Key points
- The Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) Program provides flexible funding to the nation's health departments to detect, prevent and respond to infectious disease outbreaks.
- The ELC Program also administers the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases (ELC) Cooperative Agreement, a funding mechanism that awards critical support for infectious disease programs and projects.
Overview
Since 1995, ELC has played a vital role in building epidemiology, laboratory, and health information systems capacity for the nation's health departments while fostering cross-cutting solutions to address public health needs and supporting a response-ready workforce.
The ELC Program administers the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases (ELC) Cooperative Agreement, which provides financial support and technical assistance to state, local, and U.S. territory and affiliate health departments to detect, prevent, and respond to emerging infectious diseases.
Each year, ELC awards hundreds of millions of dollars to 65 recipients across the nation. These funded recipients serve as the foundation for our national public health infrastructure and are integral to the nation's ability to tackle infectious disease threats.
ELC accomplishes its mission through a unique structure of six robust public health programs; cross-cutting projects focusing on leadership, integration, flexibility, and sustainability; and 15 disease-specific projects. ELC also distributes supplemental funding on behalf of CDC for emergency response efforts, such as those for the influenza H1N1, Zika, and Ebola epidemics, and most recently, the COVID-19 pandemic.
Resources
Fact Sheets
ELC COVID-19 Supplemental Award Guidance
- AMD Sequencing and Analytics Guidance
- Data Modernization
- Detection & Mitigation of COVID-19 in Confinement Facilities
- Detection & Mitigation of COVID-19 in Homeless Service Sites and Other Congregate Living Facilities
- ELC CARES Guidance
- ELC Enhancing Detection Guidance
- ELC Enhancing Detection Expansion
- ELC Nursing Home & Long-term Facility Strike Team and Infrastructure Project Guidance
- ELC Reopening Schools
- SHARP Supplement to Strengthen HAI/AR Program Capacity Guidance
- Travelers Health Year Two
ELC COVID-19 Supplemental Award FAQs
- AMD Sequencing & Analytics FAQs
- ELC Enhancing Detection Expansion, Immunization, & VFC Cooperative Agreement Allowable Expense Crosswalk
- ELC Enhancing Detection Expansion & Immunization and VFC Cooperative Agreement FAQs, Allowable Expenses
- Reopening Schools FAQs September 2021
- Reopening Schools FAQs September 2022