B9 - Policy - before budget

CDC—Overview
Major Goals
CDC is our nation’s health
protection agency, and our
scientists and disease detectives
work around the world to track
diseases, research outbreaks,
and respond to emergencies
of all kinds. CDC works with
partners around the country and
world to:

CDC’s Mission
CDC works 24/7 keeping America safe from health, safety, and security threats, both
foreign and domestic. Whether diseases start at home or abroad, are chronic or acute,
curable or preventable, human error or deliberate attack, CDC fights disease and
supports communities and citizens to do the same. CDC is the nation’s health protection agency — saving lives, protecting people from health threats, and saving money
through prevention.

yyProtect Americans from
infectious diseases

yyPrevent the leading causes
of disease, disability and
death

yyProtect Americans from

natural and bioterrorism
threats

yyMonitor health and ensure
laboratory excellence

yyKeep Americans safe from

Leadership

environmental and workrelated hazard

Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, became
Director of the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) and Administrator
of the Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry (ATSDR) in June 2009.
Beginning his career with CDC in 1990,
Dr. Frieden has been at the forefront of
innovative efforts to prevent disease and
disability around the world.

yyEnsure global disease
protection

For more information, please visit
www.cdc.gov/budget, or,
using a QR reader on your
smartphone, scan this QR
code for quick access to
CDC’s budget materials.

Fast Facts
y Founded in 1946
Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia
More than 10,000 full-time employees in nearly 170 occupations
Field staff assigned to all 50 states and more than 50 countries

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CDC’s 2014 President’s Budget Request | $6.6 Billion
$1.3 Billion

$539 Million

$427 Million

• $142 Million - BIRTH DEFECTS,
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES,
DISABILITY AND HEALTH

• $539 Million - PUBLIC HEALTH
SCIENTIFIC SERVICES

• $155 Million - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
• $272 Million - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

Preventing the Leading Causes
of Disease, Disability and Death

Monitoring Health and
Ensuring Laboratory Excellence

Keeping Americans Safe from
Environmental and Work-related Hazards

• $1Billion - CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION
AND HEALTH PROMOTION
• $182 Million - INJURY PREVENTION
AND CONTROL

$393 Million

Ensuring Global Disease
Protection
• $393 Million - GLOBAL HEALTH

$2.4 Billion

Protecting Americans from
Infectious Diseases
• $432 Million - EMERGING AND
ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES
• $1.2 Billion - HIV/AIDS, HEP. STI. TB
• $754 Million - IMMUNIZATION AND
RESPIRATORY DISEASES

$172 Million
Public Health Leadership

$1.3 Billion

Protecting Americans from
Natural and Bioterrorism Threats

• $132 Million - CROSS-CUTTING ACTIVITIES
AND PROGRAM SUPPORT
• $40 Million - STATE INFRASTRUCTURE

• $1.3 Billion - PREPAREDNESS

Excludes the mandatory Vaccines for Children Program resources

FY 2014 Budget Request
Total overall funding level request for CDC and ATSDR is $11.3 billion, which is an increase of $70 million in overall
funding and a decrease of $270 in program funding (which excludes mandatory programs with automatic
increases) when compared to FY 2012. Compared to FY 2012, CDC’s budget reflects:

y $432 million decrease in Budget Authority
$54 million decrease from Prevention and Public Health Fund
$246 million increase from Public Health Services Evaluation Funds
$30 million decrease from Public Health and Social Services Emergency Funds
CDC remains committed to maximizing the impact of every dollar entrusted to the agency.
The FY 2014 budget request maintains investments in key programs, while identifying strategic reductions that
will allow CDC to advance our core public health mission in the most cost-effective way in this challenging fiscal
environment.