Wednesday, April 2, 2025
4/2/2025
Michigan Hospital Preparedness Program Cooperative Agreement - The Division of Emergency Preparedness and Response (DEPR) within the Bureau of Emergency Preparedness, EMS, and Systems of Care (BEPESoC) in the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) maintains responsibilities for the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) and Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP). These two programs have been programmatically aligned since 2002 and continue to function together to support healthcare and public health initiatives throughout Michigan. Michigan’s preparedness programs work closely with other state agencies, healthcare, academic institutions and health-based associations and networks. These established partnerships have led to improved outcomes in preparedness planning and response. Michigan is a home ruled state and therefore DEPR establishes annual contracts with medical control authorities (MCA) who serve as the fiduciary for the eight regional healthcare coalitions (HCC), as well as 45 local health departments (LHDs) and 12 federally recognized tribes. Collaborative planning to identify program deliverables occurs through an established monthly Regional Leadership meeting with HCC staff, Michigan Health and Hospital Association (MHHA), Michigan Pharmacist Association (MPA), Michigan State Police (MSP), and the MDHHS Division of EMS and Systems of Care. Annually, DEPR facilitates a hybrid Face 2 Face meeting, an opportunity for program personnel from PHEP and HPP to collaborate and share best practices, lessons learned, and network with those in their local jurisdictions and across the state. The HPP cooperative agreement supports preparedness and response capabilities and activities across Michigan’s state and regional preparedness partners. This application provides clear expectations and priorities that continue to strengthen and enhance readiness to prepare for, respond to and recover from public health incidents. Michigan continues to invest in strategies based on the HPP capabilities and with documented data from assessments, strategic planning and lessons learned from exercises and the four major incident responses that have occurred in Michigan over the last five years.
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).