Reno-sparks indian colony injury prevention grant

The Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service awarded a $450,000 cooperative agreement to the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony on January 1, 2026, under the Injury Prevention Program for American Indians and Alaskan Natives (CFDA 93.284) to establish a comprehensive injury prevention program serving the federally recognized tribe in southern Washoe County, Nevada.

The recipient will fund one full-time injury prevention coordinator to implement elder fall prevention and car seat safety programs adapted for the Native American population. These programs are designed as comprehensive, community-based, coordinated, family-centered, and culturally appropriate interventions addressing motor vehicle accidents and elder falls. The service delivery area encompasses the Colony and Hungry Valley reservation lands and urban areas surrounding Reno, Sparks, and adjacent metropolitan areas, serving an active user population exceeding 4,400 tribal members and approximately 11,663 eligible American Indian and Alaska Native beneficiaries according to 2024 U.S. Census estimates.

The obligated amount of $450,000 represents the first three years of a planned five-year award at $150,000 per year. The period of performance runs from January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2030. The Reno-Sparks Tribal Health Center will implement the program in collaboration with county health departments, state health agencies, inter-tribal councils, and other agency partners as part of the tribe's strategic objectives addressing health disparities in the urban Indian population.

Abstract

The purpose of the project is to establish a comprehensive injury prevention program for the reno-sparks indian colony. The tribe is federally recognized living in southern washoe county, nevada with an active user population of over 4,400. The service delivery area includes two reservations lands (colony and hungry valley communities) and urban area surrounding the cities of reno, sparks and adjacent metropolitan areas. The census population of eligible beneficiaries of american indians and alaska natives is around 11,663 per the US census 2024 estimates. The grant request is for $150,000 per year for five years to fund one full-time injury prevention coordinator to implement elder fall prevention and car seat programs under part 1. These two exemplary programs to be adapted to the native american population are comprehensive, community-based, coordinated, family centered and culturally appropriate. This proposal outlines a plan for the native american community to adopt systems of injury prevention related to motor vehicle accidents and elder falls. During the past several years the reno-sparks tribal health center has participated in a strategic planning process targeting elders, youth and patients served by the reno-sparks indian colony. Poverty, alienation, lack of education, unemployment, diabetes, domestic violence, substance abuse and mental illness are rampant in the urban indian population. In meeting the challenge, the reno-sparks tribal health center has played a leadership role through its strategic planning process and in obtaining resources to help the tribal members through collaboration with other indian groups, the county health department, state health agencies, indian health services, inter-tribal council of arizona and other agency partners. The proposed injury prevention program will be a keep component of the tribe's strategic objectives. Our evaluation methodology utilizes the all four states, namely formative, process, impact and outcome.