HHS Agencies Working with Tribes

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and American Indian and Alaska Native tribes share the goal to establish clear policies to further the government-to-government relationship between the federal government and tribes. The Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency within the HHS, is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives. Other HHS agencies have established offices and resources to support the shared goal of eliminating health and human service disparities among American Indians and Alaska Natives, ensuring that access to critical health and human services is maximized, and advancing or enhancing their social, physical, and economic status.

Access tribal offices and resources from HHS, IHS, and other HHS agencies at these websites—

• Administration for Children and Families (ACF): Administration for Native Americans
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS): American Indian/Alaska Native Center
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Tribal Affairs
• HHS Office of Intergovernmental Affairs: Tribal Affairs
• HHS Office of Minority Health: Profile: American Indian/Alaska Native
• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): American Indian/Alaska Native
• Indian Health Service (IHS)
• National Institutes of Health (NIH): Tribal Health Research Office
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Tribal Affairs