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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Program Information

Popular name

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Center for Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion, Division of Population Health (DPH), Population Health Surveillance Branch (PHSB).

Program Number

93.336

Program objective

The purpose of this program is to provide assistance to State and Territorial Health Departments to maintain and expand: 1) Specific health surveillance on the behaviors of the general adult population that contribute to the occurrences and prevention of chronic diseases, injuries, and other public health threats through the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), and 2) Collection, analysis, and dissemination of BRFSS data to State and Territorial Health Department categorical programs for their use in assessing trends, directing program planning, evaluating program priorities, developing policy, and targeting relevant population groups.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

Regulations governing this program are published under 45 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 75, as appropriate. For competing supplements, Administrative Regulations (ARs) remain in effect as published in the original funding announcement. For more information on the Code of Federal Regulations , see the following Internet address: https://www.ecfr.gov/

  1. Section 301(a) of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 241(a).

Program details

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Anyone/general public
  • Education Professional
  • Local
  • Scientist/Researchers
  • State
  • U.S. Territories

Additional resources