State Approaches to Contact Tracing during the COVID-19 Pandemic

In June 2022 the state’s redirected COVID-19 CICT staffing support program ended.

The state is no longer conducting case investigation and contact tracing of individual cases of COVID-19 but continues to investigate COVID-19 outbreaks and cases in high-risk settings.

Local health departments are conducting contact tracing; the state Department of Health has contracted with NORC for outside assistance.

Local health departments are leading, and the state Department of Health and Human Services oversees contact tracing staffing.

Contact tracing is managed by the state Department of Health in partnership with the Public Consulting Group and New Jersey Community Contact Tracing Corps.

The state Department of Health and Human Services is supporting and building on the efforts of local health departments.

As of March 2022, the state contact tracing effort is shifting to high-risk population or large outbreaks.

Local health departments can determine how case investigations and contact tracing should be implemented in each jurisdiction.

Individuals are encouraged to call the Public Health Nursing line or their local Public Health Center for guidance on local resources, isolation, and quarantine.

As of February 2022, the state prioritizes cases if they are over the age of 80, school-aged kids, cases with multiple comorbidities, or are in a congregate setting. State and county health departments also send text messages and digital surveys to these prioritized groups, and contact tracers can offer advice on quarantine recommendations and guidance on local resources.

Individuals are encouraged to notify their own close contacts. A close contact is defined as someone who has been within six feet of an infected person for a total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period between 2 days before and 10 days after symptom onset, or test date for asymptomatic cases.

Produce companies that employ migrant farmers have partnered with nonprofit health organizations to provide testing and contact tracing for their workers.

Among the White Mountain Apache tribe in Arizona, contact tracing includes home visits where all members of the household are tested for COVID-19.

Anyone within six feet of a person with COVID-19 for at least 15 minutes indoors is considered a contact. State guidance recommends the inclusion of core demographic variables (e.g., race, ethnicity, preferred language) on all case investigation and contact tracing forms to inform more diversified outreach.

Individuals who receive a positive result from a CareStart at-home test can report the results to the state using a QR code or via an online form. They are also encouraged to contact their primary care provider, alert close contacts, and isolate for five days.

As of April 2022, the state no longer recommends quarantine for people who were exposed to COVID-19 but do not have symptoms.

As of July 2022, Los Angeles County is shifting resources toward vaccines and therapeutics and targeting contact tracing toward specific high-risk demographics and zip codes.

As of January 2022, the state prioritizes case investigation and contact tracing activities to higher-risk settings.

As of January 2022, with increased use of at-home testing, the state encourages individuals to report positive results to the health department online or by phone to allow for contact tracing. Individuals who test positive are also recommended to stay home, isolate, and notify close contacts.

A close contact is considered anyone who spent time in close proximity to or had direct contact with someone while they were infectious.

The state uses a software system called ContaCT for monitoring test results and positive cases. ContaCT identifies and refers people who need support throughout self-isolation or self-quarantine by connecting them with state, local, and regional resources as necessary, such as food and housing.

As of December 2021, people can also self-report their positive COVID-19 test result in the DC COVID Alert Notice (DC CAN) app, which is expected to help DC Health more quickly identify and notify close contacts. People who take a rapid, at-home test are asked to report their results to DC Health online.

The District released guidance for businesses, community establishments, and public events. Health care facilities are required to provide contact tracing data to DC Health within 12 hours of the data being requested.

Positive cases are recommended to follow the most current isolation guidelines and notify their own close contacts.

Anyone within six feet of a person with COVID-19 for a cumulative 15 minutes in a 24-hour period is considered a contact.

Positive cases or confirmed contacts who need extra support to self-quarantine (e.g., grocery delivery or alternative housing) are referred to a network of local community health workers coordinated by Healthy Communities Delaware.

The state recommends that residents contact their local health departments via phone or email to report results of at-home tests.

Anyone within six feet of a person with COVID-19 for at least 15 minutes, starting two days before they became sick, is considered a contact.

As of January 2022, and in response to omicron, some counties prioritize high-risk cases in congregate settings.

The state focuses on cases in long-term facilities and schools and also encourages those who have tested positive for COVID-19 to alert their own close contacts.

Anyone who was within six feet of someone while they were contagious for 15 minutes or longer over a 24-hour period is considered a contact.

In September 2021, districts launched a COVID-19 data collection tool for self-reporting positive test results.

Central District Health prioritized contact tracing for people who are at higher risk, schools with populations at increased risk for COVID-19, congregate living facilities, long-term care residents, and people unable to receive the vaccine.

Individuals can confidentially notify their close contacts using www.tellyourcontacts.org.

Anyone who was within 6 feet with a COVID-19 infected person for a cumulative 15 minutes over a 24-hour period is considered a close contact.

Indiana law requires prisons and other congregate settings to report positive cases to the state department of health and conduct contact tracing.

When conducting tracing efforts, the state conducts initial contact tracing outreach via manual calls to positive cases and their contacts. Contact tracers offer to set up services, such as grocery deliveries, and share advice on how to safely social distance or quarantine.

However, if the individual with COVID-19 exposed others at high-risk settings such as schools, correctional facilities, shelters, day-care facilities, and churches, state and local health departments will notify the setting. The setting will be responsible for identifying close contacts and notifying them about the potential exposure.

The state Department of Health and Environment advises prisons to screen inmates, staff, and visitors for COVID-19 and requests all cases be immediately reported to the Health and Environment’s Epidemiology Hotline.

In March 2022, the Louisiana Department of Health launched a COVID-19 Support Hotline that combined an existing contact tracing hotline and a vaccine information hotline. Individuals who test positive for COVID-19 may receive a text message with general information on isolation and quarantine guidance. Individuals who test positive or suspect they have been exposed to COVID-19 and have questions may call the COVID-19 Support Hotline.

Through the COVID-19 Support Hotline, the Community Support Team can give guidance for isolation and talking to close contacts as well as connection to a Community Health Worker, who may be able to assist with food, personal protective equipment, prescription delivery, housing, and utilities assistance.

Those who test positive at home are encouraged to follow up with a test at a pharmacy or other testing site to allow for formal capture by the state Department of Health. Otherwise, individuals should notify their close contacts, self-report their results via their at-home kit mobile app, and/or contact their local health department to report their positive result.

Local health departments have been advised to only do tracing in higher-risk settings, such as nursing homes, homeless shelters, and schools. Although some departments have opted to continue contact tracing most cases until it becomes overwhelming, others have opted to cut back.

Local boards of health, with assistance from epidemiologists, conduct extensive investigations and contact tracing if clusters of cases emerge in long-term care facilities and nursing homes.

