National Association of Counties
On September 3, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded approximately $122 million through the Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities (CCR) grant program, an initiative that provides fiscal support and technical assistance to local governments in an effort to increase the number of trained community health workers in communities hit hardest by COVID-19.
The CCR provided $116 million to 69 organizations, including 28 counties (listed below). The program, which is in its first year, will distribute a total of $348 million over three years. Additionally, the CDC awarded $6 million to three state health organizations (Arizona, Washington and Wisconsin) for the CCR- Evaluation and Technical Assistance program, to provide CHW training and technical assistance to the 69 CCR recipients. These funds were allocated through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020 of 2020 and the American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) of 2021 and were awarded based on population size, poverty rates and COVID-19 statistics. Below is a list of counties and the summation of the funds they received through CCR grants. A full list of CCR grants can be found here, while an interactive map of funds published by the CDC can be found here.
|
State |
County/Organization |
Funding Amount |
|
Alabama |
Mobile County Board of Health |
$1,000,000 |
|
Arizona |
Yuma County |
$849,505 |
|
Arkansas |
Benton County Government |
$1,999,987 |
|
California |
Alameda County Healthcare Services Agency |
$732,200 |
|
California |
County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency |
$1,000,000 |
|
California |
San Joaquin County Human Services Agency |
$994,646 |
|
California |
Sonoma County Health Services Department |
$2,000,000 |
|
California |
Tulare County Health & Human Services Agency |
$600,000 |
|
Florida |
Collier County |
$421,744 |
|
Illinois |
Cook County |
$3,000,000 |
|
Indiana |
County of Elkhart |
$995,698 |
|
Indiana |
Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion Co. |
$638,732 |
|
Indiana |
St. Joseph County Department of Health |
$914,350 |
|
Maryland |
Prince George's County Fire/EMS |
$2,999,862 |
|
Missouri |
County of St. Louis |
$4,712,382 |
|
Missouri |
Washington County Ambulance District |
$1,000,000 |
|
Montana |
Yellowstone City-County Health Department |
$595,429 |
|
New Jersey |
Atlantic County Department of Human Services |
$600,000 |
|
New Mexico |
County of Dona Ana |
$645,590 |
|
New York |
County of Schenectady |
$599,777 |
|
North Carolina |
Public Health Authority of Cabarrus County |
$703,447 |
|
Ohio |
County of Jackson |
$1,517,257 |
|
Ohio |
Franklin County Board of Commissioners/Public Health |
$1,000,000 |
|
Oregon |
County of Lane |
$877,731 |
|
Pennsylvania |
Allegheny County Health Department |
$2,650,987 |
|
Tennessee |
Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County |
$1,000,000 |
|
Texas |
Harris County |
$2,999,755 |
|
Washington |
Seattle and King County Public Health |
$3,000,000 |
CHWs are frontline public health workers who often serve as the main link between health and social services and the community, working within county owned health and human services systems to facilitate access to services and improve service delivery. Counties can leverage CCR funds to strengthen or build capacity of their local health workforce to address the following:
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