Wednesday, April 2, 2025
4/2/2025
Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Cooperative Agreement - Maryland Department of Health Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Cooperative Agreement Project Abstract - 07/01/2024 – 06/30/2028 Purpose: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides funding to states to ensure state and local health departments are prepared to prevent, detect, respond to, mitigate, and recover from a variety of public health threats. Through the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Cooperative Agreement, CDC provides technical assistance and resources that strengthen public health preparedness and enhance the capabilities of state and local governments to respond to these threats. It is expected that state, local, territorial, and tribal public health departments demonstrate measurable and sustainable progress toward achieving all-hazards public health preparedness and resiliency. Activities: The Maryland Department of Health (MDH), Office of Preparedness and Response (OP&R) has developed a work plan designed to build upon CDC’s 15 PHEP capabilities to strengthen the public health system’s ability to respond to public health incidents. Maryland plans to utilize the Public Health Response Readiness Framework to bolster the state’s PHEP capabilities, and direct the focus and resources toward the most critical components of response readiness, as outlined in the PHEP logic model. During the first budget period and beyond, MDH will prioritize a risk-based approach to all-hazards planning and improve readiness, response, and recovery capacity for existing and emerging public health threats and modernized laboratory and electronic data systems; improve whole community readiness, response, and recovery through enhanced partnerships and improved communication systems for timely situational awareness and risk communication; and improve capacity to meet jurisdictional administrative, budget, and public health surge management needs and to improve public health response workforce recruitment, retention, resilience, and mental health. Funding: MDH/OP&R has been allocated $11,942,223 to support accelerated public health preparedness planning and operational readiness. MDH and its sub-awardees will contribute an additional 10% of in-kind contributions to carry out the goals of the programs. As in past years, MDH/OP&R will allocate funding to local health departments using a base amount plus population formula. Local health departments will receive 64% of the PHEP base award and 72% of the CRI award.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).