This Blog is a space for the NCUIH Policy and Legislation Department to communicate with NCUIH's stakeholders. The blog includes announcements, news and organizational accomplishments among others
On April 12, 2021 President Biden released his discretionary budget request for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, pending a more detailed version in the coming months, which will include the funding recommendations for urban Indian health.
On April 7, Indian Health Service (IHS) Acting Director, Elizabeth Fowler, and Billings Area Indian Health Service Director, Bryce Redgrave, visited the Indian Family Health Clinic (IFHC) in Great Falls, Montana to commentate the millionth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine administered across the Indian Health Delivery System.
On April 13, 2021, the National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH) and several other American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) organizations signed a joint letter urging Congress to address Indian Country’s infrastructure priorities in the upcoming legislative package.
On Tuesday, April 14, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that they are recommending a pause on the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine while they review data involving six reported U.S. cases of a rare and severe type of blood clot in individuals receiving the vaccine product.
On April 5, 2021, FEMA Office of External Affairs released an interim policy to continue to maximize the framework that supports the safe opening and operation of work under the Public Assistance (PA) program.
