At a glance
Learn about how CDC is working with recipients to strengthen health department environmental health program capacity to detect, prevent, and control environmental health hazards through the Environmental Health Capacity program (EHC). In fiscal year 2020, CDC awarded approximately $8.7M to 50 recipients for EHC through CDC-RFA-EH20-2005.
EHC recipients come from a variety of organizations
EHC recipients include state, territorial, local, and tribal health departments and nonprofit organizations
31 State Health Departments
- Arizona
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- New HampshireA
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
13 Local or Regional Health Departments
- Bear River, Utah
- Gaston County, North Carolina
- La Crosse County, Wisconsin
- Long Beach, California
- New Orleans, LouisianaB
- Olmsted County, Minnesota
- Pueblo County, Colorado
- San Diego County, California
- San Francisco, California
- Seattle and King County, Washington
- Southeast Utah, Utah
- Southern Nevada Health District, Nevada
- Tacoma-Pierce County, Washington
Content Source:
National Center for Environmental Health
- In New Hampshire, the jurisdiction's environmental agency is the EHC recipient.
- In New Orleans, the local vector control board is the recipient.