$117,341,674
Department of Health and Human Services·Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
to DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
WORK BEGAN2019-01-01·LATEST ACTION2026-05-05·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_NH25PS005182_075
Award description
STRENGTHENING STD PREVENTION AND CONTROL FOR HEALTH DEPARTMENTS
Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.
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What the model surfaced from this award
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In plain English
Supports state health departments' sexually transmitted disease prevention and control programs through ongoing CDC cooperative agreement.
Sub-sectors
public-healthstd-preventioncooperative-agreement
Why this matters
STD rates in the U.S. remain elevated; sustained federal funding to state health infrastructure is critical for disease surveillance, testing, and treatment access.
Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-26. Cost: $0.002676.
Period of performance
Start
2019-01-01
End
2027-02-28
Status
activein 243 days
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Sources
- USAspending.gov — all awards for this UEI →
- SAM.gov entity registration →
- Award record ingested from usaspending. Source identifier ASST_NON_NH25PS005182_075.
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