U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces the availability of funding for implementation of the National Public Health Improvement Initiative (NPHII) - Capacity Building Assistance to Strengthen Public Health Infrastructure and Performance Grant. The purpose of the initiative is to provide state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments available capacity building assistance that will improve public health infrastructure investment planning, coordination, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of evidence-based practices so that they are prepared for responding to both acute and chronic threats relating to the Nation's health such as emerging infections . . .