Tribal Public Health Capacity Building and Quality Improvement

CDC’s Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support (CSTLTS) has awarded a new 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 Agreementexternal icon. These partners will work 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 Overviewpdf icon[PDF – 140 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 partnerships

Capacity-Building and Improvement Activities

The recipients of this cooperative agreement will work 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 will provide 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)external icon (Alaska)
• Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board, Inc. (AAIHB)external icon (New Mexico)
• Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribe (BRT)external icon (Wisconsin)
• Benewah Medical Center d/b/a Marimn Healthexternal icon (Idaho)
• Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation (BBAHC)external icon (Alaska)
• California Rural Indian Health Board (CRIHB)external icon(California)
• Cherokee Nationexternal icon (Oklahoma)
• Chickasaw Nationexternal icon (Oklahoma)
• Choctaw Nation of Oklahomaexternal icon (Oklahoma)
• Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI)external icon (North Carolina)
• Forest County Potawatomi Community (FCPC)external icon (Wisconsin)
• Gila River Indian Community (GRIC)external icon (Arizona)
• Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc. (GLITC)external icon (Wisconsin)
• Ho-Chunk Nationexternal icon (Wisconsin)
• Kalispel Indian Community of the Kalispel Reservationexternal icon (Washington)
• Lower Elwha Klallam Tribeexternal icon (Washington)
• Lummi Nationexternal icon (Washington)
• The Navajo Nationexternal icon (Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah)
• Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB)external icon (Oregon)
• Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council (RMTLC)external icon (Montana)
• Southern Plains Tribal Health Board (SPTHB)external icon (Oklahoma)
• United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. (USET)external icon (Tennessee)
• Wabanaki Health and Wellnessexternal icon (Maine)
• White Earth Band of Chippewa Indiansexternal icon (Minnesota)
• White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT)external icon (Arizona)

Funding Period

• Budget period length: 12 months (August 31, 2018–August 30, 2019)
• Period of performance length: 5 years (August 31, 2018–August 30, 2023)