The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting public health activities in the United States.

CDC’s focus is not only on scientific excellence but also on the essential spirit that is CDC – to protect the health of all people. CDC keeps humanity at the forefront of its mission to ensure health protection through promotion, prevention, and preparedness.

Composed of the Office of the Director, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Center for Global Health, and five Offices, including Public Health Preparedness and Response; State and Local Support; Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services; Noncommunicable Diseases, Injury and Environmental Health; and Infectious Diseases. CDC employs more than 15,000 employees in more than 50 countries and in 168 occupational categories

Our public health approach is simple:
First find out what’s making people sick and killing them and then do the things that work to protect them and make them healthier. With this philosophy in mind, we are at the forefront of public health efforts. We work with many partners at the local, state, and national levels to improve the public’s health, with a particular focus in the following areas:

• Increasing support to local and state shealth departments - We are only as strong as our partnerships. We are passionate about offering the best technical, financial, and direct assistance possible for the good of the whole in public health.

• Improving global health - Provide unwavering leadership in health policy development. We strengthen the ability of governments and organizations across the globe to achieve their health goals and deepen the effectiveness and efficiency of their health systems.

• Decreasing leading causes of death - We are fiercely devoted to improving the social determinants of health — disparities in the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age. These imbalances are largely responsible for health inequities in everything from obesity to heart disease.

• Strengthening surveillance and epidemiology - Rigorous surveillance and epidemiology are our most powerful tools. They form our ethos and the foundation of our authority.

• Reforming Health Policies - Prevention is on the map as never before; it is key to the future of health in this country and is a part of the legislation currently under debate. We are closely monitoring the legislation and potential impacts on public health entities and are working closely.

CDC′s Procurement and Grants Office
The CDC awards nearly 85 percent of its budget through grants and contracts to help accomplish its mission to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability. Contracts procure goods and services used directly by the agency, and grants assist other health-related and research organizations that contribute to CDC′s mission through health information dissemination, preparedness, prevention, research, and surveillance.
Each year, the CDC awards approximately $7 billion in over 14,000 separate grant and contract actions, including simplified acquisitions. This website provides information on grants and business opportunities with the CDC.

Funding for Individuals or Business Start-Up Costs
Because CDC grants are intended to support a public purpose – health promotion and disease prevention for people throughout the United States and around the world – the CDC provides grants to organizations whose work affects many people. The CDC does not provide financial assistance to individuals for their healthcare costs; however, the federal government provides this type of assistance through Medicare  and Medicaid  .
Similarly, the CDC does not provide start-up funds or loans for health-related businesses or projects; however, the contracts portion of this website provides useful information on finding contract opportunities with the CDC. Additionally, the federal government provides assistance to entrepreneurs through the Small Business Administration  .


Fiscal Year 2010 Grants Profile Report for United States and District of Columbia:
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry:  $13,472,287  (0.2%)
Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities:  $85,626,490  (1.4%)
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion:  $637,973,950  (10.2%)
Environmental Health:  $88,788,513  (1.4%)
Infectious Diseases:  $1,027,606,229  (16.4%)
Injury Prevention and Control:  $95,919,714  (1.5%)
Occupational Safety and Health:  $166,646,586  (2.7%)
Prevention and Public Health Fund/Other ACA Funds:  $124,267,173  (2.0%)
Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant:  $96,861,330  (1.5%)
Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Response:  $725,676,101  (11.6%)
Vaccines For Children:  $3,187,698,048  (51.0%)

BUDGET OVERVIEW:

The FY 2011 President’s Budget Request includes a total of $10.6 billion of funding for CDC and ATSDR. This request reflects an increase of $100.5 million above the FY 2010 Omnibus. With the addition of $225 million from P.L. 111-32, the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2009, CDC FY 2011 programmatic resources are $6.6 billion. Therefore, CDC’s budget authority decreases because CDC will use approximately $225 million in unobligated balances from the FY 2009 Pandemic Influenza Supplemental to offset budget authority for pandemic flu and for a portion of Strategic National Stockpile activities. This request also includes a savings of $100 million through an agency wide effort to reduce inefficiencies and improve overall management in contract and travel activities.