Native Public Health Resilience

For programmatic or technical questions:
Lisa Neel
301.443.4305
lisa.neel@ihs.gov

For grants management or budget questions:
DGM@ihs.gov

The Indian Health Service provides grants to enhance the capacity of tribes and tribal organizations to implement core public health functions, services, and activities and to strengthen tribal public health management capabilities.

Recipients must select 1 or more of the following essential public health services:

• Assess and monitor population health status, factors that influence health, and community needs and assets
• Investigate, diagnose, and address health problems and hazards affecting the population
• Communicate effectively to inform and educate people about health, factors that influence it, and how to improve it
• Strengthen, support, and mobilize communities and partnerships to improve health
• Create, champion, and implement policies, plans, and laws that impact health
• Use legal and regulatory actions designed to improve and protect the public's health
• Contribute to an effective system that enables equitable access to the individual services and care needed to be healthy
• Build and support a diverse and skilled public health workforce
• Improve and innovate public health functions through ongoing evaluation, research, and continuous quality improvement
• Build and maintain a strong organizational infrastructure for public health

Federally recognized tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations are eligible to apply. Applicants must have an established public health program serving an American Indian or Alaska Native community.

Award ceiling: $400,000
Award floor: $300,000
Project period: 3 years
Estimated number of awards: 15
Estimated total program funding: $6,000,000

Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and the online application process are available through grants.gov.