Notice of Intent To Award Affordable Care Act (ACA) Funding

Résumé

This notice provides public announcement of CDC's intent to award Affordable Care Act (ACA) appropriations to the following 7 grantees: Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health, College Station, TX; University at Albany SUNY School of Public Health, Albany, NY; University of Oklahoma College of Public Health, Oklahoma City, OK; University of South Florida College of Public Health, Tampa, FL. The purpose of the PERLC program is to develop, deliver, and evaluate core competency-based training and education that target the public health workforce, address the public health preparedness and response needs of state, local, and tribal public health authorities and emphasize essential public health security strategies. These activities are proposed by the above mentioned grantees in their FY 2011 application submitted under Funding Opportunity Announcement CDC-RFA-TP10-1001, "Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Centers (PERLC)," Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Number (CFDA): 93.069. Approximately $5,000,000 in ACA funding will be awarded to the grantee for sustainin