Initial Evaluation of the Cities Readiness Initiative

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked RAND to evaluate the impact of the Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) on readiness and capability to conduct mass countermeasure dispensing. The study determined that awardees benefited from the program's technical guidance and scenario focus and that the program had spillover effects on non-CRI sites. However, the study did not address questions of how these benefits compare to CRI's costs.