Shortchanging America's Health 2009: A State-By-State Look at How Federal Public Health Dollars are Spent

Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's (RWJF) report examines how the economic downturn could lead to serious cuts to disease prevention and emergency preparedness programs at the state level.  Researchers found that Midwestern and Southern states received less funding from the federal government than Northeastern and Western states did in fiscal year (FY) 2008 for disease prevention programs, which can amount to millions of dollars in differences.