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Steps your hospital can take to pursue federal first responder funding

Emergency Management Alert, February 24, 2004

Looking for ways your hospital can obtain some of the Department of Homeland Security's counterterrorism grant funding?

President George W. Bush's December 17, 2003, directive declared hospitals as first responders, allowing them to seek nearly $2.2 billion in federal funding to prepare for potential terrorist attacks, major disasters, and emergencies.

For more information on receiving your funding, go to http://www.hcpro.com/content/37196.cfm?s=EEMA

The cost is $10. Subscribers to Healthcare Security and Emergency Management received this article free through their online account.

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