Statewide contact tracing and individual-level case investigation efforts have ended, but local health departments may continue these efforts. Case investigations within outbreaks informs a public-facing outbreak reporting tool.

As of January 2022, the state asks those who test positive with an at-home test kit to reach out to their own close contacts.

The state has contact tracing guidelines for congregate settings, including shelters and drop-in centers.

In December 2021, the state attorney general sent a letter to schools and local health departments (LDHs) ordering compliance with a court ruling that struck down regulations giving LDHs the power to impose COVID-19 public health orders. Some responded by stopping all COVID-19 related work, including case investigations and contact tracing, whereas others have requested to appeal the ruling.

Anyone within six feet of a person with COVID-19 for at least 15 minutes in the two days before onset of symptoms is considered a contact.

Some local jurisdictions are transitioning away from universal case investigation and contact tracing to focus on priority populations such as people who are at higher risk and people in congregate settings. Some county health departments—such as Missoula, Gallatin, Ravalli, and Lewis and Clark—use automated contact tracing and case investigation. Health departments follow up with email or calls for people without texting capability if the online form is not completed within three days. In July 2022, the City-County Health Department reported it was discontinuing contact tracing for COVID-19.

The state conducts initial contact tracing outreach through calls to positive cases and their contacts. Contact tracers provide information and resources.

Anyone within six feet of a person with COVID-19 for at least 15 minutes is considered a contact.

As of January 2022, the Washoe County Health District added a case investigation self-service survey, sent via text message, to positive cases 18 and older. The health district also began sending automated text messages and emails to notify close contacts.

The state recommends that long-term care facilities and assisted living facilities follow Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and CDC guidelines.

Restaurants are required to keep logs of customers for contact tracing purposes. Businesses also participate in surveillance testing and contact tracing with the Department of Health to avoid closures. Essential businesses can avoid mandatory closures if they regularly test employees and help with state contact tracing efforts.

In January 2022, the state gave local health departments the ability to suspend contact tracing for COVID-19, as public health staff focus on testing, vaccination, case investigation, and special settings. Some local jurisdictions may continue contact tracing. In New York City, universal contact tracing ended in April 2022, but tracing will continue in high-risk congregate settings. NYC’s Health and Hospitals Corporation launched a COVID-19 Quarantine and Isolation Guidance Tool to assist those who have tested positive. The tool includes connections to resources, including free meal and care package delivery, testing, and treatment.

Anyone within six feet of a person with COVID-19 for at least 15 minutes is considered a contact.

The North Dakota Department of Health links to CDC guidance for childcare, workplaces, and businesses. The state has moved away from contacting businesses of positive cases and providing return to work letters for employees following COVID-19 isolation.

In February 2022, the state released updated recommendations for long-term care, basic care, and assisted-living facilities, which include performing contact tracing to identify any health care providers who have had a higher-risk exposure or residents who may have had close contact with an individual who tested positive for COVID-19.

The state encourages the public to conduct their own case investigations and contact tracing through a state self-service case investigation system. Case investigations involve two automated surveys—a risk assessment and abbreviated survey covering recent travel, hospitalization, and vaccination status. Contact tracers are still available by phone to complete interviews or answer questions. Participating individuals will receive downloadable letters to give employers or schools as well as information on how to quarantine and/or isolate.

The state has investigative guidelines that recommend contact tracing only during investigation of high-consequence outbreaks. These settings include, but are not limited to, long-term care facilities, adult foster homes, child and adult behavioral health facilities, residential treatment facilities, intellectual and developmental disabilities 24-hour residential programs, carceral settings, homeless shelters, temporary/ transitional housing, K-12 and early learning settings, other congregate living settings (e.g., employer-provided communal housing, supported/supportive living), and agricultural and food chain facilities (e.g., farms, packing houses, processing facilities)

Community health nurses provide information on isolation, asymptomatic transmission, and how to monitor symptoms. Contact tracers notify individuals who may have been exposed in congregate settings and follow up with the respective facilities where the congregation took place. Contact tracers are also playing a large role in educating individuals.

Contact tracing at long-term care facilities is conducted by individual county health departments.

In Philadelphia, when case counts regularly exceed approximately 250 cases a day, the health department may not be able to reach out to every case and contact for contact tracing. The city provides guidance for individuals to notify their own contacts

The state conducts initial contact tracing outreach through phone calls to positive cases and follows up with close contacts through text messaging. The state has expanded its online results portal, which allows contact information for their close contacts. The state’s text-based contact tracing system will then notify contacts, providing further instructions and guidance.

Anyone within six feet of a person with COVID-19 for at least 15 minutes over a 24-hour period is considered a contact.

The state defines a close contact as someone within 6 feet of an infected person for a total of 15 minutes or more or shared direct physical contact with an infected person.

The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department is focused on outbreaks in high-risk settings such as long-term care facilities and shelters, and will send positive cases isolation guidance through text message.

The Metro (Nashville) Health Department is contact tracing when outbreaks arise in high-risk settings, including schools.

As of January 2022, the state encourages people to notify their own contacts, in response to a surge use of at-home test kits.

The state continues to conduct contact tracing in long-term care facilities and shelters.

When conducting case investigation and contact tracing, contact tracers place manual calls to individuals who test positive, along with their contacts. The state may also notify positive cases via a series of automated text messages, which include a link to the new COVIDWISE Verification Code Portal. This allows those who have tested positive to submit their results to the COVIDWISE app for exposure notification.

During outreach, contact tracers also attempt to enroll cases into the SARA Alert system. This software is used to conduct symptom monitoring through text or email. The contact tracer will provide education, information, and support to help those who might have been exposed.

The state conducts initial contact tracing outreach to positive individuals and their contacts, usually by phone. The state department of health also has a toll-free number for people to report their at-home test result to assist with contact tracing.

Anyone within six feet of a person with COVID-19 for at least 15 minutes over a 24-hour period is considered a contact.

The University of Washington (UW) sends a workplace or classroom notification with recommendations to UW community members who were close contacts with an infected individual at a UW location.

The state health department website provides guidance for individuals who test positive for COVID-19, including isolation and notification of close contacts.

Some counties have targeted certain age groups for contact tracing, due to the state’s memo, the omicron surge, and staff shortages. Other counties are ending contact tracing altogether.

When it is conducted, contact tracing outreach takes place via manual calls to positive individuals and their contacts. As of October 2021, contact tracers from the state department of Health Services and local and tribal health departments can notify close contacts by sending a text or email. Contact tracers offer recommendations for quarantining and sign people up for self-monitoring. They can also connect people with isolation facilities. The state requires the reporting of outbreaks of COVID-19, and of facility-wide investigations.

