National Council of Urban Indian Health
1 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Suite 800-D
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202.544.0344
Join our Day of Action in support of Native communities on November 30.
Who: National Council of Urban Indian Health, National Indian Health Board, National Congress of American Indians, and all supporters of stable funding for the Indian Health Service.
What: Day of Action on Social Media
When: November 30, 2022 – Native American Heritage Month is quickly drawing to a close and it’s time for the United States government to truly honor Native communities by stabilizing health care funding and ending the budget delays that hinder health services. The White House is also hosting an in-person Tribal Nations Summit on November 30 and December 1. Meanwhile, Congress is hard at work finalizing the end of year legislation and this is a top priority that Native communities have requested for inclusion to help Native communities.
Where: Online and on Capitol Hill
Why: During the last government shutdown, 5 Indian Health Service patients died as health clinics dealt with the lapse of funding. The Indian Health Service (IHS) is the only major federal provider of health care solely funded through regular annual appropriations. The IHS is the only major federal provider of health care vulnerable to government shutdowns and temporary, “stopgap” budgets. Congress can change this by providing a FY 2024 level-funded advance appropriation for most of the IHS.
How: You can get involved by using our social media toolkit and sending letters to Congress to support stable funding for the Indian Health Service this year.
Social Media Toolkit
Post Options
| Platform | Copy | Graphic |
| (Find the Twitter handle for your Member of Congress here.)
Option 1: Dear @[Member of Congress], please support advance appropriations for IHS in FY23. #IndianHealth #urbanIndianhealth #SaveNativeLives #AdvanceIndianHealth @ncuih_official. Learn more: https://ncuih.org/advance Option 2: Not another Native life should be lost due to budget uncertainty. It is time to #AdvanceIndianHealth. Support the efforts here: https://ncuih.org/advance Option 3: Life expectancy for Native Americans declined more than any other race between 2019 and 2021, according to the CDC. Stabilizing funding for IHS will #AdvanceIndianHealth. It’s time for Advance Appropriations for IHS. Learn More: https://ncuih.org/advance |
Download 1
|
|
| The Indian health system is the only major federal health care provider funded through annual appropriations. If IHS were to receive mandatory funding, or at the least, advance appropriations, it would not be subject to government shutdowns and continuing resolutions. You can make a difference! Call your Member of Congress to support advance appropriations in the FY23 funding bills. #SaveNativeLives #AdvanceIndianHealth.
Learn more: https://ncuih.org/advance |
Download 1
|
|
| Not another Native life should be lost due to budget uncertainty. The Indian Health System needs stable life-saving funds through advance appropriations. Call your Member of Congress to support advance appropriations in the FY23 funding bills. #SaveNativeLives #AdvanceIndianHealth.
Learn more: https://ncuih.org/advance |
Download 1
|
|
| Not another Native life should be lost due to budget uncertainty. It is time to #AdvanceIndianHealth. The Indian Health System needs stable life-saving funds through advance appropriations. Call your Member of Congress to support advance appropriations in the FY23 funding bills.
#SaveNativeLives #UrbanIndian #AmericanIndian #AlaskaNative #Native #Indigenous #UrbanIndianHealth #Health #Equity #NCUIH |
Download 1
|
|
| Facebook/Instagram
Stories |
Not another Native life should be lost from budget uncertainty. Advance appropriations for the Indian Health Service now. | Download 1
|