Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Description

CDC’s Procurement and Grants Office has published a program announcement entitled, “National Acute Hazardous Substance Incidents Surveillance and Prevention Program.” Approximately $1,000,000 will be available to fund five to seven awards. The purpose of the program is to build capacity in state health departments to establish and maintain a state-based surveillance system for monitoring hazardous substances incidents as well as identifying vulnerabilities and performing proactive prevention activities related to these vulnerabilities. For complete program details, please see the full announcement on the CDC website at www.grants.gov . The estimated funding date is August 31, 2009.

Who can apply

• State governments
• County governments
• City or township governments
• Special district governments
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized)

Contact

PGOTIMS <br/>Phone 770-488-2700
pgotim@cdc.gov