Deadline: 19-Feb-25
The Indian Health Service invites applications for the Tribal Self-Governance Negotiation Cooperative Agreement Program to provide Tribes with resources to help defray the costs associated with preparing for and engaging in Tribal Self-Governance Program (TSGP) negotiations.
The TSGP is more than an IHS program. It is an expression of the relationship between the United States (U.S.) and Indian Tribes.
The TSGP allows Tribes to negotiate with the IHS to assume PSFAs, in whole or in part. This gives Tribes the authority to manage and tailor health care programs to best suit the needs of their communities.
Tribes have the flexibility to tailor their health care needs by choosing one of three ways to get health care from the Federal Government for their citizens.
Tribes can choose to:
- Get health care services from the IHS.
- Contract with the IHS to administer individual programs and services the IHS would otherwise provide (referred to as Title I Self-Determination Contracting).
- Compact with the IHS to assume control over health care programs the IHS would otherwise provide (referred to as Title V Self-Governance Compacting or the TSGP).
Purpose
- Because each Tribal situation is unique, a Tribe’s transition into the TSGP or program expansion requires careful planning and discussion between the Federal and Tribal negotiation teams about the Tribe’s specific health care concerns and plans.
- The purpose of this Negotiation Cooperative Agreement is to help Tribes cover the costs associated with preparing for and participating in negotiations to enter the TSGP.
Funding Information
- Expected total program funding: $252,000
- Funding range per applicant for the first budget period: $84,000 to $84,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Only these types of organizations may apply:
- Federally recognized Indian Tribes
- An Indian Tribe as defined by 25 U.S.C. 1603(14). The term “Indian tribe” means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village or group, or regional or village corporation, as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (85 Stat. 688), which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians”.
- Tribal organizations
- A Tribal organization as defined by 25 U.S.C. 1603(26). The term “Tribal organization” has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian SelfDetermination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304(l)): “’Tribal organization’ means the recognized governing body of any Indian tribe; any legally established organization of Indians which is controlled, sanctioned, or chartered by such governing body or which is democratically elected by the adult members of the Indian community to be served by such organization and which includes the maximum participation of Indians in all phases of its activities: provided, that in any case where a contract is let or grant made to an organization to perform services benefiting more than one Indian tribe, the approval of each such Indian tribe shall be a prerequisite to the letting or making of such contract or grant.”
- Federally recognized Indian Tribes
Eligibility Exceptions
- Individuals, including sole proprietorships and foreign organizations, are not eligible.
- They do not fund concurrent projects under this program. If you get an award under this announcement, they cannot later fund you under a subsequent opportunity for the same program while this award is active.
- Tribes prohibited under the Alaska Moratorium from receiving funds pursuant to the ISDEAA may not apply.
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