2024 Letters
March 27, 2024
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and the Indian Health Service (IHS) are writing to initiate Tribal Consultation and Urban Confer on the Draft Annual Operational Plan for FY 2024 and share our updatedFY 2023 VHA-IHS Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Operational Plan. Please make plans to join us at a joint, in-person VHA/IHS Tribal Consultation and Urban Confer session that will be held on
Monday, April 15, 2024, during the Tribal Self-Governance Conference at the Gila River Indian Community's Wildhorse Pass Resort in Chandler, Arizona. [PDF - 233 KB]
- DRAFT VHA-IHS Memorandum of Understanding Operational Plan [PDF - 982 KB]
March 20, 2024
The IHS Director writes to share a change to the Agency's publishing policy for Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announcements, to include continuing to post to Grants.gov and the IHS Division of Grants Management website, and ceasing to publish to the Federal Register. [PDF - 174 KB]March 5, 2024
The IHS Director writes to Urban Indian Organization Leaders to provide the fiscal year 2024 allocation, eligibility requirements, and procedures to access the Urban Emergency Fund (UEF). [PDF - 155 KB]February 15, 2024
The IHS Chief Medical Officer writes to Tribal Leaders and Urban Indian Organization Leaders to share an update on efforts by the Agency to address the syphilis epidemic in Indian Country. [PDF - 172 KB]January 31, 2024
The IHS Director writes to communicate key leadership changes within the Indian Health Service, which include multiple reassignments, the departure of a long-tenured staff member, and a noteworthy retirement. [PDF - 205 KB]January 22, 2024
The IHS Director writes to Tribal Leaders and Urban Indian Organization Leaders to share Agency accomplishments during the first quarter of fiscal year 2024. [PDF - 180 KB]- Enclosure: IHS FY 2024 First Quarter Performance Report [PDF - 556 KB]
The IHS Director writes to Urban Indian Organization Leaders to announce the IHS Fiscal Year 2023 Budget to Support Urban Indian Organizations. [PDF - 172 KB]
January 18, 2024
The IHS Director writes to invite you to join a series of four Tribal Consultation and Urban Confer sessions in calendar year 2024 on Health IT Modernization. [PDF - 374 KB]January 16, 2024
The IHS Director writes to announce the appointment of the new IHS Deputy Director for Quality Healthcare and Enterprise Risk Management. [PDF - 180 KB]January 12, 2024
The IHS Director writes to initiate Urban Confer on the proposed supplemental funding request to support fentanyl and opioid programs. [PDF - 212 KB]