Project Grant H722IHS0272

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Assistance Programs for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control (CFDA 93.945) program, will fund a five-year, $10,250,000 project led by the Seattle Indian Health Board (SIHB) to implement chronic disease prevention strategies for urban American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations. The project will focus on reducing rates of death and disability from chronic diseases and...

The Indian Health Service (IHS) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Demonstration Projects for Indian Health (CFDA 93.933) program to the Seattle Indian Health Board (SIHB), a federally qualified urban Indian health organization. The grant will fund the implementation of an integrated set of indigenous knowledge-informed, culturally attuned activities to address opioid use disorder (OUD) prevention, treatment, recovery, and harm reduction services for urban American Indians and Alaska...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), through the Assistance Programs for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control (CFDA 93.945) federal grant program, awarded a $568,228 Cooperative Agreement to the Central Oklahoma American Indian Health Council, Inc. (dba Oklahoma City Indian Clinic) to implement the "Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country" project. The project aims to address health disparities such as diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease among the American...

The Denver Indian Health and Family Services (DIHFS) organization has been awarded a $684,114 five-year Cooperative Agreement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation's Health program (CFDA 93.421). Through this award, DIHFS will continue providing and expand culturally appropriate chronic disease prevention, management, and control services for American Indian and...

The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Indian Health Service's Demonstration Projects for Indian Health (CFDA 93.933) program, awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Native Health, doing business as Native American Community Health Center, a non-profit organization located in Phoenix, Arizona. The grant will fund a 5-year initiative from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2030 to address the opioid crisis among the urban American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) population in Maricopa...

This $753,446 Project Grant award from the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Cause and Prevention Research program (CFDA 93.393) aims to adapt and test an intervention to improve cervical cancer screening and follow-up in three diverse, underserved populations: urban inner city Blacks/Haitians in Boston, Hispanic immigrants in Florida, and Hawaiian Natives/Pacific Islanders in Hawaii. The intervention combines education and quality improvement methods using a mechanism called Performance...

The Indian Health Service (IHS) awarded a $1,000,000 project grant (CFDA 93.933 - Demonstration Projects for Indian Health) to Native Directions, Inc. to expand opioid use disorder (OUD) prevention and treatment services in San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne counties in California. The 5-year grant, awarded on February 1, 2025, aims to: Increase Native American/Alaska Native (NA/AN) community awareness and education about culturally appropriate and family-centered OUD prevention by 25%;...

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...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health, under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health (CFDA 93.137) program, provides $599,959 over 4 years to Wayne State University to address colorectal cancer (CRC) screening and drug overdose (DO) disparities in metro Detroit, Michigan. The key products and services to be delivered include: Partnering with 5 community clinics to implement quality improvement projects to increase CRC...

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...