PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To make financial assistance awards to Indian tribes to enable them to assume programs, functions, services, and activities (PFSA) of the Indian Health Service (IHS), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), and of the Department of Interior that are otherwise available to Indian tribes or organizations. Such assumptions will be by compact awards. The Self-Governance (SG) Demonstration Projects initially limited the number of compacts that could be awarded to 30. However, the 1994 Amendments authorize the addition of up to 30 tribes per fiscal year for the 10-year demonstration period not to exceed 18 years. In preparation for additional tribes each fiscal year, the IHS will make planning cooperative agreements available. The planning cooperative agreement allows a tribe to gather information to determine the current types and extent of PFSAs and funding levels available within its service area and to plan for the types and extent of PFSAs and funding to be made available to the tribe under a compact. The IHS will also award funding of negotiating cooperative agreements which allows tribes to prepare to negotiate for compact status.

 ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. HEALTH;
- Indian Health;
2. INCOME SECURITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES;
- Indian Services;

 WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments;
- Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans);
- Native American Organizations;
- American Indian;

 WHO CAN APPLY:
- U.S. Territories and possessions (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);