Purpose
Funding Strategy Sources
A1: Workforce
Through the $3 billion Workforce funding allocation, U.S. HDs will be able to recruit, hire, retain, train, and support public health workers including epidemiologists, lab workers, communicators, data scientists, and community health workers. Of that, county HDs received $513,591,430 in total. Funding awards for workforce are supported by the American Rescue Plan Act.
A2: Foundational Capabilities
Through the $630 million Foundational Capabilities funding allocation, U.S. HDs will be able to provide foundational public health services, which include assessment and surveillance, community partnership development, equity, organizational competencies, policy development, accountability and performance management, emergency preparedness and response, and communications. Funding awards for foundational capabilities are supported by the Public Health Infrastructure and Capacity annual appropriation. County HDs received $110,948,841 in total.
A3: Data Modernization
The $811 million DMI funding enables sixty-four* HDs to deploy scalable, flexible, and sustainable technologies through funding awards, partially supported by the American Rescue Plan Act. These sixty-four HDs are also recipients of data modernization funding through the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) program. The flexibility provided through PHIG allows HDs to build on ongoing progress under ELC, and coordinate across city, county, and state public health agencies to build an integrated and systematic data modernization approach. This approach aligns with the CDC Public Health Data Strategy. County HDs received $19,889,914 in total.
- Core DMI funding will allow for (1) planning, coordination, and capacity building; (2) enhancing collaborations with local health departments; (3) supporting a DMI Director and team; and (4) general data infrastructure modernization to HDs to maintain, improve, and modernize their approach to acquire, manage, share, and use data for public health action.
- DMI Acceleration funding will allow for expansion of activities to build a strong data foundation. The overall goal of Core DMI and DMI Acceleration is to enhance accountability and progress towards comprehensive, efficient, and better-connected public health data systems. See more at Data Modernization Initiative.
- Modernizing Immunization Information Systems (MIIS) supplement funding was awarded September 2024 to sixty-three A3 recipients in order to support DMI activities specific to immunization information systems.
*Sixty-three of the sixty-four eligible recipients applied for MIIS supplement funding.
Disclaimer
This data is a snapshot of U.S. HD activity and is subject to change over the period of performance. The web page contains recipient work plan and hiring report data as of December 2024. Additional updates to work plans and hiring reports made outside of the most recent reporting period may not be captured in this data snapshot.