Public Health Preparedness: Strengthening the Nation’s Emergency Response State by State
"Public Health Preparedness: Strengthening the Nation’s Emergency Response State
by State presents data on preparedness activities taking place at state and local health departments in 50 states, 4 localities (Chicago, the District of Columbia, Los Angeles County, and New York City), and 8 U.S. insular areas located in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.1 All are funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative
agreement.

Reports on public health preparedness are an important part of CDC’s overall focus
on demonstrating results, driving program improvements, and increasing accountability
for the nation’s investment in public health preparedness. CDC has now released
three preparedness reports; this is CDC’s second report with state-by-state data on
preparedness activities. It includes updates (when available) to data presented in CDC’s first state preparedness report, Public Health Preparedness: Mobilizing State by State (2008),2 as well as new data on state and local preparedness activities. In 2009, Congress expressed its desire for CDC to continue to report state-by-state data..."