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As revised by section 10404, requires the CDC to create an Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity Grant Program. Grants authorized under this program are to be used to assist public health agencies in monitoring and expediting response to infectious diseases. Authorizes (but does not appropriate) $190 million for each of FYs 2010-2013, though stipulates certain allocations of such amount to fund specified activities.
Prior to January 2013, the CDC leveraged Prevention and Public Health Fund appropriations (at section 4002) and other internal funding streams to award grants to state and local public health programs pursuant to this provision (see the 2011 and 2012 HHS press releases).
2014
On October 17, 2014, the CDC announced $2 million in grant funding to support the response to Ebola outbreak. Eligible Ministries of Health and their bona fide agents should apply by October 23, 2014. The “the funding will support the impacted countries and the surrounding countries to combat this health crisis. This funding will target the following countries: Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Mauritania, Mali, Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Ghana, Gambia, Cote d’Ivoire, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria to support the responses of the CDC to the outbreak of Ebola virus in West Africa. In addition, the funding will support the U.S. efforts to provide unified mobilization to address a crisis of this magnitude.
On October 20, 2014, the CDC announced $1.8 million to respond Ebola outbreak for the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET). The CDC explained that “the funding will support the impacted countries and the surrounding countries to combat this health crisis. This funding will target the following countries: Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Mauritania, Mali, Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Ghana, Gambia, Cote d’Ivoire, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria to support the responses of the CDC to the outbreak of Ebola virus in West Africa. In addition, the funding “will enable the U.S. to provide unified mobilization to address a crisis of this magnitude [and] to build partnerships and strengthen existing projects to respond to Ebola. The CDC and its partners will help to address the need for surveillance, detection, coordination, response, and increase eligible governments’ capacity to respond to the Ebola outbreak.” For this grant, the CDC has waived the electronic submission requirement the application is available here.
2019
On March 1, 2019, CDC released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the ELC Cooperative Agreement. The new NOFO is a competitive 5 year cooperative agreement opportunity open to the 64 jurisdictions currently funded through the ELC. Details.
2020
The CDC Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections (DPEI) is hosting the 2020 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (ELC) Annual Meeting which will take place March 11 -13, 2020.
SEC. 4304. EPIDEMIOLOGY-LABORATORY CAPACITY GRANTS.
Title XXVIII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Subtitle C—Strengthening Public Health Surveillance Systems ‘‘SEC. 2821 ø42 U.S.C. 300hh–31¿. EPIDEMIOLOGY-LABORATORY CAPACITY GRANTS. ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall establish an Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity Grant Program to award grants to State health departments as well as local health departments and tribal jurisdictions that meet such criteria as the Director determines appropriate. Academic centers that assist State and eligible local and tribal health departments may also be eligible for funding under this section as the Director determines appropriate. Grants shall be awarded under this section to assist public health agencies in improving surveillance for, and response to, infectious diseases and other conditions of public health importance by— ‘‘(1) strengthening epidemiologic capacity to identify and monitor the occurrence of infectious diseases and other conditions of public health importance; ‘‘(2) enhancing laboratory practice as well as systems to report test orders and results electronically; ‘‘(3) improving information systems including developing and maintaining an information exchange using national guidelines and complying with capacities and functions determined by an advisory council established and appointed by the Director; and ‘‘(4) developing and implementing prevention and control strategies. ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $190,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2013, of which— ‘‘(1) not less than $95,000,000 shall be made available each such fiscal year for activities under paragraphs (1) and (4) of subsection (a); ‘‘(2) not less than $60,000,000 shall be made available each such fiscal year for activities under subsection (a)(3); and ‘‘(3) not less than $32,000,000 shall be made available each such fiscal year for activities under subsection (a)(2).’’.
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