Division of Jurisdictional Support
The Division of Jurisdictional Support (DJS), within CDC’s National Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce (Public Health Infrastructure Center), coordinates CDC funding, strategy, and technical assistance to jurisdictions and tribes through an approach grounded in customer service, trust, equity, and continual improvement.
Vision: Strengthening the nation’s public health infrastructure to protect the health and well-being of communities across the United States, U.S. Territories, and Freely Associated States.
Mission: To advance and sustain the nation’s public health infrastructure by ensuring stewardship and management of federal funds through the active engagement of internal and external partners and STLT-funded recipients.
Core Values: Communication, coordination, collaboration, and information sharing; wellness and work-life alignment; and excellence in customer service.
This groundbreaking funding represents CDC’s largest investment to date on reducing health disparities related to COVID-19 and provides support to directly address these issues in communities that need it most. This two-year, non-research grant is funded through the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021, and has 108 recipients.
The Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant Program provides federal funding for 61 recipients: all 50 states, the District of Columbia, 2 American Indian tribes, 5 US territories, and 3 freely associated states. This program gives recipients the ability to address prioritized public health needs in their jurisdictions in collaboration with local and tribal public health agencies and organizations.
Funding from this grant is helping to ensure that every US community has the people, services, and systems needed to promote and protect health. The grant creates a foundation for CDC’s public health infrastructure work and provides maximum flexibility so communities can address their most pressing needs. Grant recipients include 107 public health departments and 3 national partners.
This cooperative agreement will fund up to 25 federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes and regional AI/AN tribally designated organizations. This funding will help improve public health outcomes and lessen health inequities in Indian Country.
This noncompetitive grant has 346 tribal recipients, including 290 tribal nations, 25 tribal consortia, and 31 tribal organizations. These recipients can use funds to conduct surveillance, epidemiology, laboratory capacity, infection control, mitigation, communication, and other COVID-19 preparedness and response activities.
This five-year cooperative agreement was awarded to 25 American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribal nations and regional AI/AN tribally designated organizations. These partners are working to increase the capacity of Indian Country to identify, respond to, and mitigate public health threats, improving the health, safety, and well-being of AI/AN communities.