{"id":99571,"date":"2020-04-24T09:28:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T16:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=99571"},"modified":"2020-04-24T09:28:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T16:28:30","slug":"hhs-announces-cares-act-funding-distribution-to-states-and-localities-in-support-of-covid-19-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=99571","title":{"rendered":"HHS Announces CARES Act Funding Distribution to States and Localities in Support of COVID-19 Response"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington, DC…The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is announcing upcoming action by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide additional resources to state and local jurisdictions in support of our nation\u2019s response to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Using funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020, CDC is awarding $631 million to 64 jurisdictions through the existing Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases (ELC) cooperative agreement. These funds, along with the previous support CDC has providedexternal icon, will help states with their efforts to re-open America.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis new funding secured from Congress by President Trump will help public health departments across America continue to battle COVID-19 and expand their capacity for testing, contact tracing, and containment,\u201d said HHS Secretary Alex Azar. \u201cThe professionals who staff America\u2019s state, local, tribal, and territorial public health departments have played a vital role in protecting Americans throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, by reporting and analyzing surveillance data, tracing the spread of the virus, and developing scientific guidelines appropriate for local communities. As we look toward re-opening the economy, the work of these dedicated public health officials is only going to get more important, and the Trump Administration and CDC will be working right alongside them to assist.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis infusion of additional funding into the nation\u2019s public health infrastructure will strengthen our capacity to implement tried and true containment measures,\u201d said CDC Director Robert R. Redfield, M.D. \u201cThe ability to implement aggressive contact tracing, surveillance and testing will be fundamental to protecting vulnerable populations as the nation takes steps to reopen and Americans begin returning to their daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

CDC will use existing networks to reach out to state and local jurisdictions to access this funding, which may be used for a variety of activities including:<\/p>\n

Establishing or enhancing the ability to aggressively identify cases, conduct contact tracing and follow up, as well as implement appropriate containment measures.
\nImproving morbidity and mortality surveillance.
\nEnhancing testing capacity.
\nControlling COVID-19 in high-risk settings and protect vulnerable or high-risk populations.
\nWorking with healthcare systems to manage and monitor system capacity.
\nTo view a list of the funding jurisdictions, including past COVID-19 related funding from CDC, please visit hereexternal icon.<\/p>\n

For more information about COVID-19, please visit CDC\u2019s website: https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/index.html<\/p>\n

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Washington, DC…The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is announcing upcoming action by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide additional resources to state and local jurisdictions in support of our nation\u2019s response to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Using funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,5,33,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-government","category-health-fitness","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hhslogo.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/99572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}