A contact is anyone who had direct physical contact with the positive case, was within six feet for more than 15 minutes over a 24-hour period, had contact with the person’s respiratory secretions, or had direct physical contact. Those who cared for, lived with, or stayed overnight for at least one night in a household with a positive case are also considered contacts.

Some counties are continuing to contact positive cases, prioritizing those who are in high-risk settings or who have increased risk.

As of February 2022, Arkansas public schools are no longer requiredto contact trace or quarantine students who are exposed to someone with coronavirus. Schools may decide to continue contact tracing. The state Department of Health continues to investigate positive cases at schools and day-care facilities for those who are 18 and under.

Per legislation approved in March 2021, schools are required to report COVID-19 cases to their local public health department, which will conduct contact tracing. Schools should have a COVID-19 liaison to assist the local public health agency with contact tracing.

In June 2022 the state released updated guidance for schools for the 2022-2023 school year. The state recommends that schools notify students who spent more than a cumulative total of 15 minutes in a shared indoor airspace with someone with COVID-19 during their infectious period. In lieu of individual exposure notifications, the state recommends that schools consider providing a general notification to the entire school community during times of elevated community transmission of COVID-19.

In September 2021, the state issued an order requiring the department of education to provide the state health department with student data to match names in the state’s vaccine database.

As of July 2022, the state department of health will stop publicly reporting COVID-19 outbreak data at K-12 schools, instead processing the data more similarly to flu outbreak data.

Schools are required to report all cases to the state department of public health. Schools are also encouraged to share general information about COVID-19 cases in their facilities with families.

identification when a case of COVID-19 is identified and dismissing potential close contacts; facilities should have a process in place to notify individuals who may have been

exposed to COVID-19 at the facility; and contact identification should focus on COVID-19 cases who started having symptoms or tested positive for COVID-19 in the last five days and contact notification should focus on those who were exposed in the last five days.

In January 2022, the DC Council passed a bill requiring public schools to notify parents within 24 hours if a student in their child’s class tested positive for COVID-19.

Other counties continue to contact trace with a focus on clusters instead of individual cases.

The state recommends that during outbreaks, schools and childcare programs should inform those who may have been exposed if they identify a positive case.

The state created a K-12 Public Health Liaison position at the Department of Education to work with the DPH on school health issues. This role includes ensuring efficient and expedited testing, contact tracing, data collection, reporting, and supports for COVID-19 in school settings.

The state recommends cohorting in childcare facilities to limit the number of children, teachers, and staff who come in contact with each other and to assist in contact tracing. Childcare programs are advised to collaborate with the local health district and DPH on contact tracing efforts for children, teachers, and staff.

as possible to recommend testing at least twice following exposure, with one of the tests taking place on day 5.

Central District Health has a school exposure form for families, students, and staff to report positive tests and their close contacts.

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The state’s guidance for the 2022-2023 school year reflects CDC’s guidance for schools. The state recommends that, during an outbreak, schools consider strategies that can help reduce transmission, which include case investigation and contact tracing. To communicate exposures, schools may consider posting a list of classrooms and extracurriculars and the date(s) of exposure or push notifications to parents.

As of February 2022, schools with universal mask mandates are not required to conduct contact tracing.

In August 2022, the state announced that Maine adheres to the CDC’s Guidance for COVID-19 Prevention in K-12 Schools. The state’s summary document notes that quarantine is no longer recommended for people who are exposed to COVID-19 in schools.

Vaccinated students who are traced in the University of Maine system are exempt from quarantine requirements.

The individual with COVID-19 (or their parents) should be encouraged to notify their own/their child’s close contacts; schools and childcare programs should provide notification of the COVID-19 case to the school or childcare community at the cohort level; close contacts, regardless of their vaccination

status, can continue to attend school and childcare as long as they remain

asymptomatic. Mask wearing for 10 days is recommended, as is testing at 3-5 days after exposure. Based on local conditions, schools and childcare programs may elect to perform universal or targeted contact tracing and quarantine of close contacts per CDC quarantine guidance. Contact tracing and quarantine are recommended in response to an outbreak.

follow the CDC Guidance for COVID-19

Prevention in K-12 Schools as the primary guideline for establishing processes to prevent

COVID-19 transmission in the school setting, and to maintain safe in-person education.

The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services linksto the August 2022 CDC guidance for school settings, which recommends case investigation and contact tracing if the school or childcare program is experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak.

In January 2022, the state Department of Health released Test to Stayguidance for schools, which specifies that asymptomatic students designated as a close contact of a student who tested positive can remain in school if they test negative.

The state tracks COVID-19 in-school outbreaks, defined as three or more cases linked through contact tracing.

In March 2022, the state announced it was ending contact tracing and quarantine for the general population, including in schools.

The state health department also links to the updated CDC guidance for schools, which recommends case investigation and contact tracing if the school or childcare program is experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak.

In February 2022 Metro Nashville Public Schools announced that rather than tracing close contacts, classrooms will be notified as a whole if there is a positive case, along with guidance on how to monitor for symptoms and when they are recommended to get tested for COVID.

Contact tracing was not required for schools in the 2021-2022 school year.

In September 2021, the state began using an automated contact tracing for students in grades 7-12, sending text or email notifications to parents or guardians with a link to a questionnaire. This is a temporary change until the caseload lightens.

Schools are required to do a Test to Stay event within 14 days of 2% of students testing positive in schools with 1,500 or more students.

As of December 2021, the state has linked databases of positive COVID-19 cases with the state K-12 enrollment databases to better identify the location of outbreaks.

As of January 2022, the state no longer requires schools to conduct universal contact tracing.

Schools and childcare providers are required to have a process in place to inform students, children, and their families when there are cases and outbreaks in the school or childcare facility, which can include weekly newsletters or online dashboards of cases and outbreaks or group notification. All cases, outbreaks, and suspected outbreaks are required to be reported to the local health jurisdiction.

The state supports broad-based efforts to notify people of a potential exposure in schools while noting that exceptions to this approach may be required to protect students and staff at higher risk of complications of COVID-19. The state suggests that districts inform their school community of the chosen notification approach.

When identification of specific close contacts is not possible because of resource constraints, such as at high levels of transmission, notification should be made to any group with potential exposure, such as a classroom or a team.

Local governments trained public workers and police in Denver to conduct contact tracing. The state hired AmeriCorps and Senior Corps members and deployed the Colorado National Guard to support the state’s COVID-19 response, including contact tracing.

A volunteer group of public health professionals, the Colorado Public Health Workforce Collaborative, supports local public health agencies by recruiting and training a contact tracing workforce, monitoring the rollout of contact tracing, and facilitating complementary containment activities.

The state partners with the Community Emergency Response Teams to recruit volunteers.

