Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDC Fiscal Year 2016 Funding Profile for

American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes 

and Tribal Organizations

March 2017

Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Office of the Chief Financial Officer
About the Funding Profile Data

 Includes funding the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry 

– Obligated and provided to tribes and tribal organizations as primary grantees 

through cooperative agreements and grants in fiscal year (FY) 2016 (October 

1, 2015–September 30, 2016)*

– Provided to tribal epidemiology centers through an interagency agreement 

with the Indian Health Service

– Awarded to American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes or tribal 

organizations through contracts

* “Obligated” refers to new funding only (any funding carried over from a previous fiscal year is 

not included)
About the Funding Profile Data

 Excludes

– The value of vaccines purchased by CDC and delivered through the 

Vaccines for Children program

– Any funds transferred to CDC/ATSDR from other federal agencies or 

entities (i.e., funds that are not part of CDC/ATSDR’s appropriations)
CDC FY 2016 Funding to Tribes and Tribal-Serving Organizations

FY 2015 FY 2016 +/- FY 2015 

All Funding (grants/cooperative 

agreements/contracts)

$140,765,200 $164,944,184 +$24,178,984

Cooperative Agreement and Grant 

Funding (includes tribal 

epidemiology center [TEC] funding)

$35,578,395 $34,851,899 -$726,496

Contract Funding $105,186,805 $130,092,285 +$24,905,480

Number of Grantees Funded 

(cooperative agreements and grants, 

includes TECs)

62 56 - 6

Funding Mechanisms 11 funding 

opportunity 

announcements 

(FOAs);

1 grant

12 FOAs; 

1 grant

Number of FOAs: +1
CDC FY 16 Grant and Cooperative Agreement Funding to Tribes 

and Tribal-Serving Organizations by Funding Center or Office

Funding CDC Center or Office Total FY 16 Funding

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion 

(includes funding to TECs) $32,110,542

National Center for Environmental Health $390,000

National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention

$472,985

National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases $100,000

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control $30,000

Office for Public Health Preparedness and Response $130,000

Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support

$1,618,372

Grand Total $34,851,899
CDC FY 2016 Grant and Cooperative Agreement 

Funding by Tribal Grantee (N=46)

Tribal Grantee Total FY 2016 Funding 

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium $1,802,269

Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board, Inc. $994,225

Arctic Slope Native Association Limited $501,901

Association of American Indian Physicians $542,233

Bad River Tribal Council $91,666

California Rural Indian Health Board $933,197

Catawba Indian Nation $199,804

Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma $1,692,147

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe $630,961

Fond du Lac Reservation $254,366

Fort Peck Community College $317,039

Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc. $994,225

Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board $2,561,711

Hopi Indian Tribal Council $391,739

Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona $933,197

Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc. $1,708,823
CDC FY 2016 Grant and Cooperative Agreement 

Funding by Tribal Grantee (Cont.)

Tribal Grantee Total FY 2016 Funding 

Kalispel Tribe of Indians $94,599

KAW Nation of Oklahoma $383,226

Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas $241,480

Lower Brule Sioux Tribe $200,000

Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leader Council $792,349

National Indian Health Board $1,380,000

Native America Cancer Research $91,666

Native American Community Health Center $350,000

Native American Rehabilitation Association $609,034

Navajo Nation $1,240,700

Nez Perce Tribe $200,000

Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board $1,294,225

Oklahoma City Area Inter-Tribal Health Board $994,225

Pascua Yaqui Tribe $91,666

Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma $221,551

Pueblo of Santa Ana $120,651
CDC FY 2016 Grant and Cooperative Agreement 

Funding by Tribal Grantees (Cont.)

Tribal Grantee Total FY 2016 Funding 

Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa $200,000

San Carlos Apache Tribe $182,415

Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska $46,605

Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians $1,009,061

Southcentral Foundation $1,692,182

South Puget Intertribal Planning Agency $835,440

Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium $1,851,100

Tohono O'odham Nation $136,805

Toiyabe Indian Health Project $1,197,672

United Indian Health Services, Inc. $794,225

United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. $994,223

Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska $178,393

Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center $199,199

Yukon Kushokwim Health Corporation $539,904
CDC FY 16 Funding to Tribal Epidemiology Centers

Tribal Epidemiology Center (TEC) FY 16 Funding* 

Alaska Native Epidemiology Center $100,000

Albuquerque Area Southwest TEC $127,600

California TEC $127,600

Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Epidemiology Center $191,400

Intertribal Council of Arizona TEC $127,600

Northwest TEC $191,400

Northern Plains TEC $191,400

Rocky Mountain TEC $127,600

Southern Plains TEC $127,600

United South and Eastern TEC $127,600

Urban Indian Health Institute $600,000

Navajo TEC $100,000

Grand Total $2,139,800

*TECs funded to support the Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country program
CDC FY 2016 Funding to Tribal Grantees by FOA or Grant

Funding Opportunity Announcement or Grant FY 2016 

Funding

DP14-1421 Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF) 2014: A Comprehensive 

Approach to Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country (financed solely by

PPHF) $13,245,445

DP14-1417: Partnerships to Improve Community Health (PICH) $2,860,060

DP14-1419: Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) 

(financed in part by PPHF) $1,494,621

DP12-1205: Cancer Prevention and Control Programs for State, Territorial, and 

Tribal Organizations $9,229,264

NU584: Organized Approaches to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening $732,400

DP13-1302: Well Integrated Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the 

Nation (WISEWOMAN) $1,261,416

DP13-1314: Consortium of National Networks to Impact Populations 

Experiencing Tobacco-Related and Cancer Health Disparities $622,536

DP16-001: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System $125,000
CDC FY 2016 Funding to Tribal Grantees by FOA or Grant, Cont.

Funding Opportunity Announcement or Grant FY 2016 

Funding

NU14: National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted 

Diseases an Tuberculosis Prevention Public Health Conference Support $41,074

PS15-1502.NU65: Comprehensive High-Impact HIV Prevention Projects $350,000

Preventive Health Services: PPHF 2016 Preventive Health and Health Services 

Block Grant (financed solely by PPHF) $93,210

OT13-1302: OSTLTS Partnerships Building Capacity of the Public Health System to 

Improve Population Health through National, Non-Profit Organizations (financed 

in part by 2013 PPHF) $1,922,233

OT13-1303: Tribal Public Health Capacity Building and Quality Improvement $552,929

PS13-001: Natural History and Prevention of Viral Hepatitis Among Alaska 

Natives $181,911

Grand Total $32,712,099
CDC FY 2016 Funding to Tribal Recipients by 

Public Health Focus

Public Health Focus FY 2016 Funding*

Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant $93,210

Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) $125,000

Viral Hepatitis $181,911

HIV/AIDS $391,074

Tobacco $622,536

WISEWOMAN $1,261,416

Racial & Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) $1,494,621

Tribal Epidemiology Centers (TECs) $2,139,800

Public Health Capacity Building $2,475,162

Partnerships to Improve Community Health (PICH) $2,860,060

Cancer $9,961,664

Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country $13,245,445

Grand Total $34,851,899.00

*Funding from grants and cooperative agreements to all tribal grantees, and funding to TECs
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official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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