HHS awards $40M to public health efforts
More than $40 million in grants, partly supported by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), has been awarded to state, tribal, local and territorial health departments and several schools of public health by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to enhance public health infrastructure and strengthen the public health workforce.
Awarded in nearly every state, the grants will fund state and local public health programs supported through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Most of the grant dollars come from the Prevention and Public Health Fund created by the PPACA. Additional HRSA dollars supplement this investment, HHS added.
This is the second year of CDC’s five-year program known as the National Public Health Improvement Initiative (NPHII) Strengthening Public Health Infrastructure for Improved Health Outcomes grant program. More than 100 people have already been hired through the NPHII and an additional 116 positions are expected to be filled through these awards.
The NPHII funding allows health departments to improve the delivery and impact of the public health services they provide by improving how they track the performance of their programs; fostering the identification, dissemination and adoption of public health’s best and most promising practices; building a network of performance improvement managers across the country that share strategies for improving the public health system; and maximizing cohesion across states’ and communities’ public health systems to ensure seamless and coordinated services for residents.
The awards will also support 10 public health training centers at accredited schools of public health and other public or nonprofit institutions, bringing the total number of public health training centers to 37 across the U.S.
For a full list of grantees, click here.
Awarded in nearly every state, the grants will fund state and local public health programs supported through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Most of the grant dollars come from the Prevention and Public Health Fund created by the PPACA. Additional HRSA dollars supplement this investment, HHS added.
This is the second year of CDC’s five-year program known as the National Public Health Improvement Initiative (NPHII) Strengthening Public Health Infrastructure for Improved Health Outcomes grant program. More than 100 people have already been hired through the NPHII and an additional 116 positions are expected to be filled through these awards.
The NPHII funding allows health departments to improve the delivery and impact of the public health services they provide by improving how they track the performance of their programs; fostering the identification, dissemination and adoption of public health’s best and most promising practices; building a network of performance improvement managers across the country that share strategies for improving the public health system; and maximizing cohesion across states’ and communities’ public health systems to ensure seamless and coordinated services for residents.
The awards will also support 10 public health training centers at accredited schools of public health and other public or nonprofit institutions, bringing the total number of public health training centers to 37 across the U.S.
For a full list of grantees, click here.