School districts have also helped conduct contact tracing and have closely partnered with their local health departments. Nurses are primarily responsible for documenting positive cases, contact tracing, and reporting to the state health department.

In February 2022, the state began reassigning contact tracing staff to case investigation.

American Rescue Plan Act funds will support 100 contact tracing positions in Baltimore. The city ran a pilot for theBaltimore Health Corps to increase contact tracing capacity, as well as create jobs for trusted community members with racially equitable hiring and career development possibilities.

With support from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Open Society Institute—Baltimore, and the Johns Hopkins Health System, the Baltimore health department expanded their workforce from 15 to 250 contact tracer positions.

Due to staff shortages, Arundel County leaders focus contact tracing efforts in targeted areas such as childcare and assisted living settings.

Student volunteers from schools of public health at the state’s colleges and universities participate in the Academic Public Health Volunteer Corps.

In April 2022, the Michigan Public Health Institute announcedit would lay off 67 temporary workers.

Rose International provides support and hires staff on behalf of MDH.

The state also works with Nelnet and North End Teleservicesto staff contact tracing positions.

The state developed a Community Contact Tracing Corps in partnership with the state’s higher education institutions and Public Consulting Group (PCG). Staff recruited by PCG are required to complete the contact tracing training developed with Rutgers School of Public Health. The Community Contact Tracing Corps also provides COVID-19 health education, testing, and contact tracing support to underserved groups, including Black and Latino communities.

The state is part of the Carolina Community Tracing Collaborative, partnering with Community Care of North Carolina and the North Carolina Area Health Education Centers. These organizations work with Partners in Health to coordinate the contact tracing workforce in the local health departments. The state recruits those who are unemployed, have community engagement experience, and live in the communities that they serve.

In collaboration with Community Care of North Carolina, the North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Program created an onboarding training curriculum that local health departments can use to train volunteers and other staff as contact tracers or case investigators.

In Philadelphia, health department community nurses and the National Guard conduct contact tracing.

The state created the Commonwealth Civilian Coronavirus Corps, which bolsters local and community contact tracing efforts. Regional consortiums assess the number of contact tracers needed in each area of the state and recruit more staff and coordinate efforts accordingly.

In June 2021, Piedmont Technical College offered a contact tracing course it developed in collaboration with the state Department of Health and Environmental Control. Those who complete the four-week course receive an ASTHO contact tracing certificate.

Two counties worked with local universities to increase their staffing. One county is also working with Texas A&M University School of Public Health’s Department to develop a larger increase in their pool of epidemiologists. Another county is working with the University of North Texas to recruit 90 students as part-time contact tracers.

UT Health Austin’s contact tracing department does contact tracing for UT Austin students and works with Austin Public Health to support contact tracing broadly.

Navajo Nation also has its own contact tracing programthrough the Community Outreach and Patient Empowerment (COPE), a Native-led nonprofit. Their program leverages a mobile app developed in partnership with Partners In Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

The state relies on a rapid response team made up of Health Department staff and state partners to conduct contact tracing in long-term care and group living settings.

The governor established the Vermont Enhanced Testing and Tracing Task Force that includes experts from the Department of Health and agencies affiliated with the Human Services and Digital Services, to monitor technological and workforce needs.

The state awarded Health Connections Incorporated grant funding to provide targeted on-site testing, contact tracing, and mental health and basic needs assessments to African American persons in Milwaukee County.

The app was developed by the Birmingham-based tech company MotionMobs in collaboration with the state health department and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

The state has joined the Association of Public Health Laboratories’ National Key Server, which allows GuideSafe to download keys from other exposure notification apps on the server.

As of June 2022, 24 states and Washington, DC, were part of the National Key Server.

The state has joined the Association of Public Health Laboratories’ National Key Server, which allows GuideSafe to download keys from other exposure notification apps on the server.

As of June 2022, 24 states and Washington, DC, were part of the National Key Server.

Contact tracers record data for contacts of positive cases using a Qualtrics survey tool.

The state released Covid Watch Arizona, an anonymous exposure notification app,which is a joint project of the University of Arizona and WeHealth that uses Bluetooth technology developed by Apple and Google to log Bluetooth signals of other nearby users.

The state joined the Association of Public Health Laboratories’ National Key Server. As of June 2022, 24 states and Washington, DC, were part of the National Key Server.

The state’s largest COVID-19 testing labs, Sonora Quest and Labcorp, no longer use the app to send verification codes to users. In July 2021, the state ended its digital contact tracing program, but the app is still available for download.

The state partnered with Accenture to launch a system using Salesforce and Amazon Connect for case management.

The state uses the Virtual Assistant, an automated system from California Connected. The system sends texts with a link to chat with the Virtual Assistant, and can also provide contact tracing surveys, FAQs, and a symptom-monitoring system.

The state launched CA Notify in December 2020. The app detects whether participants were near someone with COVID-19 via Bluetooth. As of December 2021, the system has reportedly been activated on over 15.6 million devices. The state allocated $4 million to the app. An estimated 160,000 users who tested positive have used the system to alert others.

The CA Notify app is part of the Association of Public Health Laboratories’ National Key Server, which allows it to download keys from other exposure notification apps that are on the server.

As of June 2022, 24 states and Washington, DC, were part of the National Key Server.

The state uses a mobile service application in partnership with Google and Apple called CO Exposure Notifications. The app uses Bluetooth to sense whether a user’s device has been within six feet of someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 for a total of 15 minutes or longer in a given period. As of December 2021, over 3 million people have downloaded the app.

The state is a participant in the Association of Public Health Laboratories’ National Key Server. The state’s exposure notification app can download the keys or codes of any other state’s exposure notification app if they are both participating. As of June 2022, 24 states and Washington, DC, were part of the National Key Server.

The state uses Google and Apple’s exposure Bluetooth notification app, COVID Alert CT. If a user tests positive, a contact tracer asks the case to share the “close contact” codes. If the user agrees, those who met the close contact criteria for the app will receive an alert notifying them that they were a close contact of an anonymous case.

The state’s exposure notification app is on the National Key Server, which allows apps to download keys from other state apps on the server. As of June 2022, 24 states and Washington, DC, were part of the National Key Server.

In September 2020, DC rolled out an app based on Exposure Notification Express created by Apple and Google. The app allows users to receive notifications if they’ve been exposed to another user who tests positive for COVID-19. Users can self-report a positive test on the app. As of November 2021, 1,337,726 people had opted in to the official exposure notification system.

DC is a participant in the Association of Public Health Laboratories’ National Key Server. DC’s exposure notification app can download the keys or codes of any other state’s exposure notification app if they are both participating. As of June 2022, 24 states and Washington, DC, were part of the National Key Server.

