Indian Health Service National Indian Health Outreach and Education

The purpose of this Indian Health Service (IHS) cooperative agreement is to further the IHS mission and goals related to providing quality health care to the American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) community through outreach and education efforts with a focus on improving Indian health care, promoting awareness, visibility, advocacy, training, technical assistance, and education efforts. This program includes the following nine components, as described in this announcement: “Line Item 128 Health Education and Outreach funds;” “Health Care Policy Analysis and Review;” “Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention (SASP) program;” “Domestic Violence Prevention (DVP) program,” – a national awareness, visibility, advocacy, outreach and education award; the “Special Diabetes Program for Indians” (SDPI); “Tribal Budget Formulation Activities;” the “Affordable Care Act (ACA) ;” and the “Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA).”
Categories: Education, Health.