Nevada
- State Population: 3,177,772
- Local Health Departments: 4
- Frequent Public Health Emergencies: Snow, Flooding, Fires
- Key Emergency Operations Center Activations:
2020 – COVID-19 Pandemic - CDC PHEP Funding:
FY 2022: $7,297,816
FY 2021: $7,157,460
FY 2020: $6,924,768 - Public Health Crisis Response Funding:
Mpox 2023 funding: $525,690
COVID-19 2021 funding: $19,014,644
COVID-19 2020 funding: $6,532,739
- Planners: 3
- Other: 7*
*Includes IT specialists, administrative staff, statisticians, and other positions
1 Career Epidemiology Field Officer
- Public Health Laboratory Testing
- Emergency Operations Coordination
- Medical Countermeasure Dispensing and Administration
- Community Preparedness
- Volunteer Management
In the winter of 2017, Nevada experienced high amounts of rain and snowfall, leading to a record level snowpack in northern Nevada, and eventual flooding throughout the state. PHEP-funded staff used a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services data system, known as emPOWER, to identify medically vulnerable residents. Specifically, PHEP-funded staff ensured that the local health department used emPOWER data efficiently to conduct door-to-door outreach to those most vulnerable. PHEP-funded staff evacuated and provided outreach for more than 300 households and communicated directly with 166 residents most at risk during this disaster to ensure their health needs were met.