The state worked with NORC’s technology partner, Enovational, and the Delaware Health Information Network to build a platform that enables the state health department to share data with contact tracers and Maryland.

In September 2020, the state launched an app, COVID Alert DE, that uses Bluetooth technology to alert users that they have come in contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. The state will discontinue the app on September 6, 2022.

The state is a participant in the Association of Public Health Laboratories’ National Key Server. The state’s exposure notification app can download the keys or codes of any other state’s exposure notification app if they are both participating.

As of June 2022, 24 states and Washington, DC, were part of the National Key Server.

In April 2020, the state launched theStronger Than C-19 community action survey. The anonymous survey is designed to gather information that helps the state track COVID-19 to improve the distribution of resources and initiatives across the state.

The state uses the Healthy Together mobile app for contact tracing. Use is voluntary and relies on location and Bluetooth data.

Several counties use the exposure notification app CombatCOVID, which notifies users if they have come into contact with someone who has COVID-19.

Georgia Tech uses the NOVID exposure notification app, which uses Bluetooth technology to send exposure alerts to contacts. The app is voluntary for students, faculty, and staff on campus.

The state uses two local apps called AlohaSafe Story, which uses GPS technology to log the user’s location, and AlohaSafe Alert, which anonymously records contacts through Bluetooth and Google/Apple Exposure Notification technology.

The state also participates in the Association of Public Health Laboratories’ National Key Server. The state’s exposure notification app can download the keys or codes of any other state’s exposure notification app if they are both participating. As of June 2022, 24 states and Washington, DC, have joined the National Key Server.

The Illinois National Electronic Disease Surveillance System sends an automated message through the Salesforce platform to all confirmed or possible cases. An automated address matching process can identify outbreaks for case investigation.

As of August 2020, the state rolled out GovConnect Contact Tracing software as a comprehensive case management system for COVID-19.

The state uses a COVID-19 tracing app called COVID Defense. The free app uses Bluetooth technology to send exposure alerts to contacts.

The Louisiana Department of Health’s Contact Tracing program uses SMS text messaging to provide COVID-19 positive individuals, their contacts, and travelers to the state with public health guidance and social services support while quarantined.

In September 2021, researchers at Louisiana State University released the GeauxTrace app, which uses a smartphone’s Bluetooth technology to alert those who have been in proximity to people who have positive test results for COVID-19.

The state also participates in the Association of Public Health Laboratories’ National Key Server. The state’s exposure notification app can download the keys or codes of any other state’s exposure notification app if they are both participating.

As of June 2022, 24 states and Washington, DC, were part of the National Key Server.

The state Centers for Disease Prevention and Control sends text messages to individuals who test positive for COVID-19. Individuals must opt in to receive the text messages.

In January 2022, state health officials reported plans to roll out a web survey for infected residents to complete so contact tracers can quickly identify people who are most at risk of severe illness or are in locations where rapid transmission is likely.

The state is a participant in the Association of Public Health Laboratories’ National Key Server. The state’s exposure notification app, MD COVID Alert, can download the keys and codes of any other state’s exposure notification app via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology if they are both participating.

As of June 2022, 24 states and Washington, DC, were part of the National Key Server.

Salesforce helps capture data from case investigations and contact tracing. Data from Salesforce are uploaded to MAVEN, the state disease surveillance system, daily. Testing facilities also report cases and contact info to MAVEN.

The state uses the MassNotify App, which builds on Apple and Google’s automated exposure notification platform using Bluetooth technology. As of December 2021, 1.74 million people had enabled MassNotify.

The state is a participant in the Association of Public Health Laboratories’ National Key Server.

As of June 2022, 24 states and Washington, DC, were part of the National Key Server.

The state uses MI COVID Alert, an app based on Apple and Google’s exposure notification platform using Bluetooth technology.

The state is a participant in the Association of Public Health Laboratories’ National Key Server. The state’s exposure notification app can download the keys and codes of any other state’s exposure notification app if they are both participating. As of June 2022, 24 states and Washington, DC, were part of the National Key Server.

The Central Michigan District Health Department uses a secure text message notification system, TigerConnect, to inform individuals of positive COVID-19 results and begin contact tracing, allowing for streamlined and timely communication between positive cases and case investigators.

The state Restaurant and Lodging Association produced two mobile applications to help restaurants meet state requirements for screening staff and collecting guests’ contact information.

HealthPartners and the University of Minnesota developed a mobile application called SafeDistance. Clinicians at HealthPartners are encouraging patients and the public in the Twin Cities area to use the application.

In November 2020, the state launched COVIDAware MN, an app that notifies people when their phone has been near the phone of a person with COVID-19 for enough time to be considered a close contact.

The state is a participant in the Association of Public Health Laboratories’ National Key Server.

As of June 2022, 24 states and Washington, DC, have joined the National Key Server.

The Department of Health and Senior Services manages the COVID-19 Technology Response System. This includes the Electronic COVID-19 Case Reporting System, EpiTrax and Missouri’s Advanced Contact Tracing System (MO ACTS).

The Electronic COVID-19 Case Reporting System allows medical providers and required reporting entities to enter positive case information.

EpiTrax is a comprehensive disease surveillance system that receives reports from COVID-19 tests. EpiTrax uses test data to trigger case management and investigations by local public health agencies and DHSS staff.

As of January 2022, the Flathead City-County Health Department and other health departments are conducting automated contact tracing using an online platform to contact those who test positive for COVID-19. These individuals are sent a link to a secure web-based survey to complete their case investigation; a case investigator follows up with those who do not complete the form within 24 hours.

Missoula County uses PatientOne, a locally developed app, to help with case management of quarantined individuals. As of October 2021, residents who are cases or contacts are contacted with a text, rather than a phone call.

Yellowstone County is using an unnamed software for trend identification of positive cases and contacts by health department staff.

The state uses “Text Nebraska,” an automated text messaging system, which sends a survey to positive cases and their identified close contacts. As of July 2022, the state continuing to promote the system to the public.

Some counties struggled with the Salesforce platform. For that reason, Clark County began using EpiTrax. The state expanded EpiTrax use to other counties in the state.

The state uses COVID Trace, an opt-in contact tracing app developed by Google and Apple that allows phones to anonymously exchange information when in close proximity through Bluetooth.

The state has expanded capabilities of the COVID Trace app with Exposure Notification Express (ENX) through a partnership with Apple and Google. Now individuals can turn on ENX to alert users who have been within six feet for more than 15 minutes of a COVID-19 positive individual.

The app is on the National Key Server,which allows apps to download keys from other state apps on the server. As of June 2022, 24 states and Washington, DC, were part of the National Key Server.

