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Week of August 12, 2024

In this Letter:

✒️Congressional Items 

📝 Dear Tribal Leader Letters

📒Upcoming Tribal Advisory Committees & Tribal Consultations

🎟️Events 

💵 Notice of Funding Opportunities

Congressional Corner

Both the House and the Senate are out this month for the August Recess. Both Chambers will return in September to consider legislation to continue to fund the government beyond the end of the Fiscal year on September 30, 2024. 

 

August is an excellent time to visit with your Senators and Representatives while they are working in their home states and districts!  NIHB has several resources available for you on key Indian health topics for 2024. This includes:

 

  • Mandatory Funding for CSC and 105(l) Leases: NIHB will continue advancing our advocacy efforts regarding moving Contract Support Costs (CSC) and 105(l) Lease Payments to mandatory appropriations this month. This includes getting Members of Congress to sign onto letters to leadership supporting this change. Visit our advocacy resource page for more information and to see how you can get involved!


  • SDPI Renewal: The Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) expires on December 31, 2024. Click here for additional resources supporting renewal of this critical program.

 

Please contact NIHB’s Congressional relations team for more information at wdavis@nihb.org and tbarrett@nihb.org

Dear Tribal Leader Letters


View NIHB’s full Dear Tribal Leader Letter Tracker here 

SSS July 1 Letter: The Director writes to share an opportunity to provide feedback on Social Security Administration’s Equity Action Plan.


DOI July 1 Letter: DOI announces its proposed rule amending regulations governing implementation of subchapter IV of the ISDEAA and the Department’s Tribal Self-Governance Program.


BIE June 11 Letter: if BIE doesn’t receive a JOM contractor’s SY 2023-2024 Student Count Report on or before the regulatory deadline (September 15, 2024) for the Annual Report, as provided in 25 C.F.R. § 273.152, that JOM contractor will not receive a JOM distribution for FY2025/SY 2024-2025.

Upcoming Tribal Advisory Committees & Tribal Consultations


View NIHB’s full Regulations Tracker here


Consultations

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

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


OASH Tribal Consultation on the Syphilis and Congenital Syphilis Outbreak

Dear Tribal Leader Letter

Comments Due: September 5, 2024

Comments Submission: STI@hhs.gov | subject line “Tribal Consultation”

 

ACL National Plan on Aging

ACL Website Additional Information

Comments Due: September 15, 2024

 

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

Tribal Advisory Committee Meetings

IHS ISAC Fall 2024 Semi-Annual Meeting

Date: August 27—28, 2024

Location: Rockville, Maryland

Meeting Webpage Link

 

DSTAC 4th Quarter Meeting

Date: September 10-12, 2024

Meeting Webpage Link


Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee Meeting (STAC)

Dates: September 10-12, 2024

Tacoma, WA

 

Tribal Leaders Diabetes Committee (TLDC) Meeting

Dates: September 17-18, 2024

(Congressional outreach day September 19)

Washington, DC 

Events

CMS Maternal Health Summer 2024 Webinar Series

Meeting Webpage Link


2024 IHS Partnership Conference and Direct Service Tribes National Meeting

Date: August 13—15

Location: Phoenix, AZ

Meeting Webpage Link


Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) 2024 Grantee Conference

Date: August 14—16, 2024

Meeting Webpage Link


Health IT Modernization Tribal Summit

Date: August 16, 2024

Meeting Webpage Link

Location: Phoenix, AZ 


NCUIH Investing in Wellness: Financing Behavioral Health Toolkit Launch

Date: August 22, 2024

Meeting Webpage Link

 

12th World Wilderness Congress WILD12

Date: August 25 – 31, 2024

Meeting Webpage Link

Notice of Funding Opportunities

Women’s Behavioral Health Technical Assistance Center | Click Here to Learn More

Award Amount: $12,500,000 total for five years

Application Deadline: August 20, 2024

Description: The purpose of this program is to enhance the capacity of women’s behavioral health providers, general healthcare providers, and others involved in the holistic care of women to address the diverse needs of women with or at risk for mental health and substance use conditions, including women with or risk for mental and substance use conditions that were greatly impacted by COVID.


Community-Based Maternal Behavioral Health Services Program | Click Here to Learn More

Award Amount: $500,000 per year

Application Deadline: August 26, 2024

Description: The purpose of this program is to improve access to evidence-based, timely, and culturally relevant maternal mental health and substance use (behavioral health) intervention and treatment by strengthening community referral pathways. Recipients will be expected to collaborate with pregnancy and postpartum healthcare organizations, refer individuals in need of behavioral health care to the appropriate entities, and provide short-term mental health and substance use services to individuals who cannot access care.


Notice of Funding Opportunity Application for the Innovation in Behavioral Health (IBH) Model | Click Here to Learn More

Award Amount: Up to $7,500,000

Application Deadline: September 9, 2024

Description: The Innovation in Behavioral Health (IBH) Model (the “Model”) is an eight-year, voluntary service delivery and payment model promoting integrated care in behavioral health (BH) settings. The IBH Model will test the impact of a value-based payment (VBP) model aligned across Medicaid and Medicare that supports an integrated care delivery framework in specialty BH organizations and settings for adult Medicaid, Medicare, and dually eligible beneficiaries with moderate to severe mental health conditions and/or substance use disorders (SUDs).

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