Tuesday, May 13, 2025
5/13/2025
Hospital Preparedness Program Cooperative Agreement Department of Health and Human Services - New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) has strategically used Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) funding to build a comprehensive Health Emergency Preparedness Program in New York State (NYS). Collaboration at all levels and among all partners has been the key to success. The NYSDOH, Office of Health Emergency Preparedness (OHEP), provides leadership and coordinates these efforts to support a robust, integrated preparedness and response program. NYSDOH has carefully reviewed its progress in designing an integrated and comprehensive health emergency preparedness structure and has strategically prioritized future efforts. A current assessment of NYSDOH’s capabilities and gaps was conducted and included the input of all NYSDOH Subject Matter Leads (SMLs), Executive leadership and Health Care Coalition (HCC). Funding has been used to establish a HCC governance structure, identify resource needs and gaps, develop Health Emergency Preparedness Coalitions (HEPC) Emergency Operation Plan (EOP) including preparedness and response sections and maintain partnerships and preparedness infrastructure of state and local public health, HEPCs and healthcare system partners. This includes funding for staff; secure, electronic communication and data systems; planning, training and exercising to ensure public health and healthcare partners work seamlessly together with emergency management, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and other partners to respond to emergency events that affect the health and healthcare delivery of the State. The purpose of this application is to sustain and/or build capabilities to maintain NYS’s capacity to efficiently plan for and effectively respond to emergencies. NYSDOH’s strategic priorities include: Sustain and build an Incident Management System (IMS) that provides overall situational awareness and Common Operating Picture (COP). Support informatics systems and applications for emergency preparedness, response and recovery. Continued development of HEPCs to support emergency preparedness activities and provide an integrated regional component for multi-agency coordination and preparedness activities. This includes strong relationships with partner organizations and stakeholders to identify hazards and risks and prioritize and address gaps through planning, training, exercising and managing resources. Primarily focus on pediatrics, with additional activities in planning and preparation for an anthrax event and pandemic influenza event, including continuity of operations. The HEPCs will update their EOP including preparedness and response sections annually. Medical surge and evacuation of healthcare facilities will be tested each year. Sustain and build the Volunteer Management System (VMS) application ServNY, which is a web-based application that can recruit, register and collect credentials and qualifications of health professionals.
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).