The state launched an exposure notification app, COVID Alert NJ, using Bluetooth proximity technology. As of November 2021, the state estimates that COVID Alert NJ has 3.5 million users. The app is based on the platform developed by Google and Apple.

The app is on the National Key Server which allows apps to download keys from other state apps on the server. As of June 2022, 24 states and Washington, DC, were part of the National Key Server.

The state also uses an exposure notification app called NM Notify, using Bluetooth proximity technology. The app allows individuals to manually input their positive home test results.

NM Notify is on the National Key Server,which allows apps to download keys from other state apps on the server. As of June 2022, 24 states and Washington, DC, were part of the National Key Server.

As of February 2021, more than 1.3 million individuals have downloaded COVID Alert NY, the state’s exposure notification app. Based on technology developed by Apple and Google, the app is on the National Key Server which allows apps to download keys from other state apps on the server. As of June 2022, 24 states and Washington, DC, were part of the National Key Server.

NYC’s schools use digital platforms for attendance tracking to assist with contact tracing.

NYC shifted to a text-based system in 2021 to reach close contacts and connect them to resources.

The state uses an exposure notification app using Bluetooth technology, SlowCOVIDNC. As of September 2021, the app had been downloaded 938,845 times as of September 2021.

The app is based on Google and Apple’s Exposure Notification System and alerts users if they have been in close contact with individuals who later test positive for COVID-19. The state targets marketing of the app to people at high risk of exposure to COVID-19, including colleges and universities.

The app is also on the National Key Server which allows apps to download keys from other state apps on the server. As of June 2022, 24 states and Washington, DC, were part of the National Key Server.

The Care19 Alert app was on the National Key Server, but it has been discontinued.

Some local entities, such as the Lake County school district partner with Volan Technology to use a Bluetooth-based contact tracing application.

Although the Record Portal may be accessed on any device, a cell phone is needed for the initial registration process.

The state is using an app created by Google and MTX Group that lets medical staff engage remotely with people who may have been exposed, directing those with symptoms to testing sites.

In July 2021 the state reported it had updated its computer systems with new software from Google.

The state has a digital contact tracing system called Connect and Protect that directs individuals (ages 19 to 64) who test positive to fill out an online contact tracing questionnaire.

The state used an exposure notification app, COVID Alert PA, which used proximity exposure technology. Users could voluntarily report when they tested positive, which in turn anonymously alerted other phones that had been in proximity for a specified time. It was available in four languages. Individuals ages 13 through 17 were able to use the app with parental consent. As of July 2021, the App had 922,000 downloads.

The app is on the National Key Server, which allows apps to download keys from other state apps on the server. As of June 2022, 24 states and Washington, DC, have joined the National Key Server.

As of July 2022, the state had plans to discontinue its exposure notification app in the coming months.

The state has expanded its online results portal, which allows contact information for their close contacts. The state’s text-based contact tracing system will then notify the identified contacts, providing further instructions and guidance.

The 401Health app shares daily location data for up to the past 20 days with the Department of Health, though the data are only made available if users opt in to sharing. The app also includes a symptom tracking survey.

The state Department of Corrections built an app to help track infections among prison staff.

Clemson University uses the SC SAFER TOGETHER exposure notification app, which uses Bluetooth technology to notify users of a potential exposure. The app also provides steps to schedule a telehealth appointment, take a self-assessment, or schedule a test. The SC SAFER TOGETHER app was launched in collaboration with the Department of Health and Environmental Control, Clemson University, and the Medical University of South Carolina.

Together with North Dakota, the state uses Care19, a location-tracking app to map the spread of COVID-19 and assist with contact tracing. The Care19 app is a location-logging application for use in contact tracing. Use of the app and disclosure of location information is voluntary.

In September 2021, the South Central Regional Health Office launched a text message COVID-19 case investigation system in conjunction with the state department of health. Residents of the region who test positive may receive a text message that asks them to complete their case investigation online and report their contacts. Traditional phone interviews will continue, but text messaging outreach is expected to accelerate traditional phone interviews for contact tracing.

Sumner County schools notify parents through SchoolMessenger if a student in their child’s class tested positive.

In February 2021, Utah launched the Google/Apple Exposure Notification Express app. The app uses Bluetooth technology to log anonymous keys of other users’ nearby phones. If a user tests positive, they can send an alert to the phones they came in contact with through the app. The app is part of the National Key Server. As of June 2022, 24 states and Washington, DC, were part of the National Key Server.

The state also uses the SARA Alert system, which sends email and text messages that prompt a person with COVID-19 to complete a daily self-report of their symptoms.

In May 2020, the state launched COVIDCheck, a website which allows people to check their symptoms and guides them to testing, if needed.

The state also launched a proximity tracking app called COVIDWISE. Users must opt in to the COVIDWISE notification system which uses their phone’s Bluetooth technology to track other app users. If one user encounters another who had a positive COVID-19 test within the last 14 days, the app sends an exposure notification alert, along with next steps, from the Department of Health.

COVIDWISE is a part of the National Key Server which allows it to download keys from other state apps on the server. As of June 2022, 24 states and Washington, DC, were part of the National Key Server.

In February 2021, the state launched COVIDWISE Express as an additional exposure notification tool for iPhone users. COVIDWISE Express does not require users to download the app but is activated through the Exposure Logging on their smartphone.

The state uses the WA Notify app, which is based on Google Apple Exposure Notification technology. Users can opt in to receive notifications if a contact tests positive for COVID-19. Users can also record positive results. As of August 2022, WA Notify had more than 3.53 million activations. The app is also on the National Key Server, which allows it to download keys from other state apps on the server. As of June 2022, 24 states and Washington, DC, were part of the National Key Server.

The state launched the WI Exposure Notification app in partnership with Apple and Google. As of September 2021, 29% of residents have downloaded it.

The app is on the National Key Server which allows it to download keys from other state apps on the server. As of June 2022, 24 states and Washington, DC, were part of the National Key Server.

Previously, the app is also on the National Key Server but it has since been discontinued.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $29.6 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

Federal coronavirus relief money allocated to the state health department paid for the contact tracing contracts.

The state received more than $30 million in CARES Act funding to provide testing, symptom monitoring, and notification of exposure to COVID-19 for higher education students in all of the state’s public and private institutions.

In June 2021, the CDC awarded $36 million to the state health department. The 2-year grant aims to reduce COVID-19-related health disparities and improve and increase contact tracing and testing among people who are at higher risk and are underserved (including people living in rural communities).

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $5.2 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

To develop a contact tracing curriculum, the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Center for Rural Health and Workforce accessed a $95,000 supplemental federal CARES Act grant, which the state matched.

