Indian Health Service: National Indian Health, Outreach, and Education

The purpose of this IHS cooperative agreement is to further the IHS mission and goals related to providing quality health care to the AI/AN community through outreach and education efforts with a focus on improving Indian health care, promoting awareness, visibility, advocacy, training, technical assistance, and education efforts. This program includes the following nine components: “Line Item 128 Health Education and Outreach funds;” “Health Care Policy Analysis and Review;” “Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention (SASP) program;” “Domestic Violence Prevention (DVP) program,”—a national awareness, visibility, advocacy, outreach and education award; the “Special Diabetes Program for Indians” (SDPI); “Tribal Budget Formulation Activities;” the “Affordable Care Act (ACA);” and the “Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA).”