OpportunityTitle: Tribal Self-Governance Program Planning Cooperative Agreement
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: To be eligible for this Limited Competition Planning Cooperative Agreement under this announcement, an applicant must:  A. Be an &quot;Indian Tribe&quot; as defined in 25 U.S.C. &#167; 450b(e); a &quot;Tribal Organization&quot; as defined in 25 U.S.C. &#167; 450b(l); or an &quot;Inter-Tribal Consortium&quot; as defined at 42 C.F.R. &#167; 137.10.  Entities must be eligible to receive IHS funds for the provision of health care services pursuant to the ISDEAA in order to be eligible for this award.  Pursuant to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Pub. L. No. 112-74, &quot;the Indian Health Service may not disburse funds for the provision of health care services pursuant to [the ISDEAA] to any Alaska Native village or Alaska Native village corporation that is located within the area served by an Alaska Native regional health entity.&quot;    B. Submit a Tribal resolution from the appropriate governing body of each Indian Tribe to be served by the ISDEAA compact and authorizing the submission of the Planning Cooperative Agreement application.  Tribal consortia applying for a TSGP Planning Cooperative Agreement shall submit Tribal Council resolutions from each Tribe in the consortium.  Tribal resolutions can be attached to the electronic online application.  Draft resolutions can be submitted with the application in lieu of an official signed resolution; however an official signed Tribal resolution must be received by the Division of Grants Management (DGM), prior to the Objective Review on September 12.  Official signed resolutions can be mailed to the DGM, Attn:  John Hoffman, 801 Thompson Avenue, TMP Suite 360, Rockville, MD 20852.  Please contact John Hoffman by telephone at (301) 443-5204 prior to September 12, 2012 regarding submission questions.  If the DGM does not receive an official signed resolution by September 11, 2012, then the application will be considered incomplete and ineligible for review or further consideration.   C. Demonstrate, for three fiscal years, financial stability and financial management capability.  Applicants are required to submit complete annual audit reports for the three fiscal years prior to the year that the applicant is applying for the Planning Cooperative Agreement.  The Indian Tribe must provide evidence that for the three years prior to applying for the Planning Cooperative Agreement, the Tribe has had no uncorrected significant and material audit exceptions in the required annual audit of the Indian Tribe&#146;s Self-Determination contracts or Self-Governance Funding Agreements with any Federal agency.  See 42 CFR &#167;&#167;137.21-23.  Scanned electronic copies of the documents can be attached to the electronic online application.  If the applicant determines that the audit reports are too lengthy, then the applicants may submit them separately via regular mail by the due date, September 9, 2012.  Applicants sending audits via regular mail must submit two copies of the complete audits for the three previous fiscal years under separate cover directly to the DGM, Attn: John Hoffman, 801 Thompson Avenue, TMP Suite 360, Rockville, MD 20852.  Applicants must reference the following information in their cover letter transmitting the required complete audits:  1) the Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2012-IHS-TSGP-0001, 2) the grant tracking number assigned to their electronic submission from http://www.grants.gov, and 3) the date submitted via http://www.grants.gov.  If the DGM does not receive this documentation by September 9, 2012, then the application will be considered incomplete and ineligible for review or further consideration.
Description: The purpose of this Planning Cooperative Agreement is to provide resources to Tribes interested in participating in the Tribal Self-Governance Program (TSGP). Title V of the ISDEAA requires that a Tribe or Tribal Organization complete a planning phase to the satisfaction of the Tribe. The planning phase must include legal and budgetary research and internal Tribal government planning and organization preparation relating to the administration of health care programs. See 25 U.S.C. 458aaa-2(c)(1)(A). The planning phase helps Tribes to make informed decisions about which PSFAs, or portions thereof, to assume and what organizational changes will be necessary to support those PSFAs. A thorough planning phase makes the rest of the negotiations process more timely and efficient. Planning helps to identify issues in advance and ensures that the Tribe is fully prepared for the transfer of IHS PSFAs to the Tribal health program. The ultimate goal of the planning stage is to ensure that the Tribe is aware of the responsibility involved in assuming IHS PSFAs.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Grants Policy Office
GrantorContactText: Paul Gettys &lt;br/&gt;Grant Systems Coordinator &lt;br/&gt;Phone 301-443-2114