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CDC Public Health Infrastructure Grant
The CDC cooperative agreement that funds health departments to build durable public health workforce, foundational capabilities, and data systems. VerisGov maps the structure and keeps the moving parts current.
At a glance
- Program
- Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG), Strengthening U.S. Public Health Infrastructure, Workforce, and Data Systems.
- Administering agency
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), within HHS.
- Statutory authority
- A CDC cooperative agreement issued under the agency's Public Health Service Act grant and cooperative-agreement authorities; a discretionary program funded through appropriations rather than a permanently authorized formula grant.
- Funding mechanism
- Cooperative agreement funded through appropriations, with health department allocations set by a funding formula; structured as a recipient component for health departments and a partner component for national support organizations.
- Money flow
- CDC to public health departments across the states, the District of Columbia, territories, and large localities, plus national partner organizations; recipient states pass a required share of workforce funding to local health departments not directly funded by the grant.
- Who has a stake
- State, territorial, local, and large-city health departments, national public health partner organizations, the public health workforce, and the communities served by foundational public health capabilities.
What it is
The Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG) is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) program designed to strengthen the core infrastructure of the U.S. public health system rather than fund a single disease or program area. It directs money toward the underlying capacity that every public health activity depends on: people, organizational capabilities, and data systems.
PHIG is structured in two parts. One component funds public health departments across the states, the District of Columbia, territories, and large localities. A second component funds national public health partner organizations that provide training, technical assistance, evaluation, and coordination to the funded health departments. Health department allocations are set by a funding formula that accounts for factors such as population.
Because PHIG targets cross-cutting capacity, it is flexible by design. Funded health departments invest in three strategic areas, and recipient states are expected to pass a meaningful share of workforce funding to local health departments that the grant does not fund directly, extending the investment down to the community level.
Key facts
- Program Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG), Strengthening U.S. Public Health Infrastructure, Workforce, and Data Systems.
- Administering agency Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), within HHS.
- Statutory authority A CDC cooperative agreement issued under the agency's Public Health Service Act grant and cooperative-agreement authorities; a discretionary program funded through appropriations rather than a permanently authorized formula grant.
- Funding mechanism Cooperative agreement funded through appropriations, with health department allocations set by a funding formula; structured as a recipient component for health departments and a partner component for national support organizations.
- Money flow CDC to public health departments across the states, the District of Columbia, territories, and large localities, plus national partner organizations; recipient states pass a required share of workforce funding to local health departments not directly funded by the grant.
- Who has a stake State, territorial, local, and large-city health departments, national public health partner organizations, the public health workforce, and the communities served by foundational public health capabilities.
What it funds
- Public health workforce recruitment, retention, and development
- Foundational public health capabilities and organizational capacity
- Public health data systems and data modernization
- Pass-through workforce support to local health departments not directly funded by the grant
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- Annual appropriated funding level and the cumulative award total across the program
- The funding formula and the number and identity of funded health departments and national partners
- Any pause, hold, restructuring, or reversal affecting infrastructure funding to states and localities
- Changes to allowable uses, the local pass-through requirement, and the program's period of performance
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- State, territorial, and local health departments
Answers
Frequently asked questions
What does PHIG pay for?
It funds cross-cutting public health infrastructure rather than a specific disease: the workforce, foundational organizational capabilities, and data systems. The goal is durable capacity that supports all public health activities.
Who receives PHIG funding?
Public health departments across the states, the District of Columbia, territories, and large localities receive the bulk of the funding. A separate component funds national public health partner organizations that provide training, technical assistance, evaluation, and coordination.
Do local health departments benefit if they are not directly funded?
Yes. Recipient state health departments are required to pass a meaningful share of their workforce funding to local health departments that the grant does not fund directly, extending the investment to the local level.
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