COVID-19 Press Releases and Policy Updates
COVID-19 Presents Significant Risks for American Indian and Alaska Native People
The Kaiser Family Foundation posted this article to its blog on May 14, 2020. They stated, “[t]he COVID-19 emergency presents significant risks for the over 5 million individuals who self-identify as American […]
IHS Announces Phase 4 COVID-19 Funding Allocation Decisions
Includes $50 million to UIOs for testing On May 19, 2020 the Indian Health Service (IHS) announced the most recent round of COVID-19 funding determinations in a Dear Tribal Leader and […]
NCUIH FACILITATES FIRST FEMA UIO LEADERS CALL
On May 29, for the first time, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) met exclusively with a group of Urban Indian Organization (UIO) leaders. The call took place via Zoom […]
