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Tribal Leader Letters
June 5, 2024
The IHS Director writes to Tribal Leaders and Urban Indian Organization Leaders to announce Agency funding decisions on the Alzheimer's Grant Program to Address Dementia in Tribal and Urban Indian Communities for fiscal years 2024 and 2025. [PDF - 152 KB]June 3, 2024
The IHS Director writes to Tribal Leaders to initiate Tribal Consultation on a combined Report to Congress on the Administration of the Indian Health Service (IHS) Tribal Self-Governance Program for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019. The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act requires that the IHS seek your comments and views prior to submitting the report to Congress. The comment submission deadline is August 2, 2024. [PDF - 160 KB]-
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Translation [DRAFT] Combined Report to Congress on the Administration of the IHS Tribal Self Governance Program for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019 [PDF - 319 KB] - Exhibit A - FY 2018 Funds Transferred to Each Self-Governance Tribe [PDF - 203 KB]
- Exhibit B - FY 2019 Funds Transferred to Each Self-Governance Tribe [PDF - 160 KB]
May 21, 2024
The IHS Director writes to you, along with Brook Bender, the Co-Chair of the Community Health Aide Program Tribal Advisory Group, to invite your continued participation in our collaborative efforts to support and expand the Community Health Aide Program in Indian Country. [PDF - 197 KB]May 21, 2024
The IHS Director writes to initiate Tribal Consultation and Urban Confer to seek your guidance and recommendations on funding methodologies for seven Indian Health Service behavioral health initiatives, focusing on funds currently distributed through grants. [PDF - 231 KB]May 20, 2024
The IHS Director writes to Tribal Leaders to share FY 2024 funding allocations for the annual Sanitation Facilities Construction program appropriation. [PDF - 135 KB]May 8, 2024
The IHS Director writes to Tribal Leaders and Urban Indian Organization Leaders to shareIHS Harm Reduction strategy updates. [PDF - 243 KB]
May 2, 2024
The IHS Director writes to Tribal Leaders to initiate Tribal Consultation on the Draft IHS Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2024-2028. Please make plans to join us on May 29, 2024. [PDF - 192 KB]- Enclosure: Draft IHS Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2024-2028 [PDF - 1.52 MB]
April 23, 2024
The IHS Director announces FY 2024 allocation decisions for $700 million to address sanitation facilities and construction needs in American Indian and Alaska Native communities from the funding authorized in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, or Bipartisan Infrastructure Legislation. [PDF - 205 KB]March 27, 2024
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and the Indian Health Service (IHS) are writing to initiate Tribal Consultation and Urban Confer on the Draft Annual Operational Plan for FY 2024 and share our updatedFY 2023 VHA-IHS Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Operational Plan. Please make plans to join us at a joint, in-person VHA/IHS Tribal Consultation and Urban Confer session that will be held on
Monday, April 15, 2024, during the Tribal Self-Governance Conference at the Gila River Indian Community's Wildhorse Pass Resort in Chandler, Arizona. [PDF - 233 KB]
- DRAFT VHA-IHS Memorandum of Understanding Operational Plan [PDF - 982 KB]
March 20, 2024
The IHS Director writes to share a change to the Agency's publishing policy for Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announcements, to include continuing to post to Grants.gov and the IHS Division of Grants Management website, and ceasing to publish to the Federal Register. [PDF - 174 KB]March 4, 2024
The IHS Director writes to Tribal Leaders to update you on our Agency-wide consolidation of human resources (HR) offices, an initiative that we are referencing as "One HR." [PDF - 179 KB]February 29, 2024
The IHS Director writes to Tribal Leaders to share updates on Agency procedures for access by Tribal staff and contractors to IHS facilities and computer networks. Please make plans to join us on March 20, 2024, when we will convene a virtual Information Session on this topic, with next steps. [PDF - 161 KB]February 15, 2024
The IHS Chief Medical Officer writes to Tribal Leaders and Urban Indian Organization Leaders to share an update on efforts by the Agency to address the syphilis epidemic in Indian Country. [PDF - 172 KB]January 31, 2024
The IHS Director writes to communicate key leadership changes within the Indian Health Service, which include multiple reassignments, the departure of a long-tenured staff member, and a noteworthy retirement. [PDF - 205 KB]January 22, 2024
The IHS Director writes to Tribal Leaders and Urban Indian Organization Leaders to share Agency accomplishments during the first quarter of fiscal year 2024. [PDF - 180 KB]- Enclosure: IHS FY 2024 First Quarter Performance Report [PDF - 556 KB]
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