Tribal Self-Governance Planning

Key Facts

Status: Open

Posted date: August 14, 2025

Opportunity ID: 360300

Opportunity number: HHS-2026-IHS-TSGP-0001

