November 2009 eMailout
Week1
MEMORANDUM
DATE: November 6, 2009
TO: NPAIHB Delegates, Tribal Health Directors and Tribal Chairs
FROM: Joe Finkbonner, RPh, MHA, Executive Director
RE: WEEKLY MAILOUT
From: Jim Roberts, Policy Analyst
Portland Area Indian Health Service- FY2012 I.H.S. Budget Formulation Meeting, November 19, 2009, Portland, OR
SAMHSA Grant Announcement
From: Michelle Edwards, Grants Administrator
November Fund Report
From: Elaine Dado, Executive Assistant
Next NPAIHB Quarterly Board Meeting- February 9-11, 2010, Arlington, VA
From: Matt Town, Navigator Project Director
Vacancy Announcement
Attention: All Tribal Health Directors:
From: Stephanie Craig Rushing, Project Director
AI/AN Mental Health Webinar, November 17, 2009
Indian Country Child Trauma Center- Project Making Medicine Training, Oklahoma City, OK
From: Erik Kakusa, AAIR Project Specialist
AAIR Provider Training, November 19, 2009, Olympia, WA (Nisqually Indian Tribe)
Week2
MEMORANDUM
DATE: November 13, 2009
TO: NPAIHB Delegates, Tribal Health Directors and Tribal Chairs
FROM: Joe Finkbonner, RPh, MHA, Executive Director
RE: WEEKLY MAILOUT
From: Jim Roberts, Policy Analyst
Chairman Byron Dorgan letter dated November 5, 2009 regarding the Indian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization and Extension Act of 2009 by NPAIHB
Chairman Byron Dorgan letter dated November 12, 2009 regarding the Indian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization and Extension Act of 2009 by IHS Tribal Self-Governance Advisory Committee
National Indian Health Board Press Release dated November 7, 2009 ‘Indian Country Celebrates the passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act’
Hobbs Strauss Dean & Walker General Memorandum 09-141: President Issues Memorandum to Executive Agencies in Tribal Consultation
From: Chandra Wilson, Human Resource Coordinator
Fund Accounting Manager vacancy announcement (closing date: November 20, 2009)
From: Matthew Town, Navigator Project Director
Oregon Health Authority Operations & Policy Analyst 4 vacancy announcement
Attention: All Tribal Health Directors:
From: Stephanie Craig Rushing, Project Director
NW Tribal Behavioral Health meeting, December 7-10, 2009 in Salem and Oregon Native Adolescent Health Alliance dinner on December 9.
Week3
MEMORANDUM
DATE: November 20, 2009
TO: NPAIHB Delegates, Tribal Health Directors and Tribal Chairs
FROM: Joe Finkbonner, RPh, MHA, Executive Director
RE: WEEKLY MAILOUT
From: Jim Roberts, Policy Analyst
Letters of support and FAQ’s regarding the Indian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization and Extension Act of 2009 by NPAIHB and respective parties
National Indian Health Board Press Release dated November 19, 2009 ‘Healthy People 2020’
Attn: Washington Delegates, THD, and Tribal Chairs
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Enrollment of Part D, December 7, 2009, Seattle, WA (region 10)
Funding Opportunities:
Special Diabetes Programs for Indians, Cycle II
Department of Energy- two grant opportunities
U.S. Secretary- Department of Labor green jobs
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services- grants aimed to enroll AI/AN children who qualify but are not enrolled in CHIP
Attention: All Tribal Health Directors:
From: Stephanie Craig Rushing, Project Director
2010 Adolescent Sexuality Conference, April 13-14, 2010, Seaside, Oregon
From: Sonciray Bonnell, Health Resources Coordinator
Oregon Public Health Flu Hotline Press Release dated November 20, 2009
From: Dr. Tom Becker, NARCH/Cancer
Feeding and Fasting in Alaska Native Children with CPT1A Deficiency, December 17, 2009, Portland, Oregon (OHSU)
From: Matthew Town, Navigator Project Director
International Network of Indigenous Health Knowledge & Development, Biennial Conference Call for Abstracts (deadline is December 1, 2009) May 24-28, 2010, Poulsbo, WA
Week4
MEMORANDUM
DATE: November 25, 2009
TO: NPAIHB Delegates, Tribal Health Directors and Tribal Chairs
FROM: Joe Finkbonner, RPh, MHA, Executive Director
RE: WEEKLY MAILOUT
From: Jim Roberts, Policy Analyst
Letters of support regarding the Indian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization by Congressman Walt Minnick (Idaho)
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Press Release “Native American Heritage Day of 2009”
I.H.S. Tribal Self Governance Advisory Committee and D.O.I. Self Governance Advisory Committee meeting notice, January 19-21, 2010, Washington, DC
HOBBS STRAUS DEAN & WALKER GENERAL MEMORANDUM 09-142 Indian Health Service Soliciting Applications for FY2010 Loan Repayment Program
HOBBS STRAUS DEAN & WALKER GENERAL MEMORANDUM 09-143 Rural Telemedicine Enhancing Community Health Act of 2009
HOBBS STRAUS DEAN & WALKER GENERAL MEMORANDUM 09-144 FY 2010 Appropriations for Indian Affairs Office of the Special Trustee and other Interior Programs
HOBBS STRAUS DEAN & WALKER GENERAL MEMORANDUM 09-145 $10M in Grants to Increase Enrollment of AI/AN Children in Medicaid, CHIP: Application due by January 15, 2010
HOBBS STRAUS DEAN & WALKER GENERAL MEMORANDUM 09-146 Special Diabetes Program for Indian Community-Directed Grants
Attention: All Tribal Health Directors:
From: Don Head, WTDP Specialist
Holiday Foods with Diabetes
From: Megan Hoopes, Registry Project Director
American Indian and Alaska Native Cancer Incidence and Screening- ID 2002-2006
American Indian and Alaska Native Cancer Incidence and Screening- ID, OR, WA 2001-2005
American Indian and Alaska Native Cancer Incidence and Screening- OR 2002-2006
American Indian and Alaska Native Cancer Incidence and Screening- WA 2001-2005
