National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program (93.889)

 

Program

93.889 National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program

 

Federal Agency

Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Office: Office of the Secretary

 

Authorization

Section 319C-2 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended by the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) of 2006, Public Law 109-417.
, Public Law 109-109-417, 42 U.S.C 247-3a.

 

Program Number

93.889

 

Last Known Status

Active

 

Objectives

To ready hospitals and other healthcare systems, in collaboration with other partners, to deliver coordinated and effective care to victims of terrorism and other public health emergencies.

 

Types of Assistance

PROJECT GRANTS

 

Uses and Use Restrictions

The distribution of funds will be to the health departments of all 50 States, the District of Columbia, the nation's three largest municipalities (New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles County), the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, the territories of American Samoa, Guam and the Unites States Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republics of Palau and the Marshall Islands. The statute specifies appropriate use of funds.

 

Eligibility Requirements

Applicant Eligibility

State health departments of all 50 States, the District of Columbia, the nation's three largest municipalities (New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles County), the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, the territories of American Samoa, Guam and the United States Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republics of Palau and the Marshall Islands.

Beneficiary Eligibility

All State health departments listed above, hospitals and supporting health care systems.

Credentials/Documentation

Applicants should review the individual ASPR Hospital Preparedness Program Funding Opportunity Announcement documents issued under this CFDA for any required proof or certifications which must be submitted prior to or simultaneous with submission of an application package. OMB Circular No. A-87 applies to this program.

 

Application and Award Process

Preapplication Coordination

Preapplication coordination is required. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.

Application Procedure

OMB Circular No. A-102 applies to this program. OMB Circular No. A-110 applies to this program. Grant applications and required forms for this program can be obtained from Grants.gov. Please visit the Grants.gov Web site at www.grants.gov to both find and apply for all Federal grant opportunities. All qualified applications from eligible applicants will be reviewed and final funding award recommendations forwarded to ASPR.

Award Procedure

Notification is made in writing through a Notice of Grant Award issued from the program's Grants Management Office.

Deadlines

Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time

From 60 to 90 days. From 2-3 months.

Appeals

From 60 to 90 days. HHS encourages its OPDIVs and recipients to try to resolve disputes by using alternative dispute resolution (ADR) techniques. Recipients may appeal to the DAB certain post-award adverse administrative decisions made by HHS officials (see 45 CFR part 16).

Renewals

Not Applicable.

 

Assistance Considerations

Formula and Matching Requirements

Statutory formulas are not applicable to this program.

Matching Requirements: Percent: 5.%. 5% awardee matching required for FY09 and for any subsequent fiscal year, not less than 10% awardee matching.

This program has MOE requirements, see funding agency for further details.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance

Project periods are limited up to 3 years. Budget periods are limited up to 12 months. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: lump sum.

 

Post Assistance Requirements

Reports

Program reports are not applicable. Cash reports are not applicable. Semi-annual and year end progress reports are required. SF-269, semi-annual and year end reports are required. Performance monitoring is not applicable.

Audits

In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133.

Records

Awardees are required to maintain grant accounting records for a minimum of 3 years after the end of a grant period. If any litigation, claim, negotiation, audit or other action involving the record has been started before the expiration of the 3-year period, the records shall be retained until completion of the action and resolution of all issues which arise from it, or until the end of the regular 3-year period, whichever is later. More detailed information regarding retention requirements are provided in Title 45, CFR Parts 74 and 92.

 

Program Accomplishments

Fiscal Year 2008: FY02-FY07 funds supported needs assessments, updates for hospitals and supporting health care entities; continuation, refinement and implementation of DHHS-approved work plans in accordance with the Funding Opportunity Announcement and contracts to health care entities to upgrade their ability to respond to terrorist and other public health emergencies requiring among other capabilities, mass immunization, treatment, isolation and quarantine in the aftermath of bioterrorism or other outbreaks of infectious disease. Since FY07, the HHP goal is to ensure awardees continue to use CA funds to maintain, refine, and to the extent achievable, enhance the capacities and capabilities of their health care systems as identified in the Funding Opportunity Announcement, and for exercising and improving preparedness plans for all-hazards including pandemic influenza. Fiscal Year 2009: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available

 

Financial Information

Account Identification

75-0140-0-1-551.

Obligations

(Cooperative Agreements) FY 08 $398,059,000; FY 09 est $362,017,984; FY 10 est $376,000,000

Range and Average of Financial Assistance

$300,000 to $35,000,000.

 

Regulations, Guidelines and Literature

This program is subject to the provisions of 45 CFR Part 92 for State, local and tribal governments and 45 CFR Part 74 for institutions of higher education, hospitals, other nonprofit organizations and commercial organizations.

 

Related Programs

93.003 Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund

 

Information Contacts

Regional or Local Office

See Regional Agency Offices. Robert Scott Dugas, MPH
Hospital Preparedness Program
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
395 E Street, SW
10th Floor, Suite 1075, Room 13
Washington, DC 20201
Phone: (202) 245-0732
Blackberry: (202) 731-8323
robert.dugas@hhs.gov.

Headquarters Office

Alexis Lynady 395 E Street, Room 1075.42, SW
, Washington, District of Columbia 20201 Email: alexis.lynady@hhs.gov Phone: 2022450976

Web Site Address

http://www.hhs.gov/aspr/opeo/hpp/index.html

 

Examples of Funded Projects

Fiscal Year 2008: Since FY07, the funding provided through the HPP is for activities that include, but are not limited to, exercising and improving preparedness plans for all-hazards including pandemic influenza, increasing the ability of healthcare systems to provide needed beds, engage with other responders through interoperable communication systems, track bed and resource availability using electronic systems, develop ESAR-VHP systems, protect their healthcare workers with proper equipment, decontaminate patients, enable partnerships/coalitions, educate and train their healthcare workers, enhance fatality management and healthcare system evacuation/shelter in place plans, and coordinate regional exercises. Fiscal Year 2009: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available

 

Criteria for Selecting Proposals

This is a formula grant program. The applicants must submit their application in accordance with fiscal year Funding Opportunity Announcement. The applications are reviewed and approved applications are processed immediately. Applications approved with conditions, require the applicant to resubmit supporting information within a prescribed time frame. Upon review and approval, the revised application can then be submitted to Grants Management for processing and issuing a notice of grant award.