Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health

For programmatic or technical questions:
CAPT Tarsha Cavanaugh
minorityhealth@hhs.gov

For grants management or budget questions:
Eric West
eric.west@hhs.gov

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This opportunity will award 2-4 cooperative agreements to establish a national Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health (CIIH) to address the documented chronic disease burden and healthcare access gaps experienced by American Indian and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) populations. Funded projects should implement evidence-based frameworks and community-based strategies to prevent and improve chronic disease outcomes, including obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and related conditions, within one Indigenous population of focus.

Projects funded through this agreement will:

• Address obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and related chronic conditions among AI/AN and NHPI populations using evidence-based and prevention-focused approaches
• Build community-level data capacity and evaluation infrastructure to support rigorous, science-driven measurement of health outcomes among AI/AN and NHPI population
• Support cross-sector partnerships that address root causes of chronic disease, including food insecurity, limited healthcare access, environmental exposures, and health literacy gaps, in AI/AN and NHPI communities with documented unmet need
• Support research, education, service, partnership development, technical assistance, and dissemination activities that strengthen prevention and improvement of chronic disease outcomes

Expected activities include:

• Identify and implement an evidence-based framework for research, education, service, partnership development, and technical assistance to support prevention and the improvement of chronic disease outcomes
• Establish and maintain a structured stakeholder engagement process to inform project implementation, priorities, and quality improvement
• Partner with academic institutions, Indigenous leaders, and AI/AN and NHPI communities on CIIH activities
• Implement a rigorous process and outcomes evaluation
• Collect and report program data
• Document and disseminate project findings
• Conduct a health outcomes and population needs assessment that documents chronic disease burden, service gaps, and community conditions
• Develop a sustainability plan

Public or private nonprofit entities, including faith-based organizations and AI/AN and NHPI organizations, are eligible to apply. Examples of eligible institutions include:

• State and territory governments
• County governments
• City or township governments
• Special district governments
• Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
• Tribal organizations
• Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
• Private nonprofit institutions of higher education
• Independent school districts
• Nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status
• Public housing authorities
• Indian housing authorities

Award ceiling: $1,000,000 per year
Award floor: $500,000 per year
Project period: up to 2 years
Estimated number of awards: 2-4
Estimated total program funding: $2,000,000

Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and online application process are available through grants.gov.

Funded projects should implement evidence-based frameworks and community-based strategies to prevent and improve chronic disease outcomes, including obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and related conditions, within one Indigenous population of focus.