CDC’s Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support

Fiscal Year 2019 CDC Funding Profile for American 

Indian and Alaska Native Tribes and Tribal 

Organizations

Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

February 2020
About the Funding Profile Data

 Includes funding for the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and 

Disease Registry (ATSDR)

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

grantees through cooperative agreements and grants in fiscal year (FY) 

2019 (October 1, 2018–September 30, 2019)

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

organizations through contracts

*Obligated refers to new funding only (no funding carried over from a 

previous FY is included)
About the Funding Profile Data (cont.)

 Excludes

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

Vaccines for Children program

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

entities (i.e., funds that are not part of CDC/ATSDR’s appropriations)
CDC FY 2019 Funding to Tribes and Tribal Organizations

*Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)

FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 +/- FY2018

All Funding 

(grants, cooperative 

agreements, and contracts)

$164,944,184 $179,896,649 $395,341,923 $217,172,412 -$178,169,511

(Mainly decrease in 

contracts)

Cooperative Agreement 

and Grant Funding

$34,851,899 $43,923,265 $66,553,180 $66,531,146 -$22,034

Contract Funding $130,092,285 $135,973,384 $328,788,743 $150,641,266 -$178,147,477

Number of Grantees 

Funded

56 60 82 87 +5

Funding Mechanisms 12 NOFOs* 

1 grant

10 NOFOs 

1 grant

12 NOFOs

1 grant

13 NOFOs

1 grant

+1 NOFO 
CDC FY 2019 Grant and Cooperative Agreement Funding 

to Tribes and Tribal Organizations by Funding Center

Funding CDC Center Total FY 2019 Funding

Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support $1,293,914

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion $50,547,079

National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases $217,822

National Center for Environmental Health $441,000

National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention $1,007,692

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control $12,863,639

National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases $60,000

Office of the Associate Director for Strategy and Policy $100,000

Grand Total $66,531,146 
CDC FY 2019 Funding to Tribal Grantees 

by Funding Mechanism (1 of 2)

Notice of Funding Opportunity or Grant FY 2019 

Funding

DP19-1903 Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF) 2014: A Comprehensive 

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

$19,660,060

DP15-1502: Organized Approaches to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening $732,400

DP18-1813: Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) (PPHF) $792,000

DP17-1701: Cancer Prevention and Control Programs for State, Territorial, and Tribal 

Organizations

$12,006,530

DP17-1704: Building Public Health Infrastructure in Tribal Communities to Accelerate 

Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in Indian Country (PPHF)

$10,045,002

DP18-1816: Well Integrated Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation 

(WISEWOMAN)

$1,710,000

DP18-1808: Consortium of National Networks to Impact Populations Experiencing 

Tobacco-Related and Cancer Health Disparities

$500,000
CDC FY 2019 Funding to Tribal Grantees 

by Funding Mechanism (2 of 2)

Notice of Funding Opportunity or Grant FY 2019 

Funding

DP18-1812: Tribal Practices for Wellness in Indian Country $5,186,089

PS15-1502: Comprehensive High-Impact HIV Prevention Projects $695,198

PS17-1707: Community Approaches to Reducing Sexually Transmitted Diseases $312,494

PS18-1807: Promoting Adolescent Health Through School-Based HIV Prevention $12,000

OT18-1802: Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services Through National 

Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation’s Health

$2,005,000

OT18-1803: Tribal Public Health Capacity Building and Quality Improvement $12,780,459

OT19-1902: PPHF 2018: Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant—financed 

solely by the 2018 Prevention and Public Health Fund

$93,914

Grand Total $66,531,146
CDC FY 2019 Additional Tribal Projects* (1 of 2)

Funding CDC Center Grantee** Project Amount 

National Center for Environmental 

Health

American Public Health 

Association

Tribal Environment Health (TEH) 

—A Capacity Building Initiative

$138,000 

National Center for Chronic Disease 

Prevention and Health Promotion

National Association of 

Chronic Disease 

Directors

Capacity Building Training for 

Tribal and Territorial Cancer 

Prevention Programs

$150,000

National Center for Injury Prevention 

and Control

National Network of 

Public Health Institutes 

(NNPHI)

Opioid Overdose Prevention in 

Tribes: Technical Assistance 

through Public Health Institutes 

$500,000

Center for State, Tribal, Local, and 

Territorial Support (CSTLTS)

NNPHI Tribal Public Health Capacity 

Recipient Support

$250,000

CSTLTS NNPHI Indigenous Social Determinants of 

Health

$100,000

*Tribal-focused projects not included in direct funding to tribes and tribal organizations

**Funding provided through “OT18-1802—Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services Through 

National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation’s Health”
CDC FY 2019 Additional Tribal Projects (2 of 2)*

*Tribal-focused projects not included in direct funding to tribes and tribal organizations

**Funding provided through a CDC Interagency Agreement with the Indian Health Service (includes administrative fees)

Funding Center Grantee** Project Amount

National Center for 

Chronic Disease 

Prevention and Health 

Promotion (NCCDPHP)

Albuquerque Area Indian 

Health Board’s Southwest 

Tribal Epidemiology Center

Colorectal Cancer Screening 

among Diabetic American 

Indians and Alaska Natives 

Project

$150,000 

NCCDPHP Tribal Chairman’s Health 

Board’s Great Plains Tribal 

Epidemiology Center

Cancer Survivor Group 

Leadership Trainings

$93,500 

Total funding for additional 

tribal projects: 

$1,381,500
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The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the 

official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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