Deadline: 1-Sep-21
The Indian Health Service (IHS) is accepting applications for grants for the Community Health Aide Program (CHAP) Tribal Planning and Implementation (TPI) program that aims to provide a network of health aides trained to support licensed health professionals while providing direct health care, health promotion, and disease prevention services.
Purpose
The purpose of the TPI program is to support the planning and implementation for Tribes and Tribal Organizations (T/TO) positioned to begin operating a CHAP or support a growing CHAP in the contiguous 48 states.
The grant program is designed to support the regional flexibility required for T/TO to implement a CHAP unique to the needs of their individual communities across the country through the identification of feasibility factors.
Focus Areas
The focus of the program is to:
- Develop clinical supervisor support for primary care, behavioral health, and dental health clinicians providing both direct and indirect supervision of prospective health aides.
- Identify area and community-specific health care needs of patients that can be addressed by the health aides.
- Identify and develop a technology infrastructure plan for the mobility and success of health aides in anticipation of providing services.
- Develop a training plan to include partners across the T/TO’s geographic region to enhance the training opportunities available to prospective health aides to include continuing education and clinical practice.
- Identify best practices for integrating a CHAP workforce into an existing Tribal health system.
- Address social determinants of health that impact the recruitment and retention of prospective health aides.
- Identify the total cost of full implementation of a CHAP within an existing Tribal health system.
Funding Information
Estimated Funds Available:
- The total funding identified for fiscal year (FY) 2021 is approximately $1,500,000.
- Individual award amounts are anticipated to be between $450,000 and $500,000.
- The funding available for competing awards issued under this announcement is subject to the availability of appropriations and budgetary priorities of the Agency.
- The IHS is under no obligation to make awards that are selected for funding under this announcement.
Anticipated Number of Awards:
- Approximately three awards will be issued under this program announcement.
- The IHS intends to award no more than one grant per IHS area.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for this new FY 2021 funding opportunity, an applicant must be one of the following, as defined under 25 U.S.C. 1603:
- A Federally-recognized 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) [43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.], which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.
- 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 Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304):
- “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. Applicant shall submit letters of support and/or Tribal Resolutions from the Tribes to be served.
- An applicant may not apply to both this opportunity, TPI, and the CHAP Tribal Assessment and Planning (TAP) opportunity (number HHS-2021-IHS-TAP-0001).
- An organization currently carrying out a CHAP in the United States, in accordance with 25 U.S.C. 1616l through an Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA) agreement, is eligible to apply, but may not utilize the funds to carry out a CHAP.
Note: Please refer to Section IV.2 (Application and Submission Information/Subsection 2, Content and Form of Application Submission) for additional proof of applicant status documents required, such as Tribal Resolutions, proof of nonprofit status, etc.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333816