AIH&S employs approximately 26 employees divided among three main divisions: Administration, Medical / Dental and Human Services. The Medical / Dental division provides comprehensive medical, dental and diabetic care. The Human Services division provides behavioral health, chemical dependency and benefits counseling services.
AIH&S Administrative support division oversees the daily functions of the AIH&S facility. Without the work and services of the administrative team, the clinical departments would not be able to function and provide care. Supplies must be ordered, the building maintained, bills must be paid and budgets prepared.The Administrative support staff works directly with the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Fiscal Officer.
The administrative support staff performs many roles including reception, telephone operations, correspondence, human resources, property management, public relations and client records.
The Accounting department manages the organization's finances using a comprehensive accounting system. AIH&S is a private nonprofit California Corporation which operates with federal, state and local service contracts, private donations and grant support.The Accounting department maintains records of donations, accounts payable, accounts receivable, operating costs, facility overhead and depreciation.
The Fiscal and Accounting department ensures compliance with all reporting requirements for contracts and grants management. All financial statements and reports are prepared and submitted to the Board of Directors on a monthly basis. All reports are open for public inspection at AIH&S office, 4141 State St B-6 Santa Barbara, CA by appointment only.
The Chief Executive Officer served as an urban representative on the Indian Health Service budget development committee. The CEO also serves as the urban representative to the IHS California Area Office Director's advisory committee.
Seh attended the national Urban Round Table to develop policy and issues statements for the Indian Health Center Urban Indian Clinic Program. The CEO also served as a member of the California Area residual work group for the IHS.
The CEO, Seh, represented AIH&S and the National Urban Indian Clinics at the National Indian Health Board Conference which developed recommendations to IHS on how to distribute $150 million in funding of diabetic programs for American Indians over the next five years.
Seh is also the Chair of the Ryan White HIV CARE Act consortium and the County of Santa Barbara Health Care Services HIV Coordinating Council.
Our CEO is the President of Western Indian Nations, a California Urban Indian Health Clinic regional association. The CEO is also one of three California Area representatives to the National Council of Urban Indian Health.