Ebola emergency funding will be allocated through two programs: the Hospital Preparedness Program Ebola Preparedness and Response Activities, also known as HPP, and the Public Health Emergency Preparedness program, known as PHEP.
HPP will award a total of $194,500,000 to the states and other grantees while $145,000,000 in funds will be allocated through PHEP.
Highlighted below are the states and cities HHS designated as “high-risk” that will receive the most HPP and PHEP funds.
- New York City — $21.8 million
- Texas — $17.1 million
- Pennsylvania — $15.6 million
- Maryland — $15.3 million
- Georgia — $13.9 million
- California (not including L.A.) — $13.2 million
- Virginia — $10.8 million
- New Jersey — $9.9 million
- Ohio — $8.6 million
- Minnesota — $8.6 million
- North Carolina — $8.3 million
- Massachusetts — $7.8 million
- New York (not including N.Y.C.) — $7.5 million
- Washington, D.C. — $6.1 million
- Washington — $6 million
- Connecticut — $5 million
- Chicago — $4.7 million
- Rhode Island — $3.8 million
In addition to providing funds, HHS seeks to establish a nationwide, regional treatment network for Ebola and other infectious diseases through the HPP funding announcement.
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