The Special Diabetes Program for Indians Grant: Advancing AI/AN Diabetes Treatment & Prevention

• An urban Indian health program operated by an urban Indian Organization pursuant to a grant or contract with the Indian Health Service pursuant to title V of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act [25 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.].

• The Indian Health Service. Under this announcement, only one SDPI grant will be awarded per entity. If a Tribe submits an application or already has an SDPI grant, their local IHS facility cannot apply; if the Tribe does not submit an application or does not already have an SDPI grant, the IHS facility can apply. Tribes that are awarded grant funds may sub-contract with local IHS facilities to provide specific clinical services. In this case, the Tribe would be the primary SDPI grantee and the Federal entity would have a sub-contract within the Tribe’s SDPI grant.

• Not a current SDPI grant recipient.

The purpose of this program is to provide diabetes treatment and/or prevention activities and/or services (also referred to as “activities/services”) for AI/AN communities. Recipients will implement one Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) Diabetes Best Practice (also referred to as “Best Practice”) and report data on the Best Practice’s Required Key Measure (RKM). Recipients may also implement other activities/services based on diabetes-related community needs and develop an evaluation plan. Activities/services will be aimed at reducing the risk of diabetes in at-risk individuals, providing high quality care to those with diagnosed diabetes, and/or reducing the complications of diabetes.