On August 25, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius awarded up to $137 million in grants among virtually all states to strengthen the public health infrastructure and provide jobs in core areas of public health.  The grants are intended to enhance state, tribal, and local efforts to provide tobacco cessation services, strengthen public health laboratory and immunization services, prevent healthcare-associated infections, and provide comprehensive substance abuse prevention and treatment.  Most of the grant dollars come from the Prevention and Public Health Fund created by the Affordable Care Act.  A full list of grantees is available at: http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/08/state prevention grants.html.