Tribal Self-Governance Planning Cooperative Agreement Program (United States)

Deadline: 19-Feb-25

Applications are now open for the Tribal Self-Governance Planning Cooperative Agreement Program to provide resources to Tribes interested in entering the Tribal Self-Governance Program (TSGP) and to existing Self-Governance Tribes interested in assuming new or expanded Programs, Services, Functions, and Activities (PSFA).

Participation in the TSGP gives Tribes 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 directly 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 

• The purpose of this Planning Cooperative Agreement is to provide resources to: 
  • Tribes interested in entering the TSGP. 
  • Existing Self-Governance Tribes interested in assuming new or expanded PSFAs. 
• Title V of the ISDEAA requires a Tribe or Tribal organization (T/TO) to complete a planning phase. It must include legal and budgetary research and internal Tribal government planning and organizational preparation relating to the administration of health care programs. 
• A thorough planning phase helps Tribes: 
  • Make informed decisions about which PSFAs to assume. 
  • Understand what organizational changes or modifications are necessary to successfully support those PSFAs. 
  • Improve the timeliness and efficiency of negotiations. 
  • Prepare to assume the transfer of IHS PSFAs to the Tribal health program. 

Funding Information

• Expected total program funding: $540,000 
• Funding range per applicant for the first budget period: $180,000 to $180,000 

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) [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.” 
  • 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.” 

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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