CDC COVID-19 Funding for Tribes

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As of August 15, 2021, CDC has provided $225.7 million to tribal nations, consortia, and organizations for responding to COVID-19 across tribal communities. This amount exceeds the minimum of $165 million directed by Congress through the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

CDC is using a multifaceted approach to allocate COVID-19 funding to Indian Country, enabling broad access to COVID-19 resources across tribal communities:

$152.8 million to tribal nations, consortia, and organizations through a new noncompetitive grant, Supporting Tribal Public Health Capacity in Coronavirus Preparedness and Response

  • Purpose : To support tribes and tribal organizations in carrying out surveillance, epidemiology, laboratory capacity, infection control, mitigation, communication, and other COVID-19 preparedness and response activities
  • Recipients and reach : 346 tribal recipients [PDF – 139 KB], including 290 tribal nations, 25 tribal consortia, and 31 tribal organizations, which will reach more than 490 tribes and more than 39 million individuals, according to grantee self-reports

$52.2 million through supplements to an existing CDC cooperative agreement, Tribal Public Health Capacity Building and Quality Improvement, including—

  • $1.5 million in supplemental funds for COVID-19 preparedness, response, and/or recovery efforts.
    • Purpose:  To provide funding to conduct COVID-19 public health emergency preparedness, response, and recovery activities.
    • Recipients and reach: twelve OT18-1803 recipients listed below:
        Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
        Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board
        California Rural Indian Health Board
        Chickasaw Nation (Oklahoma)
        Forest County Potawatomi Community
        Great Lakes Tribal Chairman’s Health Board
        Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona
        Northwest Portland Area Indian Health board
        Southern Plains Tribal Health Board
        United South and Easter Tribes
        Wabanaki Health and Wellness
        White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians

$19.9 million through supplements to an existing cooperative agreement, Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services Through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation’s Health, including—

  • $10.9 million to address COVID-19 among urban American Indians and Alaska Natives
    • Recipients: National Council of Urban Indian Health, including sub-awards for 41 urban Indian health centers ($8.0 million), training for Indian healthcare personnel provided through the Healthcare Workforce Infection Prevention Control Training initiative ($1.9 million), and public health emergency response and vaccine implementation planning in Urban Indian Organizations (UIOs) ($1.0 million).
  • $9.0 million to conduct national COVID-19 communication activities for tribes
    • Recipient: National Indian Health Board, to conduct national COVID-19 communication activities for tribes ($2.0 million), to support training for tribal healthcare personnel through the Healthcare Workforce Infection Prevention Control Training Initiative ($1.0 million), to enhance tribal environmental health capacity, for preparedness in COVID-19 response and prevention efforts ($2.0 million), and to address COVID-19 vaccine confidence through tribal health departments ($4.0 million).

$750,000 through the Public Health Crisis Response cooperative agreement administered by CDC’s Center for Preparedness and Response

  • Purpose : To support COVID-19 incident management, jurisdictional recovery, information management, countermeasures and mitigation, surge management, and bio surveillance activities
  • Recipient : Cherokee Nation (Oklahoma)
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