Dear USET/USET SPF Family,
The USET Tribal Health Program Support (THPS) office is exploring the possibility of applying for one of the two Community Health Aide Program (CHAP) grant opportunities from the Indian Health Service (IHS). If your Tribal Nation is interested in partnering with THPS or your Tribal Nation is applying directly, please email Onawa Miller, THPS Director, at omiller@usetinc.org by COB Wednesday, July 12, 2023, so we can support your Tribal Nation’s efforts and collaborate in aligning the approach for our application. The two CHAP grant opportunities include:
Tribal Assessment & Planning (TAP)
The CHAP TAP program’s purpose is to support the assessment and planning of Tribal Nations and Tribal Organizations (TN/TO) in determining the feasibility of implementing CHAP in their respective communities. The program is designed to support the regional flexibility required for TN/TO to design a program unique to individual Tribal Nations across the country by identifying feasibility factors. The focus of the program is to:
- Part 1: Assess whether the T/TO can integrate CHAP into the Tribal health system, including the health care workforce.
- Part 2: Identify systemic barriers that prohibit the complete integration of CHAP into an existing healthcare system. The barriers should be related to the following:
- Clinical infrastructure
- Workforce barriers
- Certification of providers
- Training of providers
- Inclusion of culture in the services provided by a CHAP provider.
- Part 3: Plan partnerships across the T/TO geographic region to address the barriers, including reimbursement, training, education, clinical infrastructure, implementation cost, and determination of system integration.
For more information: click here to see the notice of funding opportunity on grants.gov.
Tribal Planning & Implementation (TPI)
The CHAP TPI program supports the planning and implementation of TN/TO positioned to begin operating a CHAP or support a growing CHAP. The program is designed to support the regional flexibility required to implement a CHAP unique to individual Tribal Nations across the country by identifying feasibility factors. The focus of the program is to:
- Develop clinical supervisor support for primary care, behavioral health, and dental health clinicians, providing both direct and indirect supervision of prospective health aides;
- Identify area and community-specific healthcare needs of patients that the health aides can address;
- Identify and develop a technology infrastructure plan for the mobility and success of health aides in anticipation of providing services;
- Develop a training plan to include partners across the T/TO’s geographic region to enhance the training opportunities available to prospective health aides to include continuing education and clinical practice;
- Identify best practices for integrating a CHAP workforce into an existing Tribal health system;
- Address social determinants of health that impact the recruitment and retention of prospective health aides; and
- Identify the total cost of implementing a CHAP within an existing Tribal health system.
For more information: click here to see the notice of funding opportunity on grants.gov.
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