HHS releases new preparedness funds
Emergency Management Alert, March 25, 2003
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on March 20 released $1.4 billion in preparedness funding for states, as well as the ability to obtain up to 20% of their 2003 funding immediately to support current activities.
Part of the funding ($870 million) supports enhancement of states' public health agencies, and the rest ($498 million) goes toward hospital preparedness for possible bioterror or other mass casualty events. The funding is part of about $3.5 billion in HHS money allotted this year for bioterrorism preparedness, including research into potential bioterror agents and potential treatments and vaccines.
For more information on the HHS plans to distribute the funding among states, visit http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2003pres/20030320.html
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