The funds of the American Rescue Plan are focused on recruiting and hiring public health workers, both to respond to the pandemic and to prepare for future challenges
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Friday, September 20
Where Biden Will Spend $ 7 Billion in Aid Released This Week
The government of the president Joe Biden announced the $ 7 distribution, 000 million dollars from the American Rescue Plan to hire health personnel and expand training, to face the pandemic of COVID – 19 and similar new challenges.
“The COVID pandemic – 19 has confirmed that public health workers are essential and provide essential services to keep Americans safe and healthy ”, justifies the authority. “ , creating tens of thousands of jobs to support vaccines, testing, contact tracing, and community outreach, as well as strengthen future public health infrastructure. ”
The distribution of the funds will go to different projects , for example, $ 4 will be invested, 400 million dollars to allow states and localities to expand their public health departments
“This funding will support a variety of public health functions, including funding for disease intervention specialists to monitor contact information, case management and support outbreak investigations, ”said the authority.
Also funding to hire school nurses, in order to help schools reopen safely and remain open for in-person instruction.
Even $ 3 will go, million to CDC to create a new grant program that will facilitate federal investment in training and creation of new health programs.
“Today’s funding is based on the president’s promise last week of $ himself communities to hire and mobilize community workers and specialists in social support to increase access to vaccines in the most affected and highest-risk places ”, adds the authority.
The Biden Administration has stepped up its health plan, including the vaccine distribution .
