Tribal Leader Letters
September 29, 2022
The IHS Director announces the appointment of the Acting Director of the Navajo Area IHS. [PDF - 137 KB]September 29, 2022
Ms. Roselyn Tso, newly confirmed IHS Director, writes to acknowledge Tribal Leader and Urban Indian Organization Leader support and share immediate priorities. [PDF - 19 KB]August 31, 2022
The Veterans Health Administration and the Indian Health Service write to initiate Tribal Consultation and Urban Confer on the Draft Annual Operational Plan for the FY 2022 VHA-IHS Memorandum of Understanding [PDF - 350 KB]- Enclosure: Draft Annual Operational Plan for the FY 2022 VHA-IHS Memorandum of Understanding [PDF - 922 KB]
August 26, 2022
The Acting Director announces decisions on the Fiscal Year 2023 Indian Health Service Special Diabetes Program for Indians. [PDF - 188 KB]August 10, 2022
The Acting Director announces the appointment of the new Portland Area Director. [PDF - 102 KB]August 5, 2022
The Acting Director announces the August 4, 2022, publication of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for commercial products to replace the Resource and Patient Management System (RPMS). [PDF - 168 KB]August 4, 2022
The Acting Director announces actions to elevate 12 IHS Service Unit Chief Executive Officer positions to the Senior Executive Service [PDF - 176 KB]July 18, 2022
The Deputy Director invites you to participate in a 1-hour discussion about Health Information Technology modernization, conducted by The MITRE Corporation (MITRE) and Kaufmann & Associates, Inc. (KAI). [PDF - 76 KB]July 11, 2022
The Acting Director provides an update on Agency actions to recruit and hire an Area Director for the Great Plains Area IHS. The IHS will be reaching out in the near future to Great Plains Area Tribal Leaders and Urban Indian Organization Leaders to invite your participation in structured interviews with qualified applicants. [PDF - 209 KB]July 1, 2022
The Acting Director initiates Urban Confer and Tribal Consultation to seek additional input and recommendations for revisions to the second draft of the 2022-2026 IHS Office of Urban Indian Health Programs Strategic Plan. [PDF - 281 KB]- Enclosure: DRAFT Strategic Plan [PDF - 821 KB]
July 1, 2022
The Acting Director asks Tribal Leaders and Urban Indian Organization Leaders to identify priority health professions for inclusion into categories eligible for the IHS Scholarship Program in academic year 2023-2024 and the IHS Loan Repayment Program in FY 2023. [PDF - 171 KB]- Enclosure: IHS Scholarship Program Fiscal Year 2023 Priority Categories [PDF - 210 KB]
- Enclosure: IHS Loan Repayment Program Fiscal Year 2023 Priority Categories [PDF - 209 KB]
June 17, 2022
The Acting Director initiates Tribal Consultation to seek your input and recommendations on how best to evaluate health care facilities construction demonstration project proposals. The comment deadline for the Demonstration Authority Tribal Consultation is extended to Friday, August 19, 2022. [PDF - 197 KB]May 31, 2022
The Acting Director announces allocation decisions for $700 million appropriated to the IHS in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, 2021 [PDF - 214 KB]- Enclosure: Sanitary Deficiency Levels [PDF - 8 KB]
- Enclosure: Sanitation Deficiency System Projects as of December 31, 2021 [PDF - 17 KB]
- Enclosure: FY 2022 Tier 1 Project Counts and Associated Total Costs Funded [PDF - 17 KB]
May 6, 2022
The Acting Director summarizes Indian Health Service actions to update the Agency's Tribal Consultation Policy and process. [PDF - 163 KB]April 27, 2022
The Acting Director initiates Tribal Consultation and Urban Confer to seek your input and recommendations on revisions to the new 2022-2026 Indian Health Service (IHS) Office of Urban Indian Health Programs (OUIHP) Strategic Plan. [PDF - 196 KB]Search
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