In June 2021, the CDC awarded $34.6 million to the state health department. The 2-year grant aims to reduce COVID-19-related health disparities and improve and increase contact tracing and testing among people who are at higher risk and are underserved (including people living in rural communities).

In May 2021, Arizona was given access to new federal funds of around $1.4 billion for Arizona counties and $1 billion for two dozen of the state’s cities to implement public health programming including services and programs to contain the spread of COVID-19, like contact tracing.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $43.5 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

Maricopa County allocated $2 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to support contact tracing and case investigation efforts.

Pima County has spent roughly $15 million on case investigation and contact tracing from June 2020 until the end of January 2022. This includes $11 million from the federal CARES act and other grants.

In November 2021, the Pima County Health Department received a $6.8 million grant to help ensure K-12 teachers and families have the resources needed to minimize the impacts of the pandemic, including continuing contact tracing among students and their contacts.

In June 2021, the CDC awarded $40.4 million to the state health department. The 2-year grant aims to reduce COVID-19-related health disparities and improve and increase contact tracing and testing among people who are at higher risk and are underserved (including people living in rural communities).

In March 2021, the CDC awarded an $18.6 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

The CDC awarded a $6 million grant to help employ 50 bilingual community health workers in Northwest Arkansas to help combat COVID-19 including placing them at contact tracing centers.

As of January 2022, the state reported spending $259.3 million for contact tracing, with another $38.9 million going forward through the end of the next fiscal year.

In June 2021, the CDC awarded $32.4 million to the state health department. The 2-year grant aims to reduce COVID-19-related health disparities and improve and increase contact tracing and testing amongpeople who are at higher risk and are underserved (including people living in rural communities).

In March 2021, the CDC awarded $173 million to the state and $59.7 million to Los Angeles County. This 2-year grant aims to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers, and prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) provided $3.2 billion to the state for testing, contact tracing and other efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19.

In 2020 the California Connected public awareness campaign launched with $5.1 million in funding, with partners including Jeff Skoll and his organizations, the California Health Care Foundation, The California Endowment, Twitter and Facebook, and other media partners. Universities provided contact tracing training through a state contract.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $34.6 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

The Corporation for National and Community Service supported Colorado’s contact tracing initiative by redeploying AmeriCorps members and providing nearly $2 million in federal funding for new volunteers in August 2021.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $21.8 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

The state initially budgeted $23.8 million for the ContaCT system.

In June 2021, the CDC awarded $5.1 million to the district health department. The 2-year grant aims to reduce COVID-19-related health disparities and improve and increase contact tracing and testing among people who are at higher risk and are underserved.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $5 million, 2-year grant to the district to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $6.7 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $126.6 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

The state paid World Wide Technology of St. Louis $450,000 to design the Stronger Than C-19 community action survey to improve the distribution of resources and initiatives across the state. The state also contracted with Twenty Labs for the Healthy Together app.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $63 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $9.2 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

The state received $81 million for testing and contact tracing from the federal COVID-19 relief bill. The state will be using federal funding from the American Rescue Plan for testing, contact tracing, and vaccinations.

In June 2021, the CDC awarded $30.7 million to the state health department. The 2-year grant aims to reduce COVID-19-related health disparities and improve and increase contact tracing and testing among people who are at higher risk and are underserved (including people living in rural communities).

In March 2021, the CDC awarded an $11.4 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

As of June 2021, local health departments across the state received approximately $230 million and community-based organizations received another $60 million.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $59 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

Chicago awarded the Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership $56 million in state and federal funds to hire contact tracers and work with 31 community-based organizations to create a COVID Contact Tracing Corps and COVID Resource Coordination Hub.

In June 2021, the CDC awarded $34.8 million to the state health department. The 2-year grant aims to reduce COVID-19-related health disparities and improve and increase contact tracing and testing among people who are at higher risk and are underserved (including people living in rural communities).

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $40 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $19 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

The state contracted with DOMO for $250,000 to develop new contact tracing software.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas awarded a $200,000 grant to the Kansas Association of Local Health Departments, which passed through funds in $5,000 increments to local health departments across the state to support contact tracing efforts.

In August 2021 the state health department was awarded over $1.7 million from the CDC to address health disparities and ensure access to COVID-19 services— including testing, contact tracing, and immunization services—and to improve community health resiliency.

In June 2021, the CDC awarded $31.9 million to the state health department. The 2-year grant aims to reduce COVID-19-related health disparities and improve and increase contact tracing and testing among people who are at higher risk and are underserved (including people living in rural communities).

In March 2021, the CDC awarded an $18 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

The state has a $4.27 million contract with Deloitte to oversee the contact tracing technology.

A June 2021 report showed that the state spent $215 million of CARES Act funding on PPE, contact tracing, testing, and public awareness.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $27 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments. The state also receives Emergency Assistance to Non-Public Schools (EANS II) funding, which can be used for contact tracing.

Nearly $290 million of the state’s share of the December 2020 Federal COVID Relief bill will be used for COVID-19 contact tracing, testing, and mitigation efforts.

In May 2021, the CDC Foundation gave Xavier University $420,000 to create strategies for combatting disproportionate rates of COVID-19 among African Americans in New Orleans. These strategies will include community outreach about contact tracing.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $28 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded an $8.8 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

In January 2021, the state’s congressional delegation announced receipt of an additional $89 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds, including $77 million for testing, contact tracing, and other strategies.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $36 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

In January 2021, the state’s congressional delegation announced receipt of over $400 million in federal funding from the Federal COVID Relief bill to expand COVID-19 vaccine distribution, contact tracing, and testing capacity.

In October 2021, Baltimore announced that $80 million of American Rescue Plan Act funds would be used to address COVID-19. Some of the funds will support 100 contact tracers, making positions permanent for some of the existing tracing staff and allowing others to return to their original roles. Baltimore also received $25 million in response funding from the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation.

The state maintained a contract with Partners in Health through December 2021, costing roughly $158 million in total). The state replaced its contact tracing program to support local boards of health in the amount of $15 million from the Baker-Polito administration and $4 million from the state Department of Public Health.

Boston Public Schools responded to parents’ complaints for better COVID safety in schools as cases continue to surge by announcing new funding for COVID prevention. Officials plan to spend an additional $3 million on expanding contact tracing and hiring more contract nurses.

In June 2021, the CDC awarded $18.5 million to the state health department. The 2-year grant aims to reduce COVID-19-related health disparities and improve and increase contact tracing and testing among people who are at higher risk and are underserved (including people living in rural communities).

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $41 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

The state has a $39 million contract with Accenture and Salesforce to develop and manage software.

In March 2021, the governor signed legislation that included up to $555 million in federal funding for testing and tracing.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $59 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

In August 2020, the state began what would be an $18 million contract with the Michigan Public Health Institute. The contract ended in May 2022.

