PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To improve the quality of the health of American Indians and Alaska Natives by providing a full range of curative, preventive and rehabilitative health services; and to improve the management capability of American Indians and Alaska Natives to assume operation of all or part of an existing Indian Health Service (IHS) direct-operated health care program.

 ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. DISASTER PREVENTION AND RELIEF;
- Emergency Health Services;
2. HEALTH;
- Health Services Planning and Technical Assistance;
- Indian Health;
- Libraries, Information and Education Services;
- Prevention and Control;
- Program Development;
- Specialized Health Research and Training;
3. INCOME SECURITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES;
- Families and Child Welfare Services;
- Nutrition;
- Prevention;
- Specialized Family and Child Welfare Services;

 WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- Individual/Family;
- American Indian;
- Minority group;

 WHO CAN APPLY:
- Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments;