispensing plans with trained staff and developing and testing plans that include alternative means of delivery. Known as mass prophylaxis, this effort is considered the top public health priority identified in the National Preparedness Goal.
Also included in CDC�s $766.4 million is $5.4 million for the Early Warning Infectious Disease Surveillance program specifically for states bordering Canada and Mexico (including the Great Lakes States) for the development and implementation of a program to provide effective detection, investigation and reporting of urgent infectious disease cases in the shared border regions of the three nations. States included in this program are Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Indiana, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin.
HHS� Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is providing $460 million for states to develop medical surge capacity and capability to deal with mass casualty events. This includes the expansion of hospital beds, development of isolation capacity, identifying additional health care personnel, establishing hospital-based pharmaceutical caches, and providing mental health services, trauma and burn care, communications and personal protective equipment. Hospitals and other health care providers play a critical role in both identifying and responding to any potential terrorism attack or infectious disease outbreak.
Over the past four years, HRSA�s Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program has awarded funds to build the capacity of hospitals and other health care institutions to deal with large numbers of casualties. This year, the program will focus on improving the capability of local and regional health care systems to manage mass casualty events.
Table I�Total Funding Amounts For Each Jurisdiction
State/Jurisdiction |
HRSA Allocation |
CDC Allocation |
Total Allocation |
Alabama |
$7,154,927 |
$11,332,549 |
$18,487,476
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Alaska |
$1,458,182
|
$5,176,673 |
$6,634,855
|
Arizona |
$8,753,827
|
$15,468,991 |
$24,222,818
|
Arkansas |
$4,531,309
|
$8,513,998 |
$13,045,307
|
California |
$38,325,286
|
$54,396,954 |
$92,722,240
|
LA County |
$15,084,217
|
$24,180,809 |
$39,265,026
|
Colorado |
$7,221,888
|
$12,343,549 |
$19,565,437
|
Connecticut |
$5,651,890
|
$9,872,607 |
$15,524,497
|
Delaware |
$1,709,476
|
$5,511,936 |
$7,221,412
|
District of Columbia |
$1,823,510
|
$6,702,385 |
$8,525,895
|
Florida |
$25,638,227
|
$34,945,845 |
$60,584,072
|
Georgia |
$13,330,420
|
$19,557,241 |
$32,887,661
|
Hawaii |
$2,345,600
|
$6,130,741 |
$8,476,341
|
Idaho |
$2,521,506
|
$6,389,623 |
$8,911,129
|
Illinois |
$14,951,481
|
$20,613,241 |
$35,564,722
|
Chicago |
$4,738,187
|
$11,685,667 |
$16,423,854
|
Indiana |
$9,660,723
|
$14,502,083 |
$24,162,806
|
Iowa |
$4,846,845
|
$8,810,613 |
$13,657,458
|
Kansas |
$4,525,854
|
$8,724,480 |
$13,250,334
|
Kentucky |
$6,585,429
|
$10,860,671 |
$17,446,100
|
Louisiana |
$7,139,266
|
$11,478,386 |
$18,617,652
|
Maine |
$2,434,432
|
$6,321,437 |
$8,755,869
|
Maryland |
$8,645,984
|
$13,970,953 |
$22,616,937
|
Massachusetts |
$9,983,770
|
$15,512,606 |
$25,496,376
|
Michigan |
$15,395,465
|
$23,221,202 |
$38,616,667
|
Minnesota |
$7,983,328
|
$13,134,147 |
$21,117,475
|
Mississippi |
$4,759,591
|
$8,738,914 |
$13,498,505
|
Missouri |
$8,951,388
|
$14,402,196 |
$23,353,584
|
Montana |
$1,856,928
|
$5,616,551 |
$7,473,479
|
Nebraska |
$3,067,393
|
$6,897,069 |
$9,964,462
|
Nevada |
$3,818,014
|
$8,660,838 |
$12,478,852
|
New Hampshire |
$2,404,444
|
$6,252,371 |
$8,656,815
|
New Jersey |
$13,269,518
|
$18,894,214 |
$32,163,732
|
New Mexico |
$3,276,757
|
$8,351,763 |
$11,628,520
|
New York |
$16,937,704
|
$24,409,091 |
$41,346,795
|
New York City |
$12,445,285
|
$22,942,162 |
$35,387,447
|
North Carolina |
$12,948,887
|
$17,877,794 |
$30,826,681
|
North Dakota |
$1,435,800
|
$5,147,111 |
$6,582,911
|
Ohio |
$17,397,207
|
$24,190,050 |
$41,587,257
|
Oklahoma |
$5,681,308
|
$9,732,169 |
$15,413,477
|
Oregon |
$5,767,951
|
$10,251,502 |
$16,019,453
|
Pennsylvania |
$18,776,677
|
$26,235,793 |
$45,012,470
|
Rhode Island |
$2,089,651
|
$5,981,291 |
$8,070,942
|
South Carolina |
$6,632,258
|
$10,852,835 |
$17,485,093
|
South Dakota |
$1,630,322
|
$5,339,585 |
$6,969,907
|
Tennessee |
$9,138,740
|
$13,759,228 |
$22,897,968
|
Texas |
$33,177,278
|
$46,595,417 |
$79,772,695
|
Utah |
$3,978,558
|
$8,023,438 |
$12,001,996
|
Vermont |
$1,415,048
|
$5,144,876 |
$6,559,924
|
Virginia |
$11,387,068
|
$18,466,632 |
$29,853,700
|
Washington |
$9,562,647
|
$15,353,518 |
$24,916,165
|
West Virginia |
$3,176,132
|
$6,994,949 |
$10,171,081
|
Wisconsin |
$8,588,953
|
$13,246,911 |
$21,835,864
|
Wyoming |
$1,241,982
|
$4,917,055 |
$6,159,037
|
Puerto Rico |
$500,000
|
$10,109,253 |
$10,609,253
|
Territory |
|
|
|
American Samoa |
$335,451
|
$483,221 |
$818,672
|
Guam |
$491,833
|
$658,616 |
$1,150,449
|
Northern Marianas Islands |
$362,602
|
$518,846 |
$881,448
|
Virgin Islands (US) |
$250,000
|
$563,765 |
$813,765
|
Freely Associated State of the Pacific |
|
|
|
Federated States of Micronesia |
$409,753
|
$562,809 |
$972,562
|
Marshall Islands |
$333,447
|
$485,107 |
$818,554
|
Palau |
$279,146
|
$423,673 |
$702,819
|
Grand Total |
$460,216,752
|
$766,440,000 |
$1,226,656,752
|
Note: Puerto Rico, as in past years, is listed at the bottom of the states because it is funded using the state formula rather than a terrority.
