National Indian Health Outreach

 

Indian Health Service (IHS) announces the National Indian Health Outreach and Education: Behavioral Health - Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Intervention (MSPI), and Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome funding opportunity (HIV/AIDS). The purpose of these cooperative agreements is to further IHS health program objectives in the AI/AN community with expanded outreach and education efforts for the MSPI and HIV/AIDS programs on a national scale in the interest of improving Indian health care. This announcement includes two separate awards, each of which will be awarded as noted below. The purpose of the MSPI award is to further the goals of the national MSPI program. The MSPI is a national demonstration project aimed at addressing the dual problems of methamphetamine use and suicide in Indian country. The MSPI supports the use and development of evidence-based and practice-based models which are culturally appropriate prevention and treatment approaches to methamphetamine abuse and suicide in a community driven context. The six goals of the MSPI are to effectively prevent, reduce or delay the use and/or spread of methamphetamine abuse; build on the foundation of prior methamphetamine and suicide prevention and treatment efforts, in order to support the IHS, Tribes, and Urban Indian health organizations in developing and implementing Tribal and/or culturally appropriate methamphetamine and suicide prevention and early intervention strategies; increase access to methamphetamine and suicide prevention services; improve services for behavioral health issues associated with methamphetamine use and suicide prevention; promote the development of new and promising services that are culturally and community relevant; and demonstrate efficacy and impact. [Note: While the national MSPI program includes outreach to urban Indian organizations, outreach aimed specifically at urban Indian organizations will be addressed in a separate award announcement. However, materials developed by the grantee in the NIHOE MSPI award described in this announcement may be distributed by IHS to urban Indian organizations, at the discretion of the Agency.] The purpose of the HIV/AIDS award is to further the goals of the national HIV/AIDS program. HIV and AIDS are a critical and growing health issue within the AI/AN population. The IHS National HIV/AIDS Program seeks to avoid complacency and to increase awareness of the impact of HIV/AIDS on AI/ANs. All activities are part of the IHS’s implementation plan to meet the three goals of the President’s National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) to: reduce the number of people who become infected with HIV, increase access to care and optimize health outcomes for people living with HIV, and reduce HIV-related disparities. AI/ANs are ranked third in the nation in the rate of HIV/AIDS diagnosis compared to all other races and ethnicities. This population also faces additional health disparities that contribute significantly to the risk of HIV transmission such as substance abuse and sexually transmitted infections. Amongst AI/AN people, HIV/AIDS exists in both urban and rural populations (and on or near Tribal lands); however, many of those living with HIV are not aware of their status. These statistics, risk factors, and missed opportunities for screening illuminate the need to go beyond raising awareness about HIV and begin active integration of initiatives that will help routinize HIV services. If the status quo is unchanged, prevalence will continue to increase and AI/AN communities may face an irreversible problem. Therefore, the National HIV/AIDS Program is working to change the way HIV is discussed to change and improve the way HIV testing is integrated into health services, and to firmly establish linkages and access to care. The IHS HIV/AIDS Program is implemented and executed via an integrated and comprehensive approach through collaborations across multi-health sectors, both internal and external to the agency. It attempts to encompass all types of service delivery ‘systems’ including IHS/Tribal/Urban (I/T/U) facilities. The IHS HIV/AIDS Program is committed to realizing the goals of the President’s NHAS and has bridged the objectives and implementation to the IHS HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan.

Deleted 09/01/2012 (Archived.) HHS-2012-IHS-NIHOE-0002 Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Office: Indian Health Service Cooperative Agreement 2 Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) non-profit entities who meet the following criteria. Eligible applicants that can apply for this funding opportunity are National Indian Organizations. The National Indian Organization must have the infrastructure in place to accomplish the work under the proposed program. Eligible entities must have demonstrated expertise in the following areas: • Representing all Tribal governments and providing a variety of services to Tribes, Area health boards, Tribal organizations, and Federal Agencies, and playing a major role in focusing attention on Indian health care needs, resulting in improved health outcomes for AI/ANs. • Promotion and support of Indian education, and coordinating efforts to inform AI/AN of Federal decisions that affect Tribal government interests including the improvement of Indian health care. • National health policy and health programs administration. • Have a national AI/AN constituency and clearly support critical services and activities within the IHS mission of improving the quality of health care for AI/AN people. • Portray evidence of their solid support of improved health care in Indian Country. • Provide evidence of at least ten years of experience providing education and outreach on a national scale. 08/02/2012 This program does not have cost sharing or matching requirements. Paul Gettys
Grant Systems Coordinator
Phone 301-443-2114 http://www.ihs.gov/nonmedicalprograms/gogp/documents/HHS-2012-IHS-NIHOE-0002.pdf paul.gettys@ihs.gov $250,000.00 Awards range from $100,000.00 to $150,000.00