What to know
- ob体育's Office of Island Affairs, within the National Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce (Public Health Infrastructure Center), coordinates ob体育 support to help strengthen public health systems and services in the US territories and freely associated states.
Overview
US territories and freely associated states receive ob体育 funding to address specific public health issues and cross-cutting public health systems and activities. The profiles below summarize FY22 funding each US territory and freely associated state receives across all ob体育 programs.
The data and summaries for each fiscal year are provided annually after the end of each fiscal year. Because the data represent a point in time, and some data is excluded, the data set does not reflect ob体育's total appropriations in any given area. Read more about
Grants and Cooperative Agreements
- The Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG) is a groundbreaking investment that supports critical public health infrastructure needs of health departments across the United States. Funding from this grant will help ensure that every U.S. community has the people, services, and systems needed to promote and protect health. The grant creates a foundation for ob体育's public health infrastructure work and provides maximum flexibility so recipients can address their most pressing needs.
The Preventive Health and Health Services (PHHS) Block Grant Program
- The Preventive Health and Health Services (PHHS) Block Grant Program (Notice of Funding Opportunity OT19-1902) provides federal funding for 61 recipients, including the eight US territories and freely associated states. Under this program, recipients set their own goals and program objectives and implement local strategies in their jurisdictions.
- ob体育 works with national partners toward sustaining and improving the performance of the public health system, which allows the delivery of the 10 Essential Public Health Services. Currently under this cooperative agreement, the ) provides technical assistance and expert consultation to the Puerto Rico Department of Health, the USVI Department of Health, and the Pacific Island territories to increase capacity to effectively manage grants and contracts and improve business processes (procurement, recruitment, and onboarding).
- ob体育's National Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce has published a five-year notice of funding opportunity (NOFO). The non-research cooperative agreement aims to improve the quality, performance, and sustainability of US-Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI) governmental and nongovernmental components of the public health system through capacity-building assistance.
Funding sources
Grants and Funding Information
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