March 2010 eMailout
Week 1
MEMORANDUM
DATE: March 5, 2010
TO: NPAIHB Delegates, Tribal Health Directors and Tribal Chairs
FROM: Joe Finkbonner, RPh, MHA, Executive Director
RE: WEEKLY MAILOUT
From: Jim Roberts, Policy Analyst
HHS Announces 2010 Tribal Consultation Blueprint- News Release
Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker General Memorandum 10-023 Summary of 2009 Legislation and Regulations of Interest to Indian and Alaska Native Tribes and Organizations
From: Jim Roberts, Policy Analyst & Steven Poitra, I.H.S. PAO
I.H.S. Director’s Portland Area Listening Session with Tribal Leaders, March 11, 2010
I.H.S. & NPAIHB All Tribes Meeting, March 12, 2010
Both meetings will be held at the Portland Airport Embassy Suites Hotel, Portland, OR
From: Michelle Edwards, NPAIHB
From: Sonciray Bonnell, NPAIHB
HHS Region 10 Annual Tribal Consultation for the Pacific Northwest
ATTN: TRIBAL HEALTH DIRECTORS (OREGON/WASHINGTON/IDAHO)
News Release issued by NIHB regarding the Introduction of a Bill to Reauthorize the Special Diabetes Program for Indians
NPAIHB Risky Business 2010 Training Dates. Next training in Portland on March 24
Summer Research Training Institute for American Indian and Alaska Native Health Professionals, June 14-July 1, 2010 at NPAIHB, Portland, OR
RPMS Electronic Dental Record HL7 Interface Version 1.0 Release Announcement
Funding Available to Support Tribal Suicide Prevention in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho
Nominations for Nursing Awards
Save the Date for 2010 Nurse Leaders in Native Care Conference, July 19-23, 2010, Washington, DC
Tribal Homeland Security Grant Program Overview/Update
Week 2
MEMORANDUM
DATE: March 12, 2010
TO: NPAIHB Delegates, Tribal Health Directors and Tribal Chairs
FROM: Joe Finkbonner, RPh, MHA, Executive Director
RE: WEEKLY MAILOUT
From: Jim Roberts, Policy Analyst
Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker General Memorandum 10-026 IHS Announces the Availability of FY10 Tribal Self-Governance Program Planning Agreements
Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker General Memorandum 10-027 IHS Announces the Availability of FY10 Tribal Self-Governance Program Negotiations Cooperative Agreements
Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker General Memorandum 10-028 Administrative for Native Americans FY10 Grant; Lillian Sparks Confirmed as ANA Commissioner
ATTN: TRIBAL HEALTH DIRECTORS (OREGON/WASHINGTON/IDAHO)
22ND Annual Native Health Research Conference ‘Translating Research into Policy and Practice in Native Health’, July 27-30, 2010, Rapid City, SD
4th Annual Tribal BEAR Project Medical Update Conference, May 6-7, 2010, Shelton, WA
NPAIHB Risky Business 2010 Training Dates. Next training in Portland on March 24
Summer Research Training Institute for American Indian and Alaska Native Health Professionals, June 14-July 1, 2010 at NPAIHB, Portland, OR
Week 3
MEMORANDUM
DATE: March 19, 2010
TO: NPAIHB Delegates, Tribal Health Directors and Tribal Chairs
FROM: Joe Finkbonner, RPh, MHA, Executive Director
RE: WEEKLY MAILOUT
From: Jim Roberts, Policy Analyst
Letter to Dr. Roubideaux regarding the Contract Health Services program
Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker General Memorandum 10-029 Special Diabetes Program for Indians Introduced in the Senate
Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker General Memorandum 10-031 Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Bill Clears House, Includes Substitute
Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker General Memorandum 10-032 EPA Establishes New Office of International and Tribal Affairs
Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker General Memorandum 10-033 Distance Learning/Telemedicine Grants
Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker General Memorandum 10-034 Letters of Interest for Smart Growth Implementation Assistance Program due April 9
FCC Launches Broadband Consumer Tools
From: Sonciray Bonnell, Health Resources Coordinator
Retirement Celebration Announcement for Stanley G. Jones Sr., May 1, 2010, Tulalip, WA
ATTN: TRIBAL LEADERS (WASHINGTON)
From: Jim Roberts, Policy Analyst
DSHS Indian Policy Advisory Committee Quarterly Meeting, April 8, 2010, Airway Heights, WA
ATTN: TRIBAL HEALTH DIRECTORS (OREGON/WASHINGTON/IDAHO)
4th Annual Tribal BEAR Project Medical Update Conference, May 6-7, 2010, Shelton, WA
NPAIHB Risky Business 2010 Training Dates. Next training in Portland on March 24
Office of Minority Health Resource Center HIV/AIDS Capacity Building Award Application and Procedures deadline April 16
US Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women Fiscal Year 2010 Services to Advocate for and Respond to Youth Program Call for Concept Papers deadline for letters of intent April 1
ATTN: TRIBAL HEALTH DIRECTORS (OREGON)
Oregon DHS and OHA 2010 Community Forum, Various Locations, April-May 2010
Week 4
MEMORANDUM
DATE: March 26, 2010
TO: NPAIHB Delegates, Tribal Health Directors and Tribal Chairs
FROM: Joe Finkbonner, RPh, MHA, Executive Director
RE: WEEKLY MAILOUT
From: Jim Roberts, Policy Analyst
NIHB Preliminary Summary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act
Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker General Memorandum 10-036 I.H.S. Cooperative Agreements for the HIV Program
Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker General Memorandum 10-037 Tribal Title IV-E Plan Development Grants
Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker General Memorandum 10-038 Family Violence Prevention and Services Grants for Tribes
ATTN: TRIBAL HEALTH DIRECTORS (OREGON/WASHINGTON/IDAHO)
ATTN: TRIBAL HEALTH DIRECTORS (WASHINGTON)
Quileute Health Fair, LaPush, WA, May 20th
ATTN: TRIBAL HEALTH DIRECTORS (IDAHO)
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