EPIDEMIOLOGY AND LABORATORY CAPACITY FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES (ELC) BUILDING AND STRENGTHENING EPIDEMIOLOGY, LABORATORY AND HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS CAPACITY IN STATE AND LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS
The purpose of this Affordable Care Act funding through the ELC is to enhance public health programs to improve health and help restrain the rate of growth of health care costs through building epidemiology, laboratory, and health information systems capacity in state and local public health departments.
Specifically, the Affordable Care Act funding is being made available via this FOA to enhance the ability of state, local, and territorial ELC grantees to strengthen and integrate capacity for detecting and responding to infectious disease and other public health threats in state and local public health departments.
The purpose of these enhancements is to provide flexible and multi-purpose resources to address current high-priority infectious disease problems within grantee jurisdictions, as well as new threats as they emerge.
This FOA addresses the following three inter-related areas which are fully consistent with and build upon the existing ELC activities:
a.
Epidemiology Capacity To ensure staff are well-trained and well-equipped to provide rapid, effective, and flexible response to infectious disease threats.
b.
Laboratory Capacity To achieve modern and well-equipped public health laboratories, with well-trained staff, employing high quality laboratory processes and systems that foster communication and appropriate integration between laboratory and epidemiology functions.
c.
Health Information Systems Capacity To develop and enhance current health information infrastructure for public health agencies.
Working towards modern, standards-based and interoperable systems, that support electronic exchange of information within and between epidemiology and laboratory functions in public health agencies (e.g., systems that support public health surveillance and investigation, laboratory information management systems (LIMS)); among local, state, and federal public health agencies; and between public health agencies and clinical care systems (e.g., health care providers, clinical laboratories).
Enhancing electronic exchange of information between public health agencies and clinical care entities will make a critical contribution to health reform in the U. S.
Specifically, the Affordable Care Act funding is being made available via this FOA to enhance the ability of state, local, and territorial ELC grantees to strengthen and integrate capacity for detecting and responding to infectious disease and other public health threats in state and local public health departments.
The purpose of these enhancements is to provide flexible and multi-purpose resources to address current high-priority infectious disease problems within grantee jurisdictions, as well as new threats as they emerge.
This FOA addresses the following three inter-related areas which are fully consistent with and build upon the existing ELC activities:
a.
Epidemiology Capacity To ensure staff are well-trained and well-equipped to provide rapid, effective, and flexible response to infectious disease threats.
b.
Laboratory Capacity To achieve modern and well-equipped public health laboratories, with well-trained staff, employing high quality laboratory processes and systems that foster communication and appropriate integration between laboratory and epidemiology functions.
c.
Health Information Systems Capacity To develop and enhance current health information infrastructure for public health agencies.
Working towards modern, standards-based and interoperable systems, that support electronic exchange of information within and between epidemiology and laboratory functions in public health agencies (e.g., systems that support public health surveillance and investigation, laboratory information management systems (LIMS)); among local, state, and federal public health agencies; and between public health agencies and clinical care systems (e.g., health care providers, clinical laboratories).
Enhancing electronic exchange of information between public health agencies and clinical care entities will make a critical contribution to health reform in the U. S.
Related Programs
The Affordable Care Act: Building Epidemiology, Laboratory, and Health Information Systems Capacity
Department of Health and Human Services
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Office: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Funding: $35,900,000
Office: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Estimated Funding: $35,900,000
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
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Additional Information of Eligibility:
ELIGIBILITY Funding under this FOA is intended to continue and enhance capacity for epidemiology, laboratory and health information systems for infectious diseases and other public health threats through the existing ELC program.
Eligible applicants that can apply for this funding opportunity are all current ELC grantees and are listed below.
These 58 ELC grantees are currently funded under the following ELC Funding Opportunity Numbers: CI04-040: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Houston TX, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Los Angeles County CA, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, New York City NY, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, Republic of Palau, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
CI07-701: Alaska, Arkansas, Chicago IL, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Delaware, District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina.
CI07-702: New Hampshire A Bona Fide Agent is an agency/organization identified by the state as eligible to submit an application under the state eligibility in lieu of a state application.
If applying as a bona fide agent of a state or local government, a letter from the state or local government as documentation of the status is required.
Attach with Other Attachment Forms when submitting via www.grants.gov.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
Contact:
Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProcurement and Grants OfficeTIMSPhone 770-488-2700
Agency Email Description:
PGOTIM@cdc.gov
Agency Email:
PGOTIM@cdc.gov
Date Posted:
2010-08-16
Application Due Date:
2010-08-27
Archive Date:
2010-09-26
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