OTASA Weekly Update
June 5, 2020
Hello, In addition to the Friday weekly updates, CDC’s Office of Tribal Affairs and Strategic Alliances is sending bi-weekly updates dedicated to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. Below you will find notices of funding opportunities for COVID-19 preparedness and response activities, information on tribal webinars and conference calls, guidance, resources, and updates on COVID-19. For your convenience, the blue headings are hyperlinked so you can easily navigate to the priority items. Notices of Funding Opportunities· Rural Telementoring Training Center
· State Environmental Justice Cooperative Agreement Program/ COVID-19 Projects
Conference Calls and Webinars· Weekly COVID-19 Care Site-Specific Call: Nursing Homes
· Weekly COVID-19 Care Site-Specific Call: Dialysis Organizations
· Weekly COVID-19 Care Site-Specific Call: Home Health and Hospice
· CMS COVID-19 Office Hour Calls
· Indian Health Service’s All Tribes COVID-19 Weekly Conference Call
· Weekly COVID-19 Care Site-Specific Call: Nurses
· Lessons from the Front Lines: COVID-19
· National Indian Council on Aging’s Title VI Grantees Weekly COVID-19 Call
· Substance Use During a Pandemic: Two Public Health Crises Collide
· Indigenous Health, Healing, and Research: COVID-19 Challenges and Strategies for Moving Forward
· Academia, Cell Biology, COVID-19, and a Long Path Traveled for the Navajo Nation
Guidance and Resources
· CDC’s COVID-19 Guidance Updates
· FAQs on Diagnostic Testing for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)
· National Council of Urban Indian Health’s Coronavirus Resource Center
· National Indian Health Board’s COVID-19 Tribal Resource Center
· National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) COVID-19 Learning and Action Collaborative
Updates and Tribal News· Provider Relief Fund Allocation to Indian Country