Eligible Uses - Public Health Response
Support Public Health Response
Fund COVID-19 mitigation efforts, medical expenses, behavioral
healthcare, and certain public health and safety staff
§ Expenses may include vaccination programs; medical care; testing; contact tracing; support for
isolation or quarantine; supports for vulnerable populations to access medical or public health
services; public health surveillance (e.g., monitoring case trends, genomic sequencing for
variants);
§ Enforcement of public health orders; public communication efforts; enhancement to health care
capacity, including through alternative care facilities; purchases of personal protective equipment;
support for prevention, mitigation, or other services in congregate living facilities (e.g., nursing
homes, incarceration settings, homeless shelters, group living facilities) and other key settings like
schools; ventilation improvements in congregate settings, health care settings, or other key
locations; Enhancement of public health data systems; and other public health responses.
§ Capital investments in public facilities to meet pandemic operational needs are also eligible, such
as physical plant improvements to public hospitals and health clinics or adaptations to public
buildings to implement COVID-19 mitigation tactics.
