Authors: National Council of Urban Indian Health

Publication Year: 2009

Last Updated: 2010-08-25 14:32:05

Journal: NCUIH

Keywords: ncuih, national council of urban indian health, uihp, urban indian health programs

Short Abstract:

The National Council of Urban Indian Health is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located in Washington, DC. NCUIH is a national membership based organization serving as resource center and central hub providing leadership (1), advocacy (2), education (3), and other services for its members—Urban Indian Health Programs—across the country. These urban health programs, or Urban Indian Health Organizations (UIHOs), as they are also referred to, provide a wide range of health care services to American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) living in urban settings. There are 36 Urban Programs and close to a dozen additional Alcohol and Substance Abuse (A/SA) programs that serve 41 cities in eleven areas within the Indian Health Service. The programs services range from comprehensive, ambulatory health services to limited ambulatory to outreach/referral services. They began in the late 1960s, early 1970s in response to the federal government’s “relocation programs”—policies and programs that tried to assimilate AI/AN people into mainstream American society by relocating them from off the reservation to various urban cities across the country. The UIHPs are often the main and only source of health care and health information for urban Indian communities. NCUIH is funded primarily by the Indian Health Service through a cooperative agreement, and by its membership through annual dues collected at the beginning of each calendar year. NCUIH also works with other Indian organizations, recently having signed MOUs with the National Congress of American Indians.

Abstract:

The National Council of Urban Indian Health is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located in Washington, DC. NCUIH is a national membership based organization serving as resource center and central hub providing leadership (1), advocacy (2), education (3), and other services for its members—Urban Indian Health Programs—across the country. These urban health programs, or Urban Indian Health Organizations (UIHOs), as they are also referred to, provide a wide range of health care services to American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) living in urban settings. There are 36 Urban Programs and close to a dozen additional Alcohol and Substance Abuse (A/SA) programs that serve 41 cities in eleven areas within the Indian Health Service. The programs services range from comprehensive, ambulatory health services to limited ambulatory to outreach/referral services. They began in the late 1960s, early 1970s in response to the federal government’s “relocation programs”—policies and programs that tried to assimilate AI/AN people into mainstream American society by relocating them from off the reservation to various urban cities across the country. The UIHPs are often the main and only source of health care and health information for urban Indian communities. NCUIH is funded primarily by the Indian Health Service through a cooperative agreement, and by its membership through annual dues collected at the beginning of each calendar year. NCUIH also works with other Indian organizations, recently having signed MOUs with the National Congress of American Indians.

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