In December 2021, Minnesota’s senators announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will provide more than $19.5 million in funding to more than 75 rural hospitals in the state for COVID-19 testing and mitigation efforts, including contact tracing.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $39 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

The state legislature authorized $8 million to create the information technology system needed to track cases and their contacts and $3 million to hire a temporary employment agency to fill staffing gaps.

The state has awarded several local and tribal organizations funding to conduct community-based pandemic efforts, including contact tracing.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded an $18 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

The state received $171 million to support testing, contact tracing, containment, and mitigation to monitor and suppress the spread of COVID-19 from the December 2020 Federal COVID Relief bill.

In June 2021, the CDC awarded $36 million to the state health department. The 2-year grant aims to reduce COVID-19-related health disparities and improve and increase contact tracing and testing among people who are at higher risk and are underserved (including people living in rural communities). As of June 30, 2021, the state had allocated $11.8 million to contact tracing and tracking.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $36 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $7 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

The state earmarked $144 billion of ARPA funds for COVID-19 contact tracing and testing, awarded via grants to public health departments, with $18 million for testing and tracing in schools.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $12 million 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

In June 2021, the CDC awarded $32 million to the state health department. The 2-year grant aims to reduce COVID-19-related health disparities and improve and increase contact tracing and testing among people who are at higher risk and are underserved (including people living in rural communities).

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $19 million 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

In January 2021, the state awarded the University of Nevada – Las Vegas School of Public Health an additional $1.7 million to continue contact tracing efforts, in addition to an initial $3.4 million award for contact tracing in September 2020.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $9 million 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

The state allocated $100 million from the American Rescue Plan Act for vaccines, testing, contact tracing, and other coronavirus-related expenses.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $53 million 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded $13 million to the state. This 2-year grant aims to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers, and prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

The state established a $12.5 million contract with Accenture Healthcare Services to set up a call center for contact tracing.

New Mexico also has a $7.5 million dollar contract with MTX for contact tracing.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded $66 million to the state and $49 million to New York City. This 2-year grant aims to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers, and prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

As of September 2021, New York City estimates $3 billion in costs for their Test and Trace Corps for FY2022, which will be covered by federal funds.

As of March 2021, New York City reported its contact tracing budget for the current fiscal year and the next at $582 million.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $62 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $5 million 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

In June 2021, the CDC awarded $31 million to the state health department. The 2-year grant aims to reduce COVID-19-related health disparities and improve and increase contact tracing and testing among people who are at higher risk and are underserved (including people living in rural communities).

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $69 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded $23 million to the state. This 2-year grant aims to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers, and prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

The state allocated $21.7 million funds from the CARES Act for testing and contact tracing.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded $25 million to the state. This 2-year grant aims to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers, and prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded $66 million to the state and $10 million to Philadelphia. This 2-year grant aims to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers, and prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

In July 2021, the state’s Department of General Services approved a new $34 million contract with the Public Consulting Group. In August 2021, the state awarded Public Consulting Group an additional $9 million to rebuild its contact tracing program. Previously, the state had a $30 million contract with Insight Global for contact tracing. The contract ended following a data breach.

The state contracted with NearForm Ltd. at $1.9 million to deploy and maintain the Covid Alert PA app.

The state spends about $20 million annually on contact tracing.

In June 2021, the CDC awarded $20 million to the state health department. The 2-year grant aims to reduce COVID-19-related health disparities and improve and increase contact tracing and testing among people who are at higher risk and are underserved (including people living in rural communities).

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $7 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

As of January 2021, the Rhode Island Department of Health had received $70.4 million in federal funding, with $61 million supporting testing, contact tracing, and containment and mitigation efforts.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $31 million 2-year grant to the state, to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

In February 2021, the state legislature voted to allocate $200 million for COVID-19 efforts, including contact tracing.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $6 million 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $40 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

The state ended its $65 million contract with Xtend Healthcare in February 2022.

In June 2021, the CDC awarded $39 million to the state health department. The 2-year grant aims to reduce COVID-19-related health disparities and improve and increase contact tracing and testing among people who are at higher risk and are underserved (including people living in rural communities).

In March 2021, the CDC awarded $157 million to the state and $14 million to Houston. This 2-year grant aims to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers, and prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

In June 2021, the CDC awarded $24 million to the state health department. The 2-year grant aims to reduce COVID-19-related health disparities and improve and increase contact tracing and testing among people who are at higher risk and are underserved (including people living in rural communities).

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $20 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments. In February 2022, the state released the K-12 School-Based COVID-19 Response Grant, which provides $202,343 per school district through June 30, 2023 for COVID-19 response efforts, including contact tracing. The funding is part of the $20 million grant received from CDC in March 2021.

In January 2022, the Navajo Nation President authorized $567 million of American Rescue Plan Act funds to be used to provide individual stimulus payments to the Diné community.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $4 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

In April 2021, the state awarded $10 million contract to Applied Memetics LLC. The contract provides up to 75 full-time contract tracers and allows the state to scale up their contact tracing force as needed. As of March 2022, the state has already paid the company $15 million.

In June 2021, the CDC awarded $27 million to the state health department. The 2-year grant aims to reduce COVID-19-related health disparities and improve and increase contact tracing and testing among people who are at higher risk and are underserved (including people living in rural communities).

In March 2021, the CDC awarded $50 million to the state. This 2-year grant aims to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers, and prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

As of September 2021, the state department of health is planning to spend $212 million over the next two years in pandemic response, including contact tracing and investigation.

In June 2021, the CDC awarded $29 million to the state health department. The 2-year grant aims to reduce COVID-19-related health disparities and improve and increase contact tracing and testing among people who are at higher risk and are underserved (including people living in rural communities).

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $45 million 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

In February 2021, Governor Inslee signed a bill to provide $618 million for COVID-19 response, including contact tracing.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded an $11 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

The state will receive $103.1 million through the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act to expand testing and contact tracing.

In June 2021, the CDC awarded $27 million to the state health department. The 2-year grant aims to reduce COVID-19-related health disparities and improve and increase contact tracing and testing among people who are at higher risk and are underserved (including people living in rural communities).

In March 2021, the CDC awarded a $35 million, 2-year grant to the state to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers. The grant prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.

In January 2021, the state announced $86 million in funding for local and tribal health departments to offset COVID-19 related expenses, including contact tracing.

In March 2021, the CDC awarded $4 million to the state. This 2-year grant aims to support activities to expand, train, and sustain a response-ready public health workforce, including contact tracers, and prioritizes school-based health programs and local health departments.