Assistance program
Tribal Public Health Capacity Building and Quality Improvement Umbrella Cooperative Agreement
$189.2 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health and Human Services, Department of
- Assistance
- Cooperative Agreements
- CFDA number
- 93.772
- What it does
- This program's ultimate outcomes are 1) decreased morbidity and mortality among American Indians (AI) and Alaska Natives (AN); 2) advanced capacity of Indian Country to identify, respond to, and mitigate public health threats; 3) improved capacity of the workforce to deliver essential public health services; 4) increased culturally-appropriate practice-based evidence programs and policies that are effective and sustainable throughout Indian Country; and 5) improved capacity to collaboratively and strategically address AI/AN health needs and advance health equity.
- Who benefits
- Eligible applicants should be able to demonstrate tribal affiliation including (1) a record of effectively working with American Indian and Alaska Native populations (2) an ability to methodically and efficiently reach tribal members in American Indian and Alaska Native communities and (3), if recipient is a tribally owned and operated organization, it should provide a letter of approval from Tribal council for the proposed program.
- Who applies
- Executive Order 13175, “Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments,†65 FR 67, 249, issued by President Clinton on November 6, 2000, and the Presidential Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies on Tribal Consultation, 74 FR 57881, signed by President Obama on November 5, 2009 [http://www.gsa.gov/portal /content/101569] encourage strengthening intergovernmental relations between the federal government and AI/AN tribal nations. As such, eligibility for this CoAg is limited to federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribal nations and regional tribally designated organizations. AI/AN tribal nations have the right of self-determination and governance over their citizens. In addition, AI/AN tribal nations and regional tribally designated organizations have a unique understanding of AI/AN cultures, fluency in Native languages, knowledge of indigenous history and traditional practices. These entities are the best qualified to address AI/AN public health needs in an efficient, effective, and culturally-appropriate manner. AI/AN tribal public health infrastructure and capacity initiatives and quality improvements are more likely to be sustained when they begin as tribal initiatives rather than as external initiatives. This CoAg will further efforts in Indian Country by supporting a culturally- appropriate approach advocated for and by the CDC/ATSDR Tribal Advisory Committee, tribal public health practitioners and partners. Direct funding will support tribal governments and tribal-serving organizations in making sound and efficient public health planning and resource allocation. The funding method for this CoAg will allow for more programs in CDC to provide direct funding to Indian Country in order to improve tribal public health systems and reach the outcomes stated in the logic model.
- Authorized by
- 301(a) and 317(k)(2) of the Public Health Service Act [42 USC 241(a) and 247b(k)(2), as amended]
- Program site
- https://www.cdc.gov/tribal/ ↗
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* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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