Federal grant programs / Department of Health and Human Services

Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country (93.479)

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$56.9 million
• Grant awards28
• Typical award$1.1 million
• Awarded in FY 2025-$1.4 million
• Size rank999 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceCooperative agreement

Key findings

• It is the 999th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 20 largest recipients received 89% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 16 states and territories.

What the program funds

The purpose of this Assistance Listing (AL) is to reduce rates of death and disability from commercial tobacco use, diabetes, heart disease and stroke, reduce the prevalence of obesity and other chronic disease risk factors and conditions, (e.g., oral health, dementia, COPD). This AL has three (3) separate, competitive components with eligibility and scope of work requirements for each. Applicants must submit a separate application for each component for which they are applying. The AL combines evidence-informed policy, systems, and environmental changes, and clinical-community linkages strategies which may be culturally adapted to meet the needs of Native American Tribe and Alaska Native Village communities. The long-term outcomes of this AL are: • Increased purchasing of healthy foods. • Increased physical activity with an emphasis on walking. • Reduced prevalence of commercial tobacco use. • Reduced incidence of type 2 diabetes. • Reduced prevalence of high blood pressure. • Reduced prevalence of high blood cholesterol. This is a five-year funding opportunity (five year period of performance, one year budget period).

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

Federally-recognized Tribes and Urban Indian Organizations, Tribal Organizations, to 1 in IHS Administrative Areas, including the Urban Area Tribal Organization

What the money can and cannot pay for

Funds can be used to pay overhead, travel costs, and other expenses directly related to achievement of the strategies and activities identified to fulfill the obligations specified in the notice of funding. Funds can be used for salaries for personnel to plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate program activities; for subawards, contracts or agreements to implement, evaluate, and communicate program activities, including Area tribes, multi-sector partners, community-based organizations, healthcare systems and paraprofessionals, or coalitions to provide policy, system, and environmental change strategies and community-clinical linkage strategies to increase purchasing of healthy foods, increase physical activity with an emphasis on walking, reduce prevalence of commercial tobacco use, reduce incidence of type 2 diabetes, reduce prevalence of high blood pressure, and reduce prevalence of high blood cholesterol. Funds can be used to pay for activities and supplies necessary to implement the strategies outlined here, including evidence-informed, culturally-tailored strategies. Recipients may not use funds for research. Recipients may not use funds for clinical care except as allowed by law. Recipients may use funds only for reasonable program purposes, including personnel, travel, supplies, and services. Generally, recipients may not use funds to purchase furniture or equipment. Any such proposed spending must be clearly identified in the budget.

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Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

Check Grants.gov for any relevant NOFO information regarding processes for applying for assistance.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

The range of awards is $100,000 to $1,450,000 with an average award amount of $725,000. Refer to NOFOs under this listing on grants.gov for more details.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

Tribal governments and organizations received 92% of the money, nonprofits 8.0%.

By state

14 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.