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Hospital Preparedness Program Cooperative Agreement

Award Number: U3REP240775
ORGANIZATION: ADMINISTRATION FOR STRATEGIC PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
OPDIV: ASPR
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 07/01/2024
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2029

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Hospital Preparedness Program Cooperative Agreement - Through this cooperative agreement, the Vermont Department of Health (VDH) will work collaboratively with the Vermont Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Coalition (VHEPC) to prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies and medical surge events. Through a strengthened healthcare coalition and enhanced partnerships with healthcare preparedness organizations, VDH will document progress in establishing and maintaining a response-ready healthcare system in Vermont. During the program period, Vermont will support activities for health care and medical response coordination with vital technical and capacity building actions, contributing to improved incident management coordination, particularly surrounding medical surge events. Medical surge capabilities will be improved and strengthened through continuous testing and exercising. The VHEPC will conduct readiness assessments to generate up-to-date statewide data that will drive planning and improvement plans for coalition members. These assessments will focus on supply chain integrity, workforce, cybersecurity extended downtime and non-cyber extended downtime healthcare delivery impacts. Once assessments are complete, the VDH and VHEPC will collaborate on a comprehensive exercise schedule with the goal to strengthen readiness for a range of possible Over the period of performance, VDH and VHEPC plan to prioritize specific areas of work that have been identified in recent years. One area of focus will be strategic planning and exercising to increase preparedness for an MCI in the state. A second priority for the VHEPC is hospital patient decontamination readiness. Finally, assessing strategies to address barriers to patient flow will be prioritized, with the goal of alleviating high census situations in Emergency Departments that leave no beds for a mass casualty incident or other influx of surge patients in the ED.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $1,405,066 )
2025	2025	HUMAN SERVICES VERMONT AGENCY OF	280 STATE DR	WATERBURY	VT	05671	WASHINGTON	USA	National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program	00	2	6/26/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$798,856
2025	2025	HUMAN SERVICES VERMONT AGENCY OF	280 STATE DR	WATERBURY	VT	05671	WASHINGTON	USA	National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program	01	1	1/17/2025	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$606,210
														Subtotal = $1,405,066

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $1,141,219 )
2024	2024	HUMAN SERVICES VERMONT AGENCY OF	280 STATE DR	WATERBURY	VT	05671	WASHINGTON	USA	National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program	00	1	7/11/2024	NEW	$1,141,219
														Subtotal = $1,141,219

Grand Total All Awards = $2,546,285

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Hospital Preparedness Program Cooperative Agreement

Award Number: U3REP240775

ORGANIZATION: ADMINISTRATION FOR STRATEGIC PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

OPDIV: ASPR

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 07/01/2024

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2029

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