It will offer $260 million in "preparedness grants" to states and cities for the vaccination drive and $90 million to hospitals preparing for surges of cases.
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Last August, before he proposed cutting the program to $44 million from $109 million, Mr. Ashcroft went to Dayton, Ohio, and watched a preparedness exercise and announced grants totaling $1.8 million to Ohio.
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Several criteria exist for the mitigation of foodborne illness listed in the bioterrorism preparedness cooperative agreement award notice and grant guidelines (Procurement and Grants Office, CDC, Announcement No. 99051).
But it would also offer nearly $1.1 billion to states, including $670 million to create grants for bioterrorism preparedness.
In New York City, which has the highest concentration of confirmed flu cases, federal grants for emergency preparedness have fallen to $23 million, from $28 million a year ago, said Andrew S. Rein, the city health department's executive deputy commissioner.
Senate aides have been negotiating with administration officials this week on proposals by Senators Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, and Bill Frist, Republican of Tennessee, that would provide as much as $5 billion in block grants to states for preparedness programs for hospitals and health officials.
