On Jul. 17, 2007, The U.S. 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.

The public health preparedness allocations, which include the pandemic planning money, range from $5,748,448 for Wyoming to $65,303,030 for California. Amounts for the urban areas range from $9,898,128 for the District of Columbia to $30,712,150 for Los Angeles County.