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Tribal COVID-19 Grant Recipients (OT-2004) [PDF – 139 KB]As of August 15, 2021, CDC has provided $225.7 million to tribal nations, consortia, and organizations for responding to COVID-19 across tribal communities. This amount exceeds the minimum of $165 million directed by Congress through the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
CDC is using a multifaceted approach to allocate COVID-19 funding to Indian Country, enabling broad access to COVID-19 resources across tribal communities:
**$152.8 million**to tribal nations, consortia, and organizations through a new noncompetitive grant, Supporting Tribal Public Health Capacity in Coronavirus Preparedness and Response
*Purpose***:**To support tribes and tribal organizations in carrying out surveillance, epidemiology, laboratory capacity, infection control, mitigation, communication, and other COVID-19 preparedness and response activities
*Recipients and reach*: 346 tribal recipients [PDF – 139 KB], including 290 tribal nations, 25 tribal consortia, and 31 tribal organizations, which will reach more than 490 tribes and more than 39 million individuals, according to grantee self-reports**$52.2 million**through supplements to an existing CDC cooperative agreement, Tribal Public Health Capacity Building and Quality Improvement, including—
**$38.8 million** to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19
*Purpose :* To carry out a range of activities, including surveillance, epidemiology, infection control, and communications
The *Coronavirus Preparedness*, *Response*, and *Recovery in Indian Country Project* is a supplemental funding opportunity limited to current recipients of *OT18-1803 Tribal Public Health Capacity-Building and Quality Improvement Umbrella*cooperative agreement.
*Recipients and reach*: 12 regional tribal organizations to serve 10 HHS regions (reaching more than 500 tribes and more than 2 million American Indians and Alaska Natives) and 4 tribal nations serving populations of 40,000 or more (with the capacity to reach approximately 626,000 American Indians):Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Inc. (Alaska)Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board, Inc. (New Mexico)Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation (Alaska)California Rural Indian Health Board (California)Cherokee Nation (Oklahoma)Chickasaw Nation (Oklahoma)Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (Oklahoma)Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc. (Wisconsin)Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board (South Dakota)Inter Tribal Council of Arizona (Arizona)Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (Oregon)Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council (Montana)Southern Plains Tribal Health Board (Oklahoma)The Navajo Nation (Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah)United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. (Tennessee)Wabanaki Health and Wellness (Maine)**$12.0 million** to build public health capacity during the COVID-19 response and recovery
*Purpose :*To prevent injuries and violence, focusing on suicide, adverse childhood experiences, and intimate partner violence.
*Recipients and reach :* 11 regional American Indian and Alaska Native tribally designated organizations:Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Inc.  (Alaska)Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board, Inc.  (New Mexico)California Rural Indian Health Board(California)Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc. (Wisconsin)Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board (South Dakota)Inter Tribal Council of Arizona (Arizona)Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (Oregon)Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council(Montana)Southern Plains Tribal Health Board (Oklahoma)The Navajo Nation (Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah)United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. (Tennessee)**$1.5 million** in supplemental funds for COVID-19 preparedness, response, and/or recovery efforts.Purpose:  To provide funding to conduct COVID-19 public health emergency preparedness, response, and recovery activities.
Recipients and reach: twelve OT18-1803 recipients listed below:
Alaska Native Tribal Health ConsortiumAlbuquerque Area Indian Health BoardCalifornia Rural Indian Health BoardChickasaw Nation (Oklahoma)Forest County Potawatomi CommunityGreat Lakes Tribal Chairman’s Health BoardInter-Tribal Council of ArizonaNorthwest Portland Area Indian Health boardSouthern Plains Tribal Health BoardUnited South and Easter TribesWabanaki Health and WellnessWhite Earth Band of Chippewa Indians**$19.9 million** through supplements to an existing cooperative agreement, Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services Through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation’s Health, including—
**$10.9 million**to address COVID-19 among urban American Indians and Alaska Natives
Recipients: National Council of Urban Indian Health, including sub-awards for 41 urban Indian health centers ($8.0 million), training for Indian healthcare personnel provided through the Healthcare Workforce Infection Prevention Control Training initiative ($1.9 million*),* and public health emergency response and vaccine implementation planning in Urban Indian Organizations (UIOs) ($1.0 million).
**$9.0 million** to conduct national COVID-19 communication activities for tribes
Recipient: National Indian Health Board, to conduct national COVID-19 communication activities for tribes ($2.0 million), to support training for tribal healthcare personnel through the Healthcare Workforce Infection Prevention Control Training Initiative ($1.0 million), to enhance tribal environmental health capacity, for preparedness in COVID-19 response and prevention efforts ($2.0 million), and to address COVID-19 vaccine confidence through tribal health departments ($4.0 million).**$750,000** through the Public Health Crisis Response cooperative agreement administered by CDC’s Center for Preparedness and Response
*Purpose*: To support COVID-19 incident management, jurisdictional recovery, information management, countermeasures and mitigation, surge management, and bio surveillance activities
*Recipient* : Cherokee Nation (Oklahoma)For More InformationHHS COVID-19 Funding Website
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