DEMONSTRATE CAPABILITY AND BUILD CAPACITY IN THE MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS NETWORK

 

The Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps (CVMRC) is a national network of over 200,000 volunteers, organized in local community-based groups and committed to strengthening public health, reducing vulnerabilities, improving local preparedness, response and recovery capabilities, and building community resilience. MRC units have supported numerous community public health missions, participated in local and regional exercises across the nation, and responded during emergencies when called upon by local and state response agencies. MRC volunteers remain in place to help communities recover after emergencies when other response assets return home â₏“ because they are already home. Due to the community-based nature of the MRC, each unit is unique in what it can provide before, during, and after emergencies as well as to support public health missions. In March 2002, the Office of the Surgeon General within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) established MRC as a demonstration project. The Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act authorized MRC as an ongoing program in 2006. In 2013, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA) assigned authority and responsibility for the program to ASPR. With the publication of a Federal Register Notice revising ASPRâ₏™s Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority (79 FR 70535) on November 26, 2014, MRC formally moved from the OASH to ASPR.

Deleted 09/20/2015 (Archived.) EP-HIT-15-001 Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Office: OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Cooperative Agreement 1 The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is the only eligible applicant. NACCHO is the national nonprofit organization representing all the local and tribal health officials from across the country. NACCHO is the only organization dedicated to serving every LHD in the nation with over 1,450 LHDs as members in addition to 10,000 individual active dues paying members. NACCHO is the organization that can effectively serve as the conduit to local health departments, officials, and other local health stakeholder on a national basis. 08/21/2015 This program does not have cost sharing or matching requirements. Brenda Cox
Grants Management Officer
Phone 2028094144 brenda.cox@hhs.gov $8,800,000.00 Awards range from $4,400,000.00 to $4,400,000.00