CDC Crisis NOFO Factsheet

CDC released on October 11 a new notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) — CDC-RFA-TP18-1802 Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response: Public Health Crisis Response — designed to enhance the nation’s ability to rapidly respond to public health emergencies. The NOFO outlines a novel approach to emergency response that increases the speed at which CDC can award funds to state, local, tribal, and territorial public health agencies in the event of a public health emergency. Previous emergency experience has demonstrated the impact that initial funding and immediate response can have in mitigating negative health outcomes.

This new funding mechanism will allow CDC to expedite funding through the establishment of a corresponding “approved but unfunded” (ABU) list of response funding recipients. This ABU list will be established from the eligible health departments with pre-existing emergency management programs that submit timely and responsive applications. CDC will activate this mechanism when it makes a determination that a public health emergency has occurred or is imminent and funding is available. Eligible applicants include the 50 states; five U.S. territories, and three freely associated Pacific islands; six localities: Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles County, New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.; and federally recognized tribal governments that meet the NOFO requirements and serve, through their own public health infrastructures, at least 50,000 people.

The NOFO and application package are available on www.grants.gov. The application deadline is Monday, December 11. A fact sheet with details about the new funding opportunity is attached.