HHS created a Self-Governance Tribal Federal Workgroup (SGTFW) to assist HHS to: (1) Prioritize the HHS programs that Tribes wish to include in a feasibility study or demonstration projection, if statutorily authorized; (2) Develop detailed recommendations to overcome legal and logistical barriers to Self-Governance expansion; and, (3) Identify the benefits that Tribes seek to achieve …
Title VI of the Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act (Public Law 93-638, as amended), requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct a study on the feasibility of a tribal self-governance demonstration project for appropriate programs, services, functions and activities of the agency and to submit a report of this …
Title VI: TRIBAL SELF-GOVERNANCE DEMONSTRATION FEASIBILITY STUDY (2003) Read More »
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING among the DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, and the ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY to better coordinate the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EFFORTS IN PROVIDING INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES TO SUPPORT THE PROVISION OF SAFE DRINKING WATER AND BASIC SANITATION IN …
2013- Inter-agency MOU on Water and Wastewater Support Read More »
Summary: “The IHS provides an array of medical services, including inpatient, ambulatory, emergency, dental, public health nursing, and preventive health care. The IHS does not have a defined medical benefit package that includes or excludes specific health services or health conditions. The majority of IHS facilities provide outpatient care, focusing on primary and preventive care …
2016- CRS Report: An Overview of Indian Health Service Read More »
