Eligible Applicants:
State governments
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
County governments
City or township governments
Special district governments
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Government Organizations: State governments or their bona fide agents (includes the District of Columbia) Local governments or their bona fide agents Territorial governments or their bona fide agents in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. Section 392(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended [42 USC § 280b-0(a)(1)]Per the program’s statutory authority, only the types of entities listed are eligible to apply:Eligible entities include state governments or their bona fide agents (includes the District of Columbia), local governments or their bona fide agents, territorial governments or their bona fide agents in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.Further, eligible applicants must submit a letter of support (LOS) or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) from their National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) Principal Investigator or the staffing unit that manages the authorization process for users to access NSSP ESSENCE confirming their data eligibility and coverage.Applications that do not meet these criteria will be considered non-responsive and will not move forward for review.Only one award will be given per state to avoid duplication of data submission efforts. States are encouraged to collaborate with local health departments within their state to increase their syndromic surveillance system coverage at the time of application.