CDC Awards More Than $3 Billion to Improve U.S. Public Health Workforce and Infrastructure

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Contact: Media Relations
(404) 639-3286

Today, CDC is awarding $3.2 billion to help state, local, and territorial jurisdictions across the United States strengthen their public health workforce and infrastructure. This first-of-its-kind funding provides awards directly to state, local, and territorial health departments to provide the people, services, and systems needed to promote and protect health in U.S. communities. Everyone in the United States lives in a jurisdiction that will receive funding under this new grant.

“State, local, and territorial health departments are the heart of the U.S. public...