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										CDC’s National Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce awarded a five-year cooperative agreement to 25 American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribal nations and regional AI/AN tribally designated organizations under the OT18-1803: Tribal Public Health Capacity Building and Quality Improvement Umbrella Cooperative Agreement. These partners are working to increase the capacity of Indian Country to identify, respond to, and mitigate public health threats, improving the health, safety, and well-being of AI/AN communities.
Initiative Overview [PDF – 165 KB]Program Strategies
The goal of this cooperative agreement is to focus on building tribal public health systems’ capacity in one or more of the following areas:
Improving tribal public health system infrastructure and operational capacity
Building the competencies of the tribal public health workforce
Improving tribal public health data and information systems
Strengthening tribal public health programs and services
Improving the provision of tribal public health resources and communication
Developing and maintaining tribal public health partnershipsCapacity-Building and Improvement Activities
The recipients of this cooperative agreement are working on activities to enhance the quality and performance of the tribal public health system, including infrastructure, workforce, data and information systems, programs and services, resources and communication, and partnerships. This non-categorical funding provides tribal nations and tribally designated organizations with the critical flexibility to address emerging needs in their communities.
Recipients
Funding has been awarded to—
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) (Alaska)
Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board, Inc. (AAIHB) (New Mexico)
Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribe (BRT) (Wisconsin)
Benewah Medical Center d/b/a Marimn Health (Idaho)
Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation (BBAHC) (Alaska)
California Rural Indian Health Board (CRIHB)(California)
Cherokee Nation (Oklahoma)
Chickasaw Nation (Oklahoma)
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (Oklahoma)
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) (North Carolina)
Forest County Potawatomi Community (FCPC) (Wisconsin)
Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) (Arizona)
Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc. (GLITC) (Wisconsin)
Ho-Chunk Nation (Wisconsin)
Kalispel Indian Community of the Kalispel Reservation (Washington)
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe (Washington)
Lummi Nation (Washington)
The Navajo Nation (Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah)
Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB) (Oregon)
Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council (RMTLC) (Montana)
Southern Plains Tribal Health Board (SPTHB) (Oklahoma)
United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. (USET) (Tennessee)
Wabanaki Health and Wellness (Maine)
White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians (Minnesota)
White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT) (Arizona)Funding Period
**Period of performance length:** 5 years (August 31, 2018–August 30, 2023)For more information, contact CSTLTSTribalCoAg@cdc.gov.
							
					
							Last Reviewed:  March 3, 2023						Source: 	Public Health Infrastructure Center
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