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CDC released the NOFO for the next 5-year PHEP Cooperative Agreement Funding Period (2019-2024). Awardee states must submit their applications no later than May 3, 2019. A link to the NOFO is below.
PHEP Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
PHEP Supplemental Guidance At-A-Glance
BETP will offer ICS-300 and ICS-400 courses at our facility at 1001 Terminal Road in the Joint Activity Room (JAR) on the dates listed below. The deadline for registration is March 8, 2019. Everyone must register for these courses using MI-TRAIN and the course ID’s as referenced in the attached instructions. These sessions are limited to 24 attendees, you need only attend 1 session of each course. These are multiple day courses and attendance at all sessions is required for certification.
ICS 300-Session April-10, 11, 12 (1/2 day)
ICS 300-Session April- 16, 17, 18 (1/2 day)
ICS-300 registration instructions
ICS 400-Session June- 4 & 5
ICS 400-Session June- 18 & 19
ICS-400 registration instructions
The annual meeting with EPCs and tribal health partners will take place on May 5 – 6, 2019. The meeting will take place at the Kent County Health Department (700 Fuller Ave, NE) in Grand Rapids. Parking is free. A dedicated website is now available for your attendees to book their hotel rooms online. Reservations can be made starting Feb 13, 2019. The room block will close on April 5, 2019. Note the room rate is $126.00 per night (Self‐Pay). Parking is $29.00 per day. Here is the Save the Date flyer.
If you plan to attend the Great Lakes Homeland Security Conference use the link provided in MI-TRAIN when your register for the conference to secure your lodging. If you call the Amway Grand, they will tell you over the phone that they are full, but the room block for the conference is not full. Questions to Jim Koval at kovalj@michigan.gov.
BP1-17 MISNS SharePoint Request Site Drill – March 20, 2019
The exercise plan for the annual MISNS SharePoint request site drill scheduled for March 20, 2019, is linked below. LHDs are encouraged to modify and expand upon the exercise plan to meet specific jurisdictional exercise objectives and goals. Furthermore, Appendix B: Operational LHD Objectives provides suggestions on objectives that could be included in the exercise.
As in previous years, this drill will test local-to-state SNS request procedures utilizing the MISNS SharePoint request site. On March 20, the exercise will begin with a MIHAN alert to the LHD EPC and Health Officer groups indicating that the CHECC will begin accepting "ongoing" SNS requests. Participants will be able to submit requests any time between 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM EST through the MISNS SharePoint request site at http://mirequest.org/SNS.
MISNS SharePoint Request Site Reference Materials
The instructions for public health staff and the IT prerequisites document for the MISNS SharePoint Request Site have been updated and are linked below.
WCI and ORR Action Planning Updates are due March 29, 2019.
Send these updates to mdhhs-betp-depr-phep@michigan.gov and copy your regional point of contact.
Hazard Vulnerability Assessment – due March 29, 2019
The CDC requires state and local health departments to maintain current hazard vulnerability assessment data. In BP1-SUPP, local health departments were asked to complete and submit the ASPR-developed HVA tool no later than Friday, March 29, 2019. Refer to the following documents:
Contact Jason Smith (smithj20@michigan.gov) with any questions.
Send completed modules (THAM, RIST-V, and RIST-C) for LHD primary public health facility via email to mdhhs-betp-depr-phep@michigan.gov, copying smithj20@michigan.gov.Once complete, use the suggested naming convention: LHD Name_Nameofrisktool (e.g., LHD Name_THAM, LHD Name_RIST-V, LHD Name_RIST-C, etc.) Submitted data will be used by BETP to test multi-viewer utility for statewide analysis of public health infrastructure.
CDC developed the Online Technical Resource and Assistance Center (On-TRAC) to provide health departments with a secure, user-friendly platform for requesting technical assistance from CDC subject matter experts on public health preparedness. In addition to tools and resources to support CDC’s 15 public health preparedness capabilities, On-TRAC now offers answers to frequently asked questions, enhanced search engine capacity, expanded peer-to-peer exchanges (with regional workspaces), and more than 400 new resources.
State, local, tribal, and territorial public health professionals must be registered to access On-TRAC. Instructions for existing SAMS (Secure Access Management System) account holders as well as how to request a SAMS account are included here: https://www.cdc.gov/cpr/readiness/on-trac.htm
The POD to Community Reception Center (CRC) tool offers high-level summaries, action steps, and checklists for ten major topics for inclusion in CRC plans. These ten topics are: (1) lead agency and public health role, (2) registry and surveillance, (3) communications, (4) CRC sites, (5) stations, (6) staffing and training, (7) equipment and supplies, (8) demobilization, (9) behavioral health, and (10) access and functional needs. When using this tool, refer to your jurisdiction’s POD plans, Population Monitoring in Radiation Emergencies, and the resources listed to complete each checklist. Access the tool here: https://emergency.cdc.gov/radiation/training.asp
A redacted version of the PFAS Readiness Response Plan was posted to the MPART website at http://www.michigan.gov/pfasresponse. The complete plan can be found on the MIHAN.
The next hepatitis A sitrep is due to the CHECC no later than Noon on March 21. Send the report to checcdeptcoor@michigan.gov. Contact Sarah Davis at daviss42@michigan.gov.
Chloe Willets is the new EPC at Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department. Chloe can be reached at (231) 995–6149 or cwillets@cldhd.org.
April DeWeese is the new EPC for the Macomb County Health Department. April can be reached at 586-469-6342 or april.deweese@macombgov.org.
DEPR announces the newest member to join the HPP Section: Jessica Gould. She will join the staff on March 18, 2019. Jessica comes from the great state of Alaska. She has extensive experience on reporting to both the CDC/PHEP and ASPR/HPP Cooperative Agreements and developed the state of Alaska fatality management plan.
Here is the draft agenda for the March 14 EPC call.
The PHEP Update emails are archived just in case you missed something or cannot remember what that item was you wished to reference from last month. In the shaded box below you will find a link that says, "PHEP Update Email Archive." Click on the link and you will be able to access any of the previous PHEP Update email messages sent out.
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