Authors: National Council of Urban Indian Health

Publication Year: 2008

Last Updated: 2016-03-04 15:53:00

Journal: NCUIH

Keywords: NCUIH, National Council of Urban Indian Health, FY2009 Budget, UIHP's, Urban Indian Health Programs,

Short Abstract:

The Administration has once again zeroed out the Urban Indian Health Program. The President has also made deep cuts throughout the DHHS budget, including reductions in IHS overall budget level. Therefore, this year we intend to make a concerted effort to affect what is referred to as the 302(b) budget formulation process whereby Congress determines the overall budget limit that appropriators must work with for that fiscal years budget. As we learned last year the amount set in the line item is determined by the overall level of funds available to appropriators. It is NCUIHs intent to start working with Congressional staff early to ensure that the 302(b) appropriations level set for the Native health care system as a whole is at the appropriate level to start addressing the very serious discrepancies facing Indian Country. This year we will have a tiered advocacy plan to address each phase of the budget and appropriations process to effectively impact each part of the process and thus, hopefully, will reach our target number of 40 million this year. We expect there to be three main tiers to the budget process:

Abstract: 

The Administration has once again zeroed out the Urban Indian Health Program. The President has also made deep cuts throughout the DHHS budget, including reductions in IHS overall budget level. Therefore, this year we intend to make a concerted effort to affect what is referred to as the 302(b) budget formulation process whereby Congress determines the overall budget limit that appropriators must work with for that fiscal years budget. As we learned last year the amount set in the line item is determined by the overall level of funds available to appropriators. It is NCUIHs intent to start working with Congressional staff early to ensure that the 302(b) appropriations level set for the Native health care system as a whole is at the appropriate level to start addressing the very serious discrepancies facing Indian Country. This year we will have a tiered advocacy plan to address each phase of the budget and appropriations process to effectively impact each part of the process and thus, hopefully, will reach our target number of 40 million this year. We expect there to be three main tiers to the budget process:

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