Public Health Emergency Preparedness (93.069)
Public Health Emergency Preparedness (Assistance Listing 93.069) is run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, part of the Department of Health and Human Services. It awarded $1.9 billion in 69 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $28.1 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $20.9 million. Half of the 69 awards fell between $15.9 million and $35.9 million, and they ranged from $27,286 to $132 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$1.9 billion
- Grant awards69
- Typical award$20.9 million
- Awarded in FY 2025$714,456
- Size rank169 of 1824
- Type of assistanceCooperative agreements
Key findings
- Annual funding fell from $631 million in fiscal 2021 to $714,456 in fiscal 2025.
- It is the 169th largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 60% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 59 states and territories.
What the program funds
Public health emergency preparedness and response capacity continues to be tested at national, state, local, tribal, and territorial levels. Since 9/11, CDC's Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) program has collaborated with state, local, and territorial health departments to prepare and plan for emergencies, resulting measurable improvement. However, ongoing risks related to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear incidents as well as cyberattacks further underscore the importance of updating and modernizing jurisdictional all-hazards public health preparedness and response strategies to address emerging technologies and new 21st century threats. To address these challenges, PHEP recipients must increase or maintain their levels of effectiveness across six key public health preparedness domains and focus efforts on strengthening preparedness and response capabilities to prevent or reduce morbidity and mortality. As additional public threats continue to emerge, CDC must ensure that state, local, tribal, and territorial public consequences of incidents or events whose scale, rapid onset, or unpredictability stresses the public health system. The program provides fiscal resources to state, local, and territorial public health agencies to advance their ability to demonstrate response readiness by the end of the period of performance (performance period). This announcement also includes greater emphasis on programmatic, fiscal, and administrative accountability. Although the PHEP cooperative agreement is no longer aligned with the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) within a single funding opportunity, these two distinct federal preparedness programs must continue to be organized to enhance jurisdictional coordination and collaboration between the public health and health care systems.
Open opportunities
No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.
Rules from the program listing
Who can apply
Government Organizations: -States: 50 -Local governments or their bona fide agents: (4) Chicago, Los Angeles County, New York City, and Washington, D.C. -Territorial governments or their bona fide agents and freely associated states: (8) American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Puerto Rico, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau, and U.S. Virgin Islands
What the money can and cannot pay for
The purpose of this program is to strengthen state, local, tribal and territorial public health preparedness and response capability through a continuous cycle of planning, organizing, training, equipping, exercising, evaluating, and taking corrective action. An effective public health response will prevent or reduce morbidity and mortality from threats and emergencies whose scale, rapid onset, or unpredictability stresses the public health system and ensure the earliest possible recovery and return of the system to pre-incident levels or improved functioning. In general, funds may only be used for non-research activities. The following are restrictions that must be taken into consideration while developing the application budget. General Restrictions -Recipients may supplement but not supplant existing state or federal funds for activities described in the budget. -Payment or reimbursement of backfilling costs for staff is not allowed. -None of the funds awarded to these programs may be used to pay the salary of an individual at a rate in excess of Executive Level II or $189,600 per year. -Funds may not be used to purchase or support (feed) animals for labs, including mice. -Funds may not be used to purchase a house or other living quarters for those under quarantine. Rental may be allowed with approval from the CDC OGS.
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. This program has a statutory formula.This program has MOE requirements, see funding agency for further details. Maintenance of Effort: In accordance with 42 U.S.C.A. § 247d-3a, an entity that receives an award under this section shall maintain expenditures for public health security at a level that is not less than the average level of such expenditures maintained by the entity for the preceding two-year period. The definition of eligible state expenditures for public health security includes: ? Appropriations specifically designed to support public health emergency preparedness as expended by the entity receiving the award; and ? Funds not specifically appropriated for public health emergency preparedness activities but which support public health emergency preparedness activities, such as personnel assigned to public health emergency preparedness responsibilities or supplies or equipment purchased for public health emergency preparedness from general funds or other lines within the operating budget of the entity receiving the award. PHEP recipients must stipulate the total dollar amount in their cooperative agreement funding applications. PHEP recipients must be able to account for the maintenance of funding separate from accounting for federal funds and separate from accounting for any matching funds requirements; this accounting is subject to ongoing monitoring, oversight, and audit.
Deadlines
Check Grants.gov for any relevant NOFO information regarding processes for applying for assistance.
Award range and average, in the agency's words
Average: $10,666,752 Range: Minimum $370,357 Maximum $44,882,292
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Public Health Emergency Preparedness (93.069) awarded$1.9 billion across 69 grant awards, an average of $28.1 million per award.
Who usually wins
State and local governments received 94% of the money, nonprofits 3.0%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| State and local governments | 64 | $1.8 billion | 94% |
| Nonprofits | 1 | $58.5 million | 3.0% |
| Other | 4 | $53.4 million | 2.8% |
By state
58 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| California | 2 | $196 million |
| Texas | 1 | $127 million |
| New York | 2 | $118 million |
| Florida | 1 | $96.5 million |
| Illinois | 2 | $80.7 million |
| Pennsylvania | 3 | $58.9 million |
| Ohio | 1 | $54.6 million |
| Georgia | 1 | $52.1 million |
| Michigan | 1 | $50.6 million |
| New Jersey | 1 | $48.9 million |
| Virginia | 1 | $47.6 million |
| North Carolina | 1 | $46.4 million |
| Massachusetts | 1 | $41.1 million |
| Washington | 1 | $39.8 million |
| Arizona | 1 | $38.2 million |
| Wisconsin | 1 | $35.9 million |
| Minnesota | 1 | $35.8 million |
| Tennessee | 2 | $35.5 million |
| Maryland | 1 | $35.4 million |
| Indiana | 1 | $35.2 million |
| Missouri | 1 | $33.5 million |
| Colorado | 1 | $31.8 million |
| South Carolina | 2 | $31.1 million |
| Alabama | 1 | $27.2 million |
| Louisiana | 1 | $26.8 million |
| Kentucky | 1 | $25.4 million |
| Oregon | 1 | $25.3 million |
| Oklahoma | 1 | $23.9 million |
| Connecticut | 1 | $23.6 million |
| Nevada | 1 | $22.1 million |
| Utah | 1 | $21.6 million |
| Iowa | 1 | $20.9 million |
| Kansas | 1 | $20.8 million |
| New Mexico | 1 | $20.6 million |
| Arkansas | 1 | $20.3 million |
| Mississippi | 1 | $20.1 million |
| District of Columbia | 1 | $19.9 million |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | $19.0 million |
| Rhode Island | 2 | $16.6 million |
| Nebraska | 1 | $16.5 million |
| New Hampshire | 1 | $16.4 million |
| Idaho | 1 | $16.2 million |
| Delaware | 1 | $16.2 million |
| Alaska | 1 | $16.0 million |
| South Dakota | 2 | $16.0 million |
| Montana | 1 | $15.9 million |
| West Virginia | 1 | $15.9 million |
| Maine | 1 | $15.8 million |
| Vermont | 1 | $15.8 million |
| Hawaii | 1 | $15.8 million |
| North Dakota | 1 | $15.6 million |
| Wyoming | 1 | $15.6 million |
| Guam | 1 | $1.6 million |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 1 | $1.3 million |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 1 | $1.3 million |
| American Samoa | 1 | $1.2 million |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 1 | $1.1 million |
| Palau | 1 | $1.1 million |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | $500,870 |