$392,930,180
Department of Health and Human Services·Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
to UT STATE DEPT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
WORK BEGAN2019-08-01·LATEST ACTION2026-06-22·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_NU50CK000536_075
Award description
UTAH'S PROPOSAL FOR ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE 2020 EPIDEMIOLOGY AND LABORATORY CAPACITY FOR PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES (ELC) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.
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In plain English
Funds Utah's disease surveillance and lab capacity to detect and respond to emerging infectious diseases—an ongoing 2019 agreement receiving continued support.
Sub-sectors
disease-surveillancelaboratory-capacitystate-health-department
Why this matters
State epidemiology and lab capacity are frontline defense against disease outbreaks; this multiyear commitment underscores pandemic-preparedness infrastructure.
Supply-chain signal
Strengthens state lab capacity and testing supply resilience; may increase demand for diagnostic reagents, lab equipment, and epidemiology software.
Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-23. Cost: $0.015993.
Period of performance
Start
2019-08-01
End
2027-07-31
Status
activein 396 days
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- 2026-06-22MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR 55 - FY 2026 - T19$2.5B
- 2026-03-05UTAH RURAL HEALTH TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM: A BOLD, MULTI-FACETED INNOVATIVE EFFORT AIMED AT GENERATIONAL INVESTMENTS TO BUILD RESILIENT, SUSTAINABLE RURAL HEALTH SYSTEMS. - UTAH GEOGRAPHICALLY IS THE 13TH LARGEST STATE AND 77% RURAL. RURAL RESIDENTS IN UTAH FACE PERSISTENT HEALTHCARE BARRIERS INCLUDING GEOGRAPHIC ISOLATION, PROVIDER SHORTAGES, AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, AND ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS. THESE CHALLENGES CONTRIBUTE TO HIGHER RATES OF CHRONIC DISEASE, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES, AND POOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES. ADDRESSING THESE CHALLENGES REQUIRES BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE, PATIENT-CENTERED SYSTEM OF CARE TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES AND ENSURE THE LONG-TERM VIABILITY OF RURAL HEALTHCARE IN UTAH. UTAH’S RURAL HEALTH TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM (RHTP) IS A BOLD, MULTI-FACETED INNOVATIVE EFFORT AIMED AT GENERATIONAL INVESTMENTS TO BUILD RESILIENT, SUSTAINABLE RURAL HEALTH SYSTEMS. THIS OUTCOME-FOCUSED PROGRAM WILL BE GUIDED BY FOUR STRATEGIC PILLARS—MAKING RURAL UTAHNS HEALTHY, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, INNOVATION AND ACCESS, AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION. WITHIN THESE STRATEGIC PILLARS, UTAH WILL IMPLEMENT SEVEN INTEGRATED INITIATIVES IN COLLABORATION WITH STATE, LOCAL, TRIBAL, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO CREATE A RURAL HEALTH ECOSYSTEM DESIGNED TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES: PATH (PREVENTIVE ACTION AND TRANSFORMATION FOR HEALTH); RISE (RURAL INCENTIVE AND SKILL EXPANSION): SHIFT (SUSTAINING HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TRANSFORMATION); FAST (FINANCIAL APPROACHES FOR SUSTAINABLE TRANSFORMATION); LIFT (LEVERAGING INNOVATION FOR FACILITATED TELEHEALTH): SUPPORT (SHARED UTILITIES FOR PARTNERED PROVIDER OPERATIONAL RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY); AND LINCS (LEVERAGING INTEROPERABILITY NETWORKS TO CONNECT SERVICES). COMBINED, THESE INITIATIVES WILL CREATE FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE HEALTH SYSTEMS WHILE SUPPORTING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES FOR RURAL UTAHNS, BEGINNING IN CHILDHOOD AND EXTENDING ACROSS THE LIFESPAN. PATH FOSTERS LIFELONG WELLNESS THROUGH IMPROVED NUTRITION, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENTS. RISE STRENGTHENS THE RURAL WORKFORCE THROUGH EARLY AND ALTERNATIVE CAREER PATHWAYS, EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND STRUCTURED PROVIDER INCENTIVES. SHIFT STRATEGICALLY INVESTS IN PREVENTIVE CARE INFRASTRUCTURE TO ADVANCE PROACTIVE, COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH DELIVERY SYSTEMS, WHILE STRENGTHENING PUBLIC HEALTH CAPACITY. FAST DRIVES HIGH-QUALITY CARE, COST EFFICIENCY, AND FINANCIAL STABILITY IN RURAL HEALTH SYSTEMS. LIFT EXPANDS ACCESS TO CARE THROUGH TELEHEALTH TO OVERCOME GEOGRAPHIC BARRIERS. SUPPORT MODERNIZES DIGITAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS TO ENHANCE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY. AND LINCS IMPROVES AND OPTIMIZES DATA SHARING ACROSS CLINICS, HOSPITALS, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDERS, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO ENABLE COORDINATED CARE. CREATED THROUGH ROBUST STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, THESE INITIATIVES AIM TO UNITE RURAL PROVIDERS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND PUBLIC HEALTH ENTITIES TO TRANSFORM HEALTHCARE DELIVERY, STRENGTHEN PATIENT-CENTERED CARE, AND DRIVE MEASURABLE IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH, COORDINATION, AND FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY ACROSS RURAL UTAH. UTAH’S RHTP FRAMEWORK ASCRIBES TO A CORE UTAH FINANCING PRINCIPLE: TO USE ONE-TIME FUNDING TO CONVERT SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS INTO LASTING OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES AND POLICY REFORMS. BY ALIGNING FINANCIAL INCENTIVES, MODERNIZING INFRASTRUCTURE, EXPANDING TELEHEALTH CAPACITY, AND ADDRESSING WORKFORCE SHORTAGES, UTAH IS POSITIONED TO CULTIVATE A DATA-DRIVEN, PATIENT-CENTERED RURAL HEALTH SYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS PROVIDERS TO THRIVE AND ENSURES RURAL UTAHNS HAVE CONSISTENT ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY CARE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. LEAD ORGANIZATION: UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SUBRECIPIENTS/SUB-AWARDEES: POST NOTICE OF AWARD, THE STATE WILL SELECT SUBRECIPIENTS. TOTAL BUDGET AMOUNT REQUESTED: $1,000,000,000$195.7M
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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_NU50CK000536_075.
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