Funding Resources

These ASTHO-produced documents include topics of analysis on proposed or enacted funding, advocacy materials, correspondence to Congress and other leadership on state/territorial public health funding needs regarding COVID-19, and more.

Guidance Documents

Issue Briefs

• Chart of Emergency Supplemental Funding to State, Local, Territorial, and Tribal Governments (updated Oct. 8, 2021)
• Overview Brief of Emergency Supplemental Funding to State, Local, Territorial, and Tribal Governments (April 21, 2021)
• Analysis: Emergency Supplemental Funding to State, Local, Territorial, and Tribal Governments (updated May 6, 2020)

Blog Posts

• The Importance of Preparing for Future Pandemics (July 13, 2021)
• Public Health Infrastructure Proposals Gain Steam in Congress (April 15, 2021)
• What to Know About the American Rescue Plan (March 4, 2021)
• Advocacy Over Zoom: A New Frontier for ASTHO’s Hill Day (Feb. 24, 2021)
• The Need for Modernizing Public Health Data in Responding to COVID-19 (Oct. 8, 2020)
• What You Need to Know About Federal Emergency Supplemental Funding for COVID-19 (April 2, 2020)
• COVID-19 Highlights Need to Fund State Public Health (April 1, 2020)

Podcasts

• Resilient, Accessible, and Affordable Healthcare: Bouncing Forward from COVID-19 (May 4, 2021)
• COVID-19 Highlights Urgent Need for Increased Public Health Funding (Feb. 25, 2020)

Legislative Alerts

• House Releases Draft of Next COVID-19 Funding Bill (May 14, 2020)
• Senate Passes New Round of COVID-19 Funding (April 22, 2020)
• COVID-19 Supplementary Funding Snapshot (April 3, 2020) | updated chart available (published May 7, 2020)
• ASTHO Legislative Summary of the Third COVID-19 Emergency Supplemental Package (March 26, 2020)
• President Signs Second COVID Funding Package (March 19, 2020)
• ASTHO Analysis of Second COVID-19 Supplementary Funding Bill (March 12, 2020)
• ASTHO COVID-19 Emergency Supplemental Legislative Summary (March 4, 2020)

Advocacy

• ASTHO Joins Letter in Support of Public Health Workforce (Feb. 12, 2021)
• ASTHO and AIM Request Additional Funding for COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign (Jan. 29, 2021)
• ASTHO Joins Adult Vaccine Access Coalition letter to HHS, CDC, FDA, and OWS Leadership on COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation and Distribution (Oct. 22, 2020)
• ASTHO and AIM Letter to Congressional Leadership Requesting Funds for COVID-19 Vaccination Distribution and Seasonal Influenza (Oct. 15, 2020)
• ASTHO Letter to Congressional Leadership in Support of Public Health Emergency Supplemental Funding in the HEROES Act Released on September 28, 2020 (Oct. 1, 2020)
• ASTHO Joins IVPN Letter Requesting Support for Injury and Violence Prevention in Supplemental Funding Package (July 27, 2020)
• Public Health Organizations Request $450 Million for CDC's Data Modernization Initiative (July 22, 2020)
• ASTHO Joins an Organizational Sign-On Letter to Secretary Azar in Support of CDC (July 1, 2020)
• Letter to Congressional Leadership on COVID-19 Vaccination Infrastructure (June 1, 2020)
• Public Health Organizations Joint Letter to Congress Requesting Appropriations for COVID-19 Contact Tracing Workforce (April 30, 2020)
• ASTHO Issues Contact Tracing Memo to Congress (April 10, 2020)
• ASTHO's Request for Additional COVID-19 Emergency Supplemental Funding To Support Ongoing Needs for States, Locals, and Territories (PDF) (April 3, 2020)
• ASTHO's Request for Additional COVID-19 Outbreak Emergency Supplemental Funding (PDF) (March 17, 2020)
• ASTHO Thank You Letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee Leadership (PDF) (March 13, 2020)
• ASTHO Thank You Letter to House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on LHHS Leadership (PDF) (March 13, 2020)
• ASTHO, NACCHO, CSTE, and APHL Letter to President Trump Requesting Emergency Supplemental Funding to Prepare for and Respond to COVID-19 (PDF) (Feb. 24, 2020)

Press Releases

• ASTHO Applauds Congress and the Administration on the Passage of the American Rescue Plan of 2021 (March 11, 2021)
• Public Health Leaders Request COVID-19 Vaccine Infrastructure and Administration Funding (Oct. 15, 2020)
• Additional Supplemental Funding Is Indeed Needed for Public Health (Aug. 3, 2020)
• Funding Public Health Should Always be a Priority (April 16, 2020)
• Joint Statement: Public Health Organizations Applaud Funding for Data Modernization Initiative (March 27, 2020)
• ASTHO Statement Following COVID-19 National Emergency Declaration (March 13, 2020)
• ASTHO Urges Swift Approval of COVID-19 Emergency Supplemental Funding (March 4, 2020)
• Illinois Department of Public Health Director Ngozi Ezike Testifies on COVID-19 (March 4, 2020)
• Governmental Public Health Leaders Request Emergency Supplemental Funding for COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Efforts (Feb. 24, 2020)
• Public Health Departments Are Prepared for Outbreaks (Feb. 5, 2020)