North Carolina Funding

What to know

CDC provides funding and technical assistance to build public health preparedness and response capabilities nationwide. Learn more about PHEP funding for North Carolina.

At a Glance

  • State Population: 10,698,973
  • Local Health Departments: 85
  • Frequent Public Health Emergencies: Communicable Disease Outbreaks, Environmental Contamination, Tropical Storms/Hurricanes
  • Key Emergency Operations Center Activations: 2020 – COVID-19 Pandemic, 2019 – Lung Injury and E-Cigarette Investigation, 2019 – Hurricane Dorian
  • CDC PHEP Funding:
    • FY 2023: $15,763,551
    • FY 2022: $15,894,002
    • FY 2021: $15,545,983
  • Public Health Crisis Response Funding:
    • Mpox 2023 Funding: $976,973
    • Mpox 2022 Funding: $568,703
    • COVID-19 2021 Funding: $62,340,758
    • COVID-19 2020 Funding: $13,820,515

PHEP-Funded Staff (rounded)

  • 162 PHEP-funded staff (rounded)

Includes epidemiologists, laboratorians, nurses, planners, IT specialists, administrative staff, statisticians, and other positions.

CDC Preparedness Field Staff

  • 1 Career Epidemiology Field Officer
  • 1 Preparedness Field Assignee

Top 5 Preparedness Investments

  1. Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation
  2. Public Health Laboratory Testing
  3. Medical Countermeasure Dispensing and Administration
  4. Community Preparedness
  5. Information Sharing

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