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Pediatric Disaster Care Centers of Excellence Program Cooperative Agreement

Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response

Award ceiling

$0

Award floor

$0

Program funding

$24,000,000

Opportunity #
EP-U3R-26-001
Agency
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
ALN (CFDA)
93.889
Status
posted
Posted
Jul 30, 2026
Closes
Aug 31, 2026
Funding instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Category
Health
Cost sharing required
No

Who can apply

Eligible applicants are limited to one or more public or private hospitals and/or corporate health systems. For the purposes of this NOFO, a corporate health system is defined as an organized, coordinated, and collaborative network that (1) links various health care providers, via common ownership or contract, across three domains of integration – economic, noneconomic, and clinical – to provide a coordinated, vertical continuum of services to a particular patient population or community, and (2) is accountable both clinically and fiscally for the clinical outcomes and health status of the population or community served, and has systems in place to manage and improve them.

Synopsis

The purpose of this NOFO is to fund four PEDs COEs to:

  • Develop a coordinated pediatric disaster care capability for pediatric patient care in disasters.
  • Strengthen pediatric disaster preparedness plans and health care system coordination related to pediatric medical surge in disasters.
  • Enhance statewide and regional medical surge capacity for pediatric patients.
  • Increase and maintain health care professional competency through the development and delivery of a standardized training program.
  • Enhance situational awareness of pediatric disaster care capabilities and capacity and assess regional pediatric readiness.

Specific focus will be given to the management of pediatric care related to trauma, infectious diseases including

Contact

Karen Valles Grantor · Joe.Lamana@hhs.gov

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