Public Health Crisis Response Cooperative Agreement | CDC RFA TP22 2201

Opportunity Information: Apply for CDC RFA TP22 2201

The Public Health Crisis Response Cooperative Agreement (CDC RFA TP22 2201) is a CDC funding mechanism designed to help the country respond faster and at a larger scale when a major public health emergency overwhelms state, local, tribal, territorial, or other eligible jurisdictions. Instead of waiting to collect applications after a crisis begins, CDC uses this opportunity to pre-qualify organizations through an objective merit review and place successful applicants on an "Approved But Unfunded" (ABU) roster. Being on the ABU list does not guarantee money right away; it means an applicant has already cleared the programmatic and technical review steps and can be funded quickly if and when CDC determines a public health emergency is occurring or is imminent and Congress has provided appropriations for that specific event.

The main purpose of the opportunity is surge response, not long-term capacity building. CDC is clear that this cooperative agreement is not intended to create brand-new public health emergency management programs or serve as a general preparedness grant. Instead, it is meant to temporarily boost and stabilize existing response operations during a significant crisis, including re-establishing capacity that was reduced or lost because of the emergency itself. When the notice of funding opportunity is activated for a specific emergency, CDC will issue supplemental guidance to ABU-listed entities describing the precise response priorities, required activities, and any tailored work plan or budget details needed for that event.

Applicants are expected to submit work plans and budgets up front that show they can quickly pivot into emergency response. Prior COVID-19 response plans are explicitly considered acceptable examples for demonstrating readiness, including plans developed under prior CDC COVID response awards. The types of activities envisioned under this cooperative agreement focus on rapid mobilization and scaling of operations, such as coordinating emergency operations, standing up or expanding incident management functions, hiring and onboarding surge staff, and conducting rapid needs assessments to figure out what resources, staffing, and interventions are required to manage the crisis. The award can also support specialized public health emergency response actions that are specific to the particular threat CDC is addressing, with details set later through supplemental instructions when funding is released.

A key compliance expectation is that applicants must explain how any funding received under this mechanism would not duplicate or replace other federal funds. In other words, CDC wants to see that the proposed emergency work would fill urgent gaps and expand response capacity rather than pay for activities already supported by other federal programs. This cooperative agreement is also positioned as a complement to CDCs ongoing investments in preparedness and response relationships with governmental public health departments, community-based organizations, and other domestic partners, providing a way to rapidly move money to pre-vetted responders when an event exceeds normal jurisdiction resources.

Administratively, this is a discretionary cooperative agreement under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, specifically within OPHPR, and is associated with CFDA 93.354. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; and federally recognized tribal governments (with other eligibility possible as clarified in the full notice). The posting listed an award ceiling of $5,000,000 and anticipated up to 113 awards, with applications originally due February 12, 2022. The central idea is speed: pre-approval now so that, during a high-impact emergency, CDC can rapidly issue targeted funding to jurisdictions and partners that are already vetted and ready to execute surge public health response work.

• The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control - OPHPR in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Public Health Crisis Response Cooperative Agreement" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.354.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jan 13, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 12, 2022 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 pm ET on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $5,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 113 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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