Grant Details

The purpose of this supplemental NOFO is to announce the availability of funding for the AI/AN tribal nations and regional AI/AN tribally designated organizations that have been awarded funding under CDC-RFA-OT18-1803: Tribal Public Health Capacity-Building and Quality Improvement Umbrella Cooperative Agreement. The CDC-RFA-OT18-1803 recipients are eligible to submit applications for new FY 2019 CIO Project Plans according to the Geographic Category (A, B, or C)* for which they received initial funding. The goal of this additional funding is to provide resources for to optimize the quality and performance of tribal public health systems, including infrastructure, workforce, data and information systems, programs and services, resources and communication, and partnerships. Work in these areas will increase the capacity of Indian Country to identify, respond to, and mitigate public health threats and decrease burden of disease among AI/ANs.

*The geographic categories are the following: 1) Category A: HHS Regions I, II, III, and IV; 2) Category B: HHS Regions V, VI, and VII; and 3) Category C: HHS Regions VIII, IX, and X.

This program's ultimate outcomes are:

• decreased morbidity and mortality among AI/ANs;
• advanced capacity of Indian Country to identify, respond to, and mitigate public health threats;
• improved capacity of the workforce to deliver essential public health services;
• increased culturally appropriate practice-based evidence programs and policies that are effective and sustainable throughout Indian Country; and
• improved capacity to collaboratively and strategically address AI/AN health needs and advance health equity.

Funding will assist in public health infrastructure improvement; workforce development; tribal data and information systems enhancement; increased tribal public health resources and communication; and tribal public health partnership development to increase the long-term sustainability of the collective tribal public health system.