Idaho

At a Glance

State Population: 1,939,033
Local Health Departments: 7
Frequent Public Health Emergencies: Wildfires, Flooding, Landslides
Key Emergency Operations Center Activations:
2020 – COVID-19 Pandemic
CDC PHEP Funding:
FY 2022: $5,382,980
FY 2021: $5,246,538
FY 2020: $5,546,900
Public Health Crisis Response Funding:
COVID-19 2021 Funding: $11,451,854
COVID-19 2020 Funding: $4,567,500

PHEP-Funded Staff

Epidemiologists: 1
Laboratorians: 4
Planners: 3
Other: 6*

*Includes IT specialists, administrative staff, statisticians, and other positions

CDC Preparedness Field Staff

1 Career Epidemiology Field Officer
1 Preparedness Field Assignee

Top 5 Preparedness Investments

Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation
Public Health Laboratory Testing
Community Preparedness
Medical Materiel Management and Distribution
Medical Countermeasure Dispensing and Administration

Stories from the Field

CDC in Action–PHEP Enhances Idaho’s Readiness to Respond during Solar Eclipse Event

In Idaho, PHEP supports a CDC field epidemiologist who works with state and local public health agency staff to strengthen surveillance and outbreak response. To prepare for the large influx of visitors to Idaho expected during the August 2017 solar eclipse, the epidemiologist and a PHEP-supported CDC field advisor stationed in Idaho developed a surveillance plan to monitor anticipated health conditions and report findings to responding agencies. Thanks to this preparation supported by PHEP, responders received daily information on emergency department visits and selected reportable diseases and could act quickly if an increase in conditions of concern occurred.

Responding to Animal Outbreak of Plague

When plague was identified in six cats during the summer of 2016, a CDC-supported public information officer (PIO) worked with state agencies to educate the public and veterinarians about how to protect themselves and their feline patients through press releases and the Health Alert Network. Plague can jump from animals to humans and cause death in about one out of 10 cases. As a result of advanced planning and having the right staff on hand to support a vigorous response, no humans were infected with plague and the feline outbreak ended with no further cases.