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TABLE II�Existing CRI Recipients
State |
CRI City |
Expanded CRI Jurisdiction (Only the largest cities are listed. This list does not include the entire geographical area) |
Arizona |
Phoenix |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale , AZ |
California |
Riverside |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
California |
Sacramento |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, CA |
California |
San Diego |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA |
California |
San Francisco |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont , CA |
California |
San Jose |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara,CA |
Chicago |
Chicago |
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet , IL-IN-WI |
Colorado |
Denver |
Denver-Aurora , CO |
Delaware |
Philadelphia |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE |
Florida |
Miami |
Miami-Miami Beach-Ft Lauderdale, FL |
Florida |
Orlando |
Orlando , FL |
Florida |
Tampa |
Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater, CA |
Georgia |
Atlanta |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA |
Illinois |
Chicago |
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet , IL-IN-WI |
Indiana |
Indianapolis |
Indianapolis , IN |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles-Long Beach- Santa Ana, CA |
Maryland |
Baltimore |
Baltimore-Towson, MD |
Maryland |
Washington D.C |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD |
Massachusetts |
Boston |
Boston-Quincy , MA |
Michigan |
Detroit |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia , MI |
Minnesota |
Minneapolis |
Minneapolis-St. Paul- Bloomington, MN |
Missouri |
St. Louis |
St Louis , MO-IL |
Missouri |
Kansas City |
Kansas City , MO-KS |
Nevada |
Las Vegas |
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV |
New York City |
New York City |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA |
Ohio |
Cincinnati |
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN |
Ohio |
Cleveland |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor , OH |
Ohio |
Columbus |
Columbus , OH |
Oregon |
Portland |
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton , OR -WA |
Pennsylvania |
Philadelphia |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE |
Pennsylvania |
Pittsburgh |
Pittsburgh , PA |
Rhode Island |
Providence |
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River , RI -MA |
Texas |
Dallas |
Dallas-Fort Worth- Arlington, TX |
Texas |
Houston |
Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land , TX |
Texas |
San Antonio |
San Antonio , TX |
Virginia |
Virginia Beach |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC |
Virginia |
Washington D.C |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD |
Washington |
Seattle |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue , WA |
Washington D.C |
Washington D.C |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD |
Wisconsin |
Milwaukee |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI |
The new jurisdictions eligible for funding to be included in CRI are listed in Table II:
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TABLE III�New CRI Recipients
State |
CRI City |
Expanded CRI Jurisdiction Title (Only the largest cities are listed. This list does not include the entire geographical area) |
Alabama |
Birmingham |
Birmingham-Hoover, AL |
Alaska |
Anchorage |
Anchorage, AK |
Arkansas |
Little Rock |
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR |
California |
Fresno |
Fresno, CA |
Connecticut |
Hartford |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT |
Connecticut |
New Haven |
New Haven-Milford, CT |
Delaware |
Dover |
Dover, DE |
Hawaii |
Honolulu |
Honolulu, HI |
Idaho |
Boise |
Boise City-Nampa, ID |
Illinois |
Peoria |
Peoria, IL |
Iowa |
Des Moines |
Des Moines, IA |
Kansas |
Wichita |
Wichita, KS |
Kentucky |
Louisville |
Louisville, KY-IN |
Louisiana |
New Orleans |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA |
Louisiana |
Baton Rouge |
Baton Rouge, LA |
Maine |
Portland |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME |
Mississippi |
Jackson |
Jackson, MS |
Montana |
Billings |
Billings, MT |
Nebraska |
Omaha |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA |
New Hampshire |
Manchester |
Manchester-Nashua, NH |
New Jersey |
Trenton |
Trenton-Ewing, NJ |
New Mexico |
Albuquerque |
Albuquerque, NM |
New York |
Buffalo |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY |
New York |
Albany |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY |
North Carolina |
Charlotte |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC |
North Dakota |
Fargo |
Fargo, ND-MN |
Oklahoma |
Oklahoma City |
Oklahoma City, OK |
South Carolina |
Columbia |
Columbia, SC |
South Dakota |
Sioux Falls |
Sioux Falls, SD |
Tennessee |
Nashville |
Nashville-Davidson-- Murfreesboro, TN |
Tennessee |
Memphis |
Memphis, TN-MS-AR |
Utah |
Salt Lake City |
Salt Lake City, UT |
Vermont |
Burlington |
Burlington-South Burlington, VT |
Virginia |
Richmond |
Richmond, VA |
West Virginia |
Charleston |
Charleston, WV |
Wyoming |
Cheyenne |
Cheyenne, WY |
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Last revised: June 20, 2006
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