California Rural Indian Health Board, Inc.

California Rural Indian Health Board, Inc., operating as California Rural Indian Health Board, is a tax-exempt, tribally-owned, minority-owned non-profit organization headquartered in Roseville, California. The organization has been registered to receive federal awards since December 2003 and holds designations as a Native American-owned, American Indian-owned entity affiliated with federally recognized Indian tribes. CRIHB serves as an Indian Health Service area-wide program supporting California's 109 federally recognized tribes and urban Indian organizations, with a primary mission of providing training, education, technical assistance, and infrastructure support to tribal health programs across California to address healthcare disparities and strengthen public health systems in American Indian and Alaska Native communities.

CRIHB has received three federal contract awards from the Indian Health Service, all structured as firm fixed-price purchase orders focused on workforce development in substance abuse and behavioral health. The largest contract, valued at $725,600 and awarded in September 2022 with a "Buy Indian" set-aside designation, tasked CRIHB with training, educating, certifying, and re-certifying alcohol and substance abuse counselors at California tribal and urban Indian substance abuse and mental health programs through September 2027. A second contract valued at $94,391.36, awarded in September 2021 with no set-aside designation, addressed similar training and certification needs for alcohol and smoking cessation counselors serving Native American populations in Sacramento. Additionally, CRIHB received a smaller contract award of $19,500 from the Indian Health Service in May 2021 for providing an annual dental conference delivered virtually due to COVID-19 restrictions. These contract awards demonstrate CRIHB's specialized expertise in delivering culturally competent workforce training and certification services to tribal health systems.

CRIHB has established a robust portfolio of federal grant awards spanning multiple funding agencies and program areas, reflecting its comprehensive approach to addressing health disparities in tribal communities. The organization has been the prime recipient of formula grants and block grants from the Office of Child Care under the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDD) programs, with successive awards dating from October 2021 through fiscal year 2026, demonstrating sustained federal investment in early childhood care infrastructure for low-income families in California tribal communities. CRIHB has also received substantial cooperative agreements and project grants addressing public health infrastructure and disease prevention, including awards from the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion for the California Tribal Comprehensive Cancer Control Program, the Advancing California's Opportunities to Renew Native Health Systems (ACORNS) chronic disease prevention initiative, and the Tribal Epidemiology Center Public Health Infrastructure program. The organization has secured significant funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment for Tribal Opioid Response projects aimed at addressing opioid and stimulant use disorders in northern California tribal communities, with a current award extending through September 2029. Additional grant funding includes project grants from the Office of the Director for the Healing Our Own People (HOOP) suicide prevention initiative, a domestic violence prevention program, and community health aide program planning; a $900,000 three-year grant from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women for tribal victim services; awards from the Office of Head Start for American Indian Alaska Native Head Start services; an employment and training grant from the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration for healthcare workforce development in rural areas; and a broadband infrastructure planning grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for the Fort Bidwell Indian Community. CRIHB has also served as a sub-recipient of federal grant funding from the California Department of Public Health for COVID-19 vaccination outreach and from the University of Colorado as part of a tribal epidemiology centers resource collaborative, positioning the organization as a critical hub for federal health programming across California's tribal networks.