 outbreak response capacity assessments and improvements among public health department health care associated infection programs united states 2015 2017 the centers for disease control and prevention awarded $85 million to health care associated infection and antibiotic resistance hai ar programs in march 2015 as part of infection control assessment and response icar activities in the epidemiology and laboratory capacity cooperative agreement domestic ebola supplement one goal of this funding was to assess and improve program capacity to respond to potential health care outbreaks eg hai clusters all 55 funded programs in 49 state and 6 local health departments participated 