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Week of June 18, 2024

In this Letter:

✒️Congressional Items 

📝 Dear Tribal Leader Letters

📒Upcoming Tribal Advisory Committees & Tribal Consultations

🎟️Events 

💵 Notice of Funding Opportunities

Congressional Corner

The Senate is in session this week. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in San Carlos Apache Tribe v. Becerra, Congressional offices on the relevant appropriations and authorizing committees are working to understand the impact of the ruling. HHS Secretary, Xavier Becerra, and IHS Director, Roselyn Tso, both released statements acknowledging the Court’s decision. NIHB filed a friend of the court brief in the case. NIHB is will be hosting an All Tribes Call on the Supreme Court decision and its impacts on the IHS budget on Thursday, June 20 at 1:30 pm EDT; you can register for the call here.

Congress is also using its oversight authority to emphasize the growing crisis on syphilis and congenital syphilis. Over the weekend, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), ranking member on the House Oversight Committee, led a Congressional Letter to the HHS Secretary on the syphilis crisis and urged the adoption of a national Public Health Emergency.

When the House returns next week, the House Appropriations Committee will take up the FY 25 Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill on June 27^th and the FY 25 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill on June 28^th.

Dear Tribal Leader Letters

View NIHB’s full Dear Tribal Leader Letter Tracker here 

IHS June 13 Letter: The IHS Director writes to share with you the Agency's initial approach to implementing the U.S. Supreme Court decision on Becerra v. San Carlos Apache Tribe and Becerra v. Northern Arapaho Tribe.

IHS June 7 Letter: SAMHSA hosted a virtual tribal listening session on January 4th on a draft 2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (NSSP) and Federal Action Plan.

IHS June 5 Letter: The IHS Director writes to Tribal Leaders and Urban Indian Organization Leaders to announce Agency funding decisions on the Alzheimer's Grant Program to Address Dementia in Tribal and Urban Indian Communities for fiscal years 2024 and 2025.

Upcoming Tribal Advisory Committees & Tribal Consultations

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Consultations

2024 Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Annual Regional Tribal Consultations | Dear Tribal Leader Letter

Region 1: June 20, 2024 | ZoomGov

Region 7: June 25 – 26, 2024 | Kansas City, MO

Region 3: July 16 –17, 2024 | Providence Forge, VA

Region 8: July 29 – 30, 2024 | Denver, CO

Region 4: August 14 – 15, 2024 | Eastern Band of Cherokee

Region 6: August 20 – 22, 2024 | Oklahoma City, OK

Region 5: August 27—28, 2024 | St. Paul, MN

Tribal Consultation and Urban Confer on Behavioral Health Initiative Funding Distribution

Dear Tribal Leader Letter

Date: June 18, 2024

Meeting Registration Link

Comment Due: July 22, 2024

Comment Submission: consultation@ihs.gov or urbanconfer@ihs.gov, subject line “IHS Behavioral Health Initiative Funding”

White House Virtual Consultation on Executive Order 14112

Dear Tribal Leader Letter

Date: July 8, 2024, 3:30 – 5:30 PM ET

Meeting Registration Link

Comments Due: August 9, 2024

Comment Submission: whcnaa@bia.gov. 

Tribal Consultation and Urban Confer Health IT Modernization Program: Multi-Tenant Domain Considerations

Dear Tribal Leader Letter

Date: August 8, 2024, 1:00 – 3:00 PM ET

Meeting Registration Link

Tribal Consultation and Urban Confer Health IT Modernization Program: Site Readiness and Training

Dear Tribal Leader Letter

Date: November 7, 2024, 1:30 – 3:00 PM ET

Meeting Registration Link

Listening Sessions

ACF Listening Session on Tribal Child Support Systems

Dear Tribal Leader Letter

Date: June 18, 2024

DoD Tribal Listening Sessions on Environmental Strategy

Dear Tribal Leader Letter

Date: July 18 & 20, 2024

Comment Due: July 9, 2024

Comment Submission: osd.ejstrategy@mail.mil

Tribal Advisory Committee Meetings

CHAP Tribal Advisory Group (TAG) Meeting

Date: July 9—10, 2024

Meeting Webpage Link

Meeting Webpage Link

Indian Health Services Tribal Self-Governance Advisory Committee Meeting

Date: July 23—24, 2024

Meeting Webpage Link

FY 2026-2027 Tribal Budget Formulation Planning and Evaluation Meeting (Hybrid)

Date: July 25, 2024,

Meeting Webpage Link

FY 2026 Sub-Workgroup on Mandatory Funding for IHS

Date: July 25, 2024

Meeting Webpage Link

 28^th Biannual CDC/ATSDR Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC) Meeting

Date: August 7—8, 2024

Meeting Webpage Link

Events

Eliminating Health Disparities Among American Indian and Alaskan Native Boys and Men

Date: June 17, 2024, 11:00 AM ET

Event Webpage Link

5^th Annual Protecting our Sovereignty Tribal Summit

Date: June 20,2024

Location: Olympia, WA

Event Webpage Link

Social Security Administration Benefits Coordinator (Social Security Survivors Benefit) Training

Date: June 25^th or June 26^th, 2024

June 25^th Registration Link

June 26^th Registration Link

Notice of Funding Opportunities

CDC Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country (GHWIC) Funding Opportunity | Click Here to Learn More

Application Deadline: June 28, 2024

Description: This cooperative agreement supports comprehensive, holistic approaches to wellness to help prevent, manage, and control chronic diseases. It is the third funding opportunity for the GHWIC program, and it builds on lessons learned in prior opportunities, namely the importance of social and cultural connectedness to advance healthy lifestyle changes that promote overall well-being.

CDC-Funded Sweetgrass Grants to Address Chronic Disease | Click Here to Learn More

Application Deadline: June 28, 2024

Description: Sweetgrass Grants supports public health programs related to chronic disease prevention and management. The grants are offered by the Urban Indian Health Institute and funded by the CDC. Four awards of $10,000 are anticipated. Eligible applicants include Title IV urban Indian organizations, National Urban Indian Family Coalition organizations, and non-profit urban Indian organizations providing public health services.

Tribal Opioid Response Grants | Click Here to Learn More

Application Deadline: July 1, 2024

Description: The purpose of this program is to assist in addressing the opioid overdose crisis in Tribal communities by increasing access to FDA-approved medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder (MOUD), and supporting the continuum of prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery support services for opioid use disorder (OUD) and co-occurring substance use disorders.

Addressing Dementia in Indian Country: Enhancing Sustainable Models of Care Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service | Click Here to Learn More

Award Amount: $100,000 – $200,000

Application Deadline: July 16, 2024

Description: This program is designed to improve clinical care, services, and outcomes for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people living with dementia, their caregivers, and their communities. The program supports Tribes, Tribal organizations, and Urban Indian organizations already working toward comprehensive dementia care.

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