HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPUTY SECRETARY CLAUDE A. ALLEN TO ANNOUNCE MAJOR HEALTH FUNDING FOR ARIZONA NATIVE AMERICANS

Claude Allen & Don Davis awarding Hualapai tribal grant

October 18, 2004- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Claude A. Allen was in Phoenix Monday to announce grant funding totalling over $3 million dollars for several Native American tribes and health organizations throughout Arizona. The Deputy Secretary was joined by representatives from Colorado River Indian Tribes, Gila River Indian Community, Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation, Navajo Area Indian Health Service, Indian Health Service Whiteriver Service Unit, Tohono O’Odham Nation, and Hualapai Tribe.[photos]

The following grant awards and amounts were unveiled at the ceremony:

Colorado River Indian Community Competitive Diabetes Grant for $404,000
Hualapai Tribe Diabetes Program for Indians for $330,000
Whiteriver Service Unit Special Diabetes Program for $404,000
Gila River Indian Community Competitive Diabetes Grant for $404,000
Indians Into Medicine Program University of Arizona Competitive Diabetes Grant for $307,263
Tohono O'Odham Nation Special Diabetes Program for $404,000
Navajo Area Indian Health Service Special Diabetes Program for $404,000
Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation Competitive Diabetes Grant for $404,000

Congratulations to all.

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