Health and Human Services Department, Indian Health Service
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service Key Dates: Application Deadline Date: March 23, 2011. Review Period: April 25-27, 2011. Earliest Anticipated Start Date: May 16, 2011. I. Funding Opportunity Description Statutory Authority The Indian Health Service (IHS), Office of Urban Indian Health Programs (OUIHP), announces the FY 2011 limited competition, continuation grants for continued operation support for the 4-in-1 Title V grants to make health care services more accessible for American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) residing in urban areas. This program is authorized under the authority of the Snyder Act, 25 U.S.C. 1652 , 1653 , 1660a of Title V of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA), Public Law 94-437, as amended. Background Prior to the 1950s, most AI/ANs resided on reservations, in nearby rural towns, or in Tribal jurisdictional areas such as Oklahoma. In the era of the 1950s and 1960s, the Federal Government passed legislation to terminate its legal obligations to the Indian Tribes, resulting in policies and programs to assimilate Indian people into the mainstream of American society. This philosophy produced the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Relocation/Employment Assistance Programs (BIA Relocation) which enticed Indian families living on impoverished Indian Reservations to “relocate” to various cities across the country, i.e., San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, etc. BIA Relocation offered jo…
Citation: 76 FR 9789
