FY 2017 Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response (PHEP)
Base Plus Population
$5,073,651
Cities Readiness Initiative
$183,875
Level 1 Chemical Laboratory
$0
Level 2 Chemical Laboratory
$260,000
Total PHEP
$5,517,526
Fact Sheet for West Virginia
CDC’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (PHPR) publishes an annual report to increase accountability regarding the nation’s investment in preparedness activities. This report, known as the National Snapshot, features national-level performance data as well as individual fact sheets for the 50 states, 4 cities, and 8 U.S. territories and freely associated states supported by the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative agreement.
On June 23, 2016, 10 inches of rain fell in West Virginia over the course of a few hours, and rivers overflowed their banks by up to 27 feet, causing the third deadliest flood in the state’s history.