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Live Streaming Available for NIHB’s 2025 Tribal Health Data Symposium
The National Indian Health Board will host the Tribal Health Data Symposium on Tuesday, March 4 & Wednesday, March 5, 2025. The symposium will explore diverse perspectives about what it can look like to have a Tribally-driven, culturally-grounded approach to data collection, analysis, governance, and communications. While in-person registration is now closed, you can register for the livestream by clicking the button below. Please note that live-stream viewers will not be able to participate in interactive sessions, networking sessions, or poster presentations.
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The Coalition Group
National Indian Health Board is part of The Coalition Group. The Coalition serves as a centralized hub for resources related to the Administration's early actions, including executive orders, memos, and coalition products. It emphasizes the importance of education on the Nation-to-Nation relationship, deepening Congressional and Administrative ties, and coordinating efforts to protect Indian Country's interests during this unique historical moment. To see the most recent communications and other template materials, you can visit thecoalitiongroup.net.
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Congress is in session this week. Following the House’s adoption of its competing budget resolution, which envisions one “big, beautiful bill” on the reconciliation process, the Senate and the House will now begin discussion on the way forward that Senate and House leadership can support. The appropriations process is moving toward a year-long continuing resolution, after the President and some Appropriators came out to support the process. Congress is two weeks out from a funding cliff on March 14th. This Tuesday, March 4th, during a joint session of Congress, President Trump will deliver his fifth State of the Union address. | |
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Hearings
Topic: Joint House and Senate Veteran Service Officer (VSO) Hearing
Committee: Mixed Committee - Senate Veteran’ Affairs Committee and House Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Date: March 4, 2025, at 10:15 AM
Hearing Website Link
Topic: Legislative Hearing on: Discussion Draft, Governing Unaccredited Representatives Defrauding VA Benefits Act; Discussion Draft, Preserving Lawful Utilization of Services for Veterans Act of 2025; and Discussion Draft: To amend title 38, United States Code, to allow for certain fee agreements for services rendered in the preparation, presentation, and prosecution of initial claims and supplemental claims for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Committee: House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs – Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Legislative Hearing
Date: March 5, 2025, at 10:15 AM
Hearing Website Link
Topic: Strengthening the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: Improving Outcomes for America’s Workforce
Committee: House Education and Workforce Committee – Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development
Date: March 5, 2025, at 10:15 AM
Hearing Website Link
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SSA January 17 Letter: The SSA Acting Commissioner writes to Tribal Leaders to share updates to the SSA benefits program and office activities.
IHS January 17 Letter: The IHS Director writes to Tribal Leaders and Urban Indian Organization Leaders to express deep appreciation for the opportunity to serve as the Indian Health Service Director
IHS DTLLs for Year 2024
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27th Annual HHS Tribal Budget Consultation
The Director of the Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs, sent out a DTLL, inviting Tribal Leaders to the 27th U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Annual Tribal Budget Consultation (ATBC), which will take place on April 22-23, 2025, at the Hubert H. Humphrey Building at 200 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC. Official comments are due April 12, 2025, at 5:00pm ET to consultation@hhs.gov.
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Register to attend the virtual ATBC Planning Sessions on March 5 and 19, 2025, here.
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Register to attend the ATBC in-person on April 22-23, 2025, here.
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Request a 30-minute one-on-one meeting with HHS Divisions, during the ATBC, before April 11, 2025, here.
POSTPONED: HHS Tribal Consultation on Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Security Rule to Strengthen Cybersecurity for Electronic Protected Health Information
On February 3, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services announced the Tribal Consultation is postponed. If you have any questions, contact consultation@hhs.gov. Comments are still being accepted until March, 7, 2025.
Proposed Rule, RIN number 0945-AA22
Contact: Devin Delrow, Principal Advisor for Tribal Affairs, at (202) 868-0013 or at consultation@hhs.gov
Comments Due: March 7, 2025
Comment Submission: Docket ID number HHS-OCR-0945-AA22, using any of the following methods:
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Federal Rulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
- Mail or hand delivery: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, Attention: HIPAA Security Rule NPRM, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 509F, 200 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20201.
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Tribal Advisory Committee Meetings | |
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IHS Director’s Workgroup on Improving Purchased/Referred Care
Date: March 4-5, 2025
Meeting Website
Facilities Appropriation Advisory Board Meeting (FAAB)
Date: March 11-12, 2024
Meeting Website
IHS Tribal Self-Governance Advisory Committee Meeting
Date: March 19-20, 2025
Meeting Website
Direct Service Tribes Advisory Committee (DSTAC) Monthly Meeting
Date: March 20, 2025
Meeting Website
3rd Quarter DSTAC Meeting
Date: April 24, 2025
Meeting Website
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Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Grants | Click Here to Learn More
Application Deadline: March 17, 2025
Award Amount: Up to $1,000,000
Description: The grant will support 5-year cooperative agreements between ACF and federally recognized Indian tribes (or a consortium of Indian tribes), tribal organizations, or urban Indian organizations interested in developing, implementing, sustaining, or expanding an evidence-based home visiting program serving expectant families and families with young children aged birth to kindergarten. Additionally, awards will support the implementation of high-quality, culturally grounded, evidence-based home visiting services to American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) families and children; implementation of performance measurement and continuous quality improvement systems; development of early childhood systems; and participation in research and evaluation activities to build evidence around home visiting, particularly in Tribal communities
Long-term Care Joint Venture Construction Program | Click Here to Learn More
Application Deadline: Phase I Application due on close of business, April 10, 2025
Description: Under the LTC JVCP, federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes construct a Tribal-owned Long Term Care, Skilled Nursing Facility, or Long-term Home facility using non-IHS funds that meets IHS design criteria and approval. In exchange, IHS will enter into a 20-year nominal lease for the facility and request annual appropriations for the operation and maintenance of the facility during the lease period. Additional priority is to be given to Tribes who agree to fund the initial equipment portion of the project.
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