October 2012 eMailout
Week 1
MEMORANDUM
DATE: October 5, 2011
TO: NPAIHB Delegates, Tribal Health Directors and Tribal Chairs
FROM: Joe Finkbonner, RPh, MHA, Executive Director
RE: WEEKLY MAILOUT
- 2012 Post Election Tribal Leaders Summit, November 13-14, 2012 in Portland, OR
- Direct Service Tribes Advisory Committee Quarterly Meeting, November 28-29, 2012 in Airway Heights, WA
Attn: Delegates & Tribal Health Directors
Attn: Washington (WA) Delegates & Tribal Health Directors
Job Announcement
Week 2
MEMORANDUM
DATE: October 12, 2011
TO: NPAIHB Delegates, Tribal Health Directors and Tribal Chairs
FROM: Joe Finkbonner, RPh, MHA, Executive Director
RE: WEEKLY MAILOUT
- Letter from Norman D. Dicks, Congress of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations (dated October 9, 2012) RE: Consequences of an automatic across-the-board uniform percentage reduction prescribed by the Budget Control Act (BCA)
- Weekly NPAIHB Funding Opportunity Announcement
Attn: Delegates & Tribal Health Directors
Attn: Idaho (ID) Delegates & Tribal Health Directors
Attn: Washington (WA) Delegates & Tribal Health Directors
Week 3
MEMORANDUM
DATE: October 19, 2011
TO: NPAIHB Delegates, Tribal Health Directors and Tribal Chairs
FROM: Joe Finkbonner, RPh, MHA, Executive Director
RE: WEEKLY MAILOUT
- 2012 Post Election Tribal Leaders Summit on November 13-14, 2012 in Portland, OR
- Weekly NPAIHB Funding Opportunity Announcement
- Warren Featherstone Reid Award for Excellence in Health Care recipient Kris Locke (announcement from Christine O. Gregoire, Governor of Washington)
Attn: Delegates & Tribal Health Directors
- The 2010 Oral Health Of American Indian and Alaska Native Preschool Children Results for the Portland Area
- 2nd Annual Regional Tribal BEAR Training in Spokane, WA on November 1, 2012 (HIV/STIs and Hepatitis C FREE training offering updates, how to conduct risk assessments and interviews, and counsel and test patients)
- National Network of Public Health Institute’s 6th Annual Open Forum Meeting for Quality Improvement in Public Health in Charlotte, NC on December 6-7, 2012
- National Native American AIDS Prevention Center and NPAIHB Project Red Talon Webinar Announcement : Tweeting - It’s not just for the Birds (How to use social media and social marketing to improve your AI/AN HIV Prevention or Treatment Program PLUS Mini Grant opportunity Q&A session)
Attn: Washington (WA) Delegates & Tribal Health Directors
Week 4
MEMORANDUM
DATE: October 26, 2011
TO: NPAIHB Delegates, Tribal Health Directors and Tribal Chairs
FROM: Joe Finkbonner, RPh, MHA, Executive Director
RE: WEEKLY MAILOUT
- Letter from Dr. Roubideaux extending the due date for comments regarding FY11 Report to Congress on Administration of the Tribal Self-Governance Program (dated 10-12-2012)
- Letter update from Washington’s Department of Health, Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program and legal precedence for excluding settlement funds from eligibility in federal program
- FY15 I.H.S. Budget Formulation Meeting, November 8-9, 2012 in Seattle (logistical details)
- Weekly NPAIHB Funding Opportunity Announcement
- Region 10 Update from HHS Regional Director, October 2012
- HHS Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs News Bulletin
- Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker General Memorandum 12-123 Senate Action on Energy Efficiency Likely in Upcoming Months
- Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker General Memorandum 12-1234 EPA Consultation on Plan to Provide Solid Waste Management Capacity Assistance to Tribes
Attn: Washington (WA) Delegates & Tribal Health Directors
- Update from the American Indian Health Commission for Washington State RE: Washington Health Benefits Exchange Requirements to Contract with I/T/U Providers
- Healthplanfinder- Washington Health Benefits Exchange newly approved name for the online marketplace to shop for healthcare coverage
