Tribal Injury Prevention Cooperative Agreement Program (TIPCAP)

The Indian Health Service provides funding for tribes to develop their infrastructure in injury prevention to address the disparity in injury rates throughout American Indian and Alaska Native communities.

• Established in 1997, TIPCAP began to provide funding through a competitive process
• Recipients awarded multi-year funding to hire a full-time Injury Prevention Coordinator and develop programs to build capacity to reduce injuries and violence for American Indian and Alaska Native people through community-driven, culturally centered approaches
• Collaboration with the awardees allows IHS to provide technical guidance in program development, implementation, evaluation, training and resource development

Awardees are categorized in two programs:

• Part I recipients are federally recognized tribes, or tribal/urban organizations funded to implement and develop an injury prevention program within their community/service area. Part I awardees receive up to $150,000/year for 5 years and which includes the hiring of a fulltime Injury Prevention Coordinator.
• Part II recipients are federally recognized tribes, tribal/urban organizations funded to develop injury prevention projects or innovative strategies. These sites are awarded up to $40,000/year for 5 years.

The IHS Injury Prevention Program has funded more than 135 grantees since 1997. The lessons learned over the years has helped shape the program to foster new ideas, evidence-informed strategies and overcome many challenges with continued benefit to reducing injuries among AI/AN communities. The current TIPCAP cycle will be working to address injuries related to elder falls, traumatic brain injuries, drowning prevention, motor vehicle crashes, suicide, poisoning prevention, and pedestrian safety. TIPCAP grantees receive technical assistance from Red Creek Solutions.