CDC COVID-19 Funding for Tribes

As of September 30, 2020, CDC has provided $208.7 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, 2020external icon and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Actexternal icon.

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

~$142.0 million to tribal nations, consortia, and organizations through a new noncompetitive grant, Supporting Tribal Public Health Capacity in Coronavirus Preparedness and Response external icon

• 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 icon[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

~$50.8 million through supplements to an existing CDC cooperative agreement, Tribal Public Health Capacity Building and Quality Improvement, including—

• ~$38.8 million to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19
  • Purpose : To carry out a range of activities, including surveillance, epidemiology, infection control, and communications
  • Recipients and reach : 12 regional tribal organizations to serve 10 HHS regions (reaching more than 500 tribes and more than 2 million American Indians and Alaska Natives) and 4 tribal nations serving populations of 40,000 or more (with the capacity to reach approximately 626,000 American Indians):
    Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Inc.external icon (Alaska)
    Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board, Inc.external icon (New Mexico)
    Bristol Bay Area Health Corporationexternal icon (Alaska)
    California Rural Indian Health Boardexternal icon (California)
    Cherokee Nationexternal icon (Oklahoma)
    Chickasaw Nationexternal icon (Oklahoma)
    Choctaw Nation of Oklahomaexternal icon (Oklahoma)
    Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc.external icon (Wisconsin)
    Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Boardexternal icon (South Dakota)
    Inter Tribal Council of Arizonaexternal icon (Arizona)
    Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Boardexternal icon (Oregon)
    Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Councilexternal icon (Montana)
    Southern Plains Tribal Health Boardexternal icon (Oklahoma)
    The Navajo Nationexternal icon (Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah)
    United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc.external icon (Tennessee)
    Wabanaki Health and Wellnessexternal icon (Maine)
• $12.0 million to build public health capacity during the COVID-19 response and recovery
  • Purpose : To prevent injuries and violence, focusing on suicide, adverse childhood experiences, and intimate partner violence.
  • Recipients and reach : 11 regional American Indian and Alaska Native tribally designated organizations:
    Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Inc.external icon  (Alaska)
    Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board, Inc.external icon  (New Mexico)
    California Rural Indian Health Board external icon(California)
    Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc.external icon (Wisconsin)
    Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Boardexternal icon (South Dakota)
    Inter Tribal Council of Arizonaexternal icon (Arizona)
    Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Boardexternal icon (Oregon)
    Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council external icon(Montana)
    Southern Plains Tribal Health Boardexternal icon (Oklahoma)
    The Navajo Nationexternal icon (Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah)
    United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc.external icon (Tennessee)

$15.2 million through supplements to an existing cooperative agreement, Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services Through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation’s Healthexternal icon, including—

• $9.9 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) and funds to support training for Indian healthcare personnel through the Healthcare Workforce Infection Prevention Control Training initiative ($1.9 million)
• $5.3 million to conduct national COVID-19 communication activities for tribes
  • Recipient : National Indian Health Board, for conducting national COVID-19 communication activities for tribes ($2.0 million) and supporting training for tribal healthcare personnel through the Healthcare Workforce Infection Prevention Control Training Initiative ($1.0 million),  enhancing tribal environmental health capacity and preparedness in COVID-19 response and prevention efforts ($2.0 million), and creating a COVID-19 Clinical Center of Excellence to support longitudinal medical consultation for health providers in tribal communities ($300,000)

$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 Nationexternal icon (Oklahoma)