Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) Ebola Preparedness and Response Activities

This program covers two separate, but related projects: Part A � Health Care System Preparedness for Ebola and Part B � Development of a Regional Network for Ebola Patient Care. The purpose of this program is to (1) improve healthcare system preparedness for Ebola and (2) develop a regional hospital network for Ebola patient care.

Eligible applicants are the 62 Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) awardees, which include health departments in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, the nation�s three largest municipalities (Chicago, Los Angeles County, and New York City, 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.

The applicants must submit their application in accordance with the 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 timeframe. Upon review and approval, the revised application can then be submitted to the Office of Grants Management for processing and issuing a notice of grant award. Part B - Development of a Regional Network for Ebola Patient Care: Applications that successfully proceed through the initial screening (as outlined in the funding opportunity announcement) will be objectively reviewed based upon the review criterial specified in the funding opportunity. Applications selected for funding will be processed and the applicant notified in writing through the issuance of a Notice of Award from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response.