kansas city metropolitan statistical area (MSA)
Cities READINESS initiative (CRI)
Counties Included: Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami & Wyandotte in Kansas.
CDC’s Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) is a federally funded program designed to enhance preparedness in the nation’s largest population centers, where nearly 60% of the population resides, to effectively respond to large public health emergencies needing life-saving medicines and medical supplies.
State and large metropolitan public health departments use CRI funding to develop, test, and maintain plans to quickly receive medical countermeasures from the Strategic National Stockpile and distribute them to local communities. The Strategic National Stockpile is the nation’s largest supply of medical countermeasures for use in a public health emergency severe enough to cause local supplies are depleted.
State and large metropolitan public health departments use CRI funding to develop, test, and maintain plans to quickly receive medical countermeasures from the Strategic National Stockpile and distribute them to local communities. The Strategic National Stockpile is the nation’s largest supply of medical countermeasures for use in a public health emergency severe enough to cause local supplies are depleted.
To learn more about the Kansas City, Cities Readiness Initiative Program and how your organization can become a Point of Dispensing during a public health emergency requiring the dispensing of medication, please contact Amanda Prough, MPH, Kansas City MSA/CRI Regional Coordinator.
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Amanda Prough, MPH
Kansas City MSA/CRI Regional Coordinator Johnson County Department of Health and Environment 11875 S. Sunset Dr. Ste. 300 Olathe, KS 66061 Office: 913-477-8316 Fax: 913-573-6747 Mobile: 858-573-6747 |