Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant & State Preventive Health Advisory Committee

The Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant (PHHSBG), created in 1981, allocates funds to every state for their use toward any objective outlined in the nation’s public health blueprint titled Healthy People 2030. The grant allows the state to address some of the high priority public health issues as determined by mortality, morbidity, and economic cost data for the state. The program areas funded annually submit a plan that states the public health issue that will be addressed, provides a description of the strategy used to address the public health concern, identifies the target population and how the program addresses the targeted population needs, and identifies the national and state health status outcome objectives each program will work toward achieving as reflected in Healthy People 2030. Each program outlines activities that support one or more of the 10 essential public health services recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Maintaining suppo