This $814,830 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the HIV Prevention Activities Non-Governmental Organization Based program (CFDA 93.939) will fund the Squaxin Island Tribe's Community Health Outreach Project. The project aims to reduce new cases of HIV, hepatitis C, and syphilis through enhanced screening, treatment, prevention, and outreach services for the Squaxin Island tribal community. Key objectives include increasing HCV treatment...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under CFDA 93.939 - HIV Prevention Activities Non-Governmental Organization Based - provides $290,000 to the Oglala Sioux Tribe on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota to launch a comprehensive STI awareness and prevention program. The 5-year initiative will focus on STI education, testing, treatment access, and promoting healthy relationships within the...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Indian Health Service (IHS) under the IHS Health Management Development Program (CFDA 93.228), aims to raise the health of American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) in Oklahoma by preventing, diagnosing, treating, and responding to the HIV/STI syndemic. The Southern Plains Tribal Health Board Foundation (SPTHBF) will receive $1,849,867 over 5 years to implement the "Native Test" program, which delivers HIV self-testing kits to AI/AN...
The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma received a $1,629,807 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the HIV Prevention Activities Non-Governmental Organization Based program (CFDA 93.939). The award will support the tribe's efforts to enhance HIV/STI prevention, testing, and treatment services for its citizens and the broader community through the Perkins Family Clinic (PFC). Key initiatives include expanding...
The Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc. (ITCA) was awarded a $400,000 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the HIV Prevention Activities Non-Governmental Organization Based program (CFDA 93.939). The project aims to increase prevention, diagnosis, care, and treatment of HIV, hepatitis C (HCV), and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among tribes in the Phoenix and Tucson Indian Health Service (IHS) regions over a 5-year period from September 2024...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $9,230,424, was granted by the Indian Health Service (IHS) under the HIV Prevention Activities Non-Governmental Organization Based program (CFDA 93.939). The award supports a collaborative project between Maniilaq Association Health Services Division and The Raven Collective to address the HIV/HCV/syphilis epidemics in Indian Country. The key objectives of this 5-year project are to: 1) Improve patient care, clinical coordination, and...
The Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board, Inc. (AAIHB) was awarded a $4,989,480 Cooperative Agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Capacity Building Assistance (CBA) for High-Impact HIV Prevention program (CFDA 93.834). The 5-year award, effective from August 30, 2024 to March 31, 2029, will establish the National Native HIV Network Technical Assistance Center to enhance the capacity of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities to implement...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, awarded under CFDA 93.939 - HIV Prevention Activities Non-Governmental Organization Based, provides $576,924 to Denver Indian Health and Family Services, Inc. (DIHFS) to increase diagnosis, linkage to care, and treatment rates for HIV, hepatitis C, and sexually transmitted infections among American Indian and Alaska Native populations in the Denver metropolitan area. The award will allow DIHFS, an urban...
The Department of Health and Human Services' Indian Health Service has awarded a $7,500,000 cooperative agreement over 5 years to Texas Native Health, a minority-owned non-profit organization, to implement the "ETHIC TEXAS" project. This initiative, funded under the HIV Prevention Activities Non-Governmental Organization Based program (CFDA 93.939), aims to address significant health disparities faced by American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations in Texas related to HIV,...
The Cherokee Nation is awarded a $3,196,611 Cooperative Agreement from the Office of the Director, Department of Health and Human Services under the HIV Prevention Activities Non-Governmental Organization Based program (CFDA 93.939). The 5-year project, effective September 1, 2024, aims to integrate community-based approaches with clinical services to screen, diagnose, treat, and prevent Hepatitis C, HIV, and syphilis infections among American Indian/Alaska Native individuals in the Cherokee...