CDC announces a supplemental funding opportunity for the American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribal nations and regional AI/AN tribally designated organizations that were awarded under CDC-RFA-OT18-1803: Tribal Public Health Capacity-Building and Quality Improvement Umbrella Cooperative Agreement. The CDC-RFA-OT18-1803 recipients are eligible to submit applications for new fiscal year (FY) 2019 Center, Institute, and Office (CIO) Project Plans according to the geographic categories under which they are awarded. The geographic categories are the following: 1) Category A: HHS Regions I, II, III, and IV; 2) Category B: HHS Regions V, VI, and VII; and 3) Category C: HHS Regions VIII, IX, and X. Measurable outcomes of the program will be in alignment with one (or more) of the following performance goal(s) for the CSTLTS: – Increase state, tribal, local, and territorial public health agencies’ capacity to more efficiently and effectively manage and deliver high-quality programs and services to protect the public’s health – Increase the infusion of public health knowledge across governmental and non-governmental components of the public health system.
Month May 2019
Tribal EpiCenters
05/10/2019
Our comprehensive workshop covers the diversity of donors, key search engines, and converting ideas into fundable projects or research. After the workshop, you will understand how to navigate the world of grant procurement, identify the critical sections of successful proposals, and demonstrate the excellence and innovation that propels your project or research beyond other submissions. You will also understand the diversity of the funding community and how to respond to various guidelines.
The training addresses the overall strategic plan for writing grants, including: needs statement, mission, goals, objectives, activities, evaluation, key personnel, and budgets. Our instructors will engage you in interactive exercises, writing, lectures, and discussions to better understand how to research, write, and develop your specific project.
Tribal EpiCenters
05/10/2019
Our missing and murdered Native relatives have been invisible for too long, but we are taking a step to help change that. And we need your help.
Please spread the word and join our webinar with NamUs on June 5, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time. This webinar is for community members around the country to learn how to input their missing Native loved ones’ information into the NamUs database.
We are hosting this webinar so community members can take action and help strengthen the data on our missing relatives. Following the webinar, we will announce a plan of action for coordinated community data entry into NamUs.
Please join us for this webinar. Download the social media toolkit to share on your channels and the flyer to post in your community.
When: June 5, 2019
Time: 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time
Register to receive access to the webinar
Tribal EpiCenters
05/09/2019
Due Date Extended. Current Closing Date for Applications: June 12, 2019
The Application for DP19-1903, Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country is now open. This Notice of Funding Announcement (NOFO) will fund American Indian Tribes, Alaska Native Villages, Tribally-designated Organizations, and Urban Indian Organizations to reduce rates of death and disability from commercial tobacco use, diabetes, heart disease and stroke, and reduce the prevalence of obesity and other chronic disease risk factors and conditions (e.g., oral health, dementia, COPD).
An amendment has been made to the NOFO, and the application due date has been extended to June 12, 2019.
Tribal EpiCenters
05/02/2019
Navajo TECPHI Initiatives:
- Build Navajo Epidemiology Center’s technological infrastructure to support future endeavors of effective health promotion and disease prevention.
- Implement a Data Management Plan to increase data quality, integrity, procedures and security.
- Increase the communication channels of NEC to tribal leaders, stakeholders, governmental agencies, and communities.
These initiatives were identified by Delores Becenti, the new Senior Programs and Projects Specialist for the Navajo Epidemiology Center for the Navajo TECPHI Cooperative Agreement.
Delores Becenti started on March 18th, 2019 and she has provided assistance with her background in data management, information technology and more specifically, Geographic Information Systems (GIS). GIS will play a role in providing access to communities with internet access and provide geographic data analysis. Delores has created web maps for public consumption and envisions similar products for the Navajo Epidemiology Center.
She was also an Injury Prevention Specialist with the Indian Health Service for the Fort Defiance District (26 Navajo Nation Chapters or local governments) for 9 years before returning to GIS to improve and increase her skills with GIS. As an Injury Prevention Specialist she has learned community-based project management with very small budgets and implementing comprehensive projects with evaluation and measures. She learned to “sell” her program as she was the only role in advocating for Injury Prevention to a sea of Environmental Health Specialists, community leaders, Injury Prevention stakeholders, and upper management. Indian Health Service provided many trainings and experiences in all aspects of a community-based injury prevention program. Of her many successful projects at the Fort Defiance District, she has facilitated injury prevention coalition meetings, implemented evaluations of fall prevention, passenger safety, and outreach activities, implemented surveys of passenger safety use, provided technical assistance in the passing of an updated Navajo Nation child passenger law, and maintained the severe injury data surveillance database. She has collaborated with various programs to partner in injury prevention efforts and leverage resources for under-funded objectives.
She is excited to work in the field of epidemiology as her interest grew after taking graduate courses at the University of Michigan in Epidemiology during an Injury Prevention Fellowship program.
Delores Becenti, Senior Programs and Projects Specialist for the Navajo Epidemiology Center.
