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December All Tribal and Urban Indian Organization Leaders Call

December 9 , 2021

Description

December All Tribal and Urban Indian Organization Leaders Call & Informational Session:  Additional Funding Sources:  American Rescue Plan Act, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and Build Back Better Act

The Indian Health Service invites you to join us on Thursday, December 9, for our monthly call for Tribal leaders and Urban Indian Organization leaders to provide important IHS updates and to extend an opportunity for leaders to share input with IHS officials.  IHS will host an informational session on IHS Allocation of Additional Funding Sources:  American Rescue Plan Act, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and Build Back Better Act.  This call extends an opportunity for leaders to share input with IHS officials. 

To prepare for upcoming Tribal Consultation and Urban Confer sessions in December, this call includes an informational session to provide an in-depth overview of the additional funding sources and the respective IHS programs, including $210 million in additional funding to the IHS from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), Pub. L. No. 117-2, 135 Stat. 4 (March 11, 2021), $3.5 billion appropriated to the IHS in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Pub. L. No. 117-58 (November 15, 2021), and $2.35 billion currently under consideration by Congress in the Build Back Better Act (BBBA), H.R. 5376, 117th Cong. (2021). The three new funding sources are described in a November 22, 2021-dated letter to Tribal Leaders [PDF – 594KB] and letter to Urban Indian Organization Leaders [PDF – 194KB]. 

Written comments on the three funding sources to consultation@ihs.gov or confer@ihs.gov . Please use the Subject Line: American Rescue Plan Act, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and Build Back Better Act. The deadline to provide written comments is Thursday, December 23, 2021.

Agenda

Facilitator: Mr. Ken Coriz, Policy Analyst, Office of Direct Service and Contracting Tribes

Time

Activity

Presenter

3:00 PM

Opening Remarks

RADM Chris Buchanan, Deputy Director for Field Operations

3:10 PM

Overview of Additional American Rescue Plan Act Funds

Ms. Jillian Curtis, Chief Financial Officer, Office of Finance and Accounting (OFA)

3:15 PM

Presentation on $92 million for Nurses in BIE Schools

Mr. Darrell LaRoche, Director of the Office of Clinical and Preventative Services (OCPS)

3:20 PM

Presentation on $45 million to increase Loan Repayment Awards

CAPT Francine Barnett, Director of the Division of Health Professions Support

3:25 PM

Presentation on $67 million to enhance emergency preparedness capacity at IHS and public health capacity for Tribes

Presentation on $6 million for core surveillance and epidemiology functions focused on preventing the spread of vaccine-preventable disease, and updating critical American Indian and Alaska Native natality and mortality data

RADM Francis Frazier, Director of the Office of Public Health Support (OPHS)

3:35 PM

Overview of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Sanitation Facilities Construction Funds

Ms. Jillian Curtis, Chief Financial Officer, OFA

3:40 PM

Presentation on Sanitation Facilities Construction Funds

Mr. James Ludington, Director of the Office of Environmental Health and Human Services (OEHE)

3:50 PM

Overview of Build Back Better Act Proposed Funds

Ms. Jillian Curtis, Chief Financial Officer, OFA

3:55 PM

Presentation: $1 billion for Health Care Facilities Construction Priority List, $945 million for maintenance and improvement, $40 million for small ambulatory program, $113 million for Facilities and Environmental Support

Mr. James Ludington, Director, OEHE

4:05 PM

Presentation on $100 million for Urban Indian Organization construction

Dr. Rose Weahkee, Director of the Office of Urban Indian Health Programs

4:10 PM

Presentation on $124 million for behavioral health services and facilities needs

Mr. Darrell LaRoche, Director, OCPS

4:15 PM

Presentation on $25 million for Tribal Epi Centers

RADM Francis Frazier, Director, OPHS

4:20 PM

Question and Answer Session

5:00 PM

Adjourn

Who Should Attend: Tribal and Urban Indian Organization Leaders

Contact Info

Benjamin Smith
(301) 443-1083