Impact of Funding Sources and Policies on CDC’s Provision of Services Funding
The CDC is an agency under the Department of Health and Human Services. The CDC sources its funds from direct congressional appropriations, congressional appropriations via transfers, global federal funding, and donors. Significant donations that have been made to the CDC in the recent past are from the Bills and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Bloomberg Family Foundation, and the CDC Foundation. These funds are placed under the custody of the OFR, whose role is to allocate funds effectively and promptly when needed. The CDC provides annual reports of its spending and usually provides supporting documents indicating appropriations and allocations were made (CDC, 2022b). Funds appropriated to the CDC are key to their functionalities.
The majority of the CDC’s undertakings are capital intensive, often requiring huge funds. The CDC is mandated to respond to public health emergencies within its annual budget. Supplemental funding is often warranted when the financial requirement of any specific public health emergency is above its yearly appropriations. In case of emergencies, CDC funds have been used in executing measures to ensure the communities’ safety, such as evacuations and provision of shelter and clean water. These funds have also been used to ensure the welfare of the affected communities.
Policies and Regulations
Several policies and legislations affect the operations of the CDC. These regulations define their operations and standards of practice. Examples of policies and regulations affecting the CDC include policies on accessibility, the freedom of information act, privacy policy, and privacy rules, among others. These policies define its operations and govern how it interacts with the communities that they serve. The accessibility act requires that they remain accessible to all those who may seek their services. The freedom of information act requires that the CDC disclose records requested by community members upon request in writing unless the records are protected from disclosure by the privacy rule (CDC, 2022b). The CDC also conforms to other legislations and policies governing the operations of the HHS, such as policies on quality care provision, use of technology in care provision, and the privacy rule. The privacy rule as defined in the HIPAA rule requires that health information on community members is not disclosed unless informed consent is obtained.
Policies and regulations governing the CDC are aimed at safeguarding community members. These regulations define the standards of practice and mandate the CDC to offer public health services to all community members in case of emergencies. These regulations also ensure that personnel working with CDC handles them appropriately and delivers quality care during their handling. The overall impact of these regulations is evident in safe communities with minimal public health threats.
CDC’s Impact on the Health and Safety Needs of a Local Community
The CDC has positively impacted the health of communities and ensured their safety. This organization’s mandate is to detect and identify infectious diseases that threaten public health and issue advisory information to these communities on preventive strategies against these threats. The CDC also offers guidelines on curtailing already established health threats to minimize their spread. In the wake of public health catastrophes that has recently been witnessed within the U.S. and globally, the CDC has played a vital role in protecting the health of communities.
Firstly, it has always issued alerts on the areas likely to be affected by these catastrophic events and subsequently advised on precautionary measures such as evacuations. Amid these catastrophes, the CDC usually offers medical emergency support to the victims and access to basic needs of food and clean water. The CDC also undertakes scientific research on infectious diseases whenever there is an outbreak to resolve the problem. In addition, it provides guidelines on disease minimization by providing evidence-based knowledge on the transmission patterns of these diseases (Tappero et al., 2018). These functionalities have positively impacted local communities affected by these public health threats, preserving their health and ensuring their well-being.
As evident in the recent COVID pandemic, the CDC played a vital role in informing the public on the mode of transmission of the virus, the necessity of masks in minimizing spread, and the significance of widespread screening and testing as well as vaccinations. During the initial phases of the pandemic, the CDC was involved in contact tracing for this disease to control it and minimize its spread. Nurses’ role in patient handling makes them invaluable in the CDC workforce. The organization’s role, in this regard, is to prov