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OE20-2001: Enhancing Public Health Laboratory Capabilities and Increasing Capacity
The Center for Laboratory Systems and Response (CLSR), Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS) manages this five-year umbrella cooperative agreement (CoAg) between CDC and the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) under OE20-2001: Enhancing Public Health Laboratory Capabilities and Increasing Capacity. Building upon previous and currently funded CoAgs with APHL, this agreement aims to improve public health in the United States and globally, by enhancing the effectiveness and functionality of public health laboratories (PHLs) individually and as components of a national system. This agreement was announced in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) OE20-2001: Enhancing Public Health Laboratory Capabilities and Increasing Capacity. Find the complete OE20-2001 NOFO package here. Find the CDC & APHL Cooperative Agreement OE20-2001 Performance Summaries below.
Budget period length: 12 months (July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021)
Period of Performance: 5 years (July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2025)
This CoAg supports strategies and activities that will enhance the capabilities and increase the capacities of PHLs in nine focus areas:
- Focus Area A: Foundational Leadership and Support
- Focus Area B: Environmental Health
- Focus Area C: Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmentally Transmitted Diseases
- Focus Area D: Infectious Diseases
- Focus Area E: Informatics
- Focus Area F: Newborn Screening and Genetics
- Focus Area G: Preparedness and Response
- Focus Area H: Quality and Safety Systems
- Focus Area I: Workforce Development
This CoAg supports the following strategies for strengthening and increasing the capabilities and capacities of PHLs:
- Science, Management, and Operations
- Policy, Partnership, and Communication
- Training and Capacity Building
- Laboratory Quality, Safety, and Informatics
July 1, 2020 – December 31, 2022
The report highlights impactful contributions and achievements over the first 2.5 years of the CDC and APHL CoAg OE20-2001.
Year 1: July 2020 – June 2021
- Cross-Cutting Performance Summary
- Focus Area A: Foundational Leadership and Support
- Focus Area B: Environmental Health
- Focus Area C: Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmentally Transmitted Diseases
- Focus Area F: Newborn Screening and Genetics
- Focus Area H: Quality and Safety Systems
- Focus Area I: Workforce Development
Evaluation Highlights feature program evaluation results from selected focus area activities supported by the CDC and APHL Cooperative Agreement. They provide insights on how these activities have contributed to enhancing public health laboratory capabilities and increasing capacity.
- Focus Area H: Quality and Safety Systems
Contact us by email at oe20-2001@cdc.gov.