On Jul. 17, 2007, The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it was providing states, U.S. territories, and four metropolitan areas with $896.7 million in public health preparedness funding, with $175 million of the total earmarked for pandemic planning.

In 2006 the HHS allocated $325 million for pandemic preparedness, which was intended to help states prepare and test their pandemic plans, then identify and fix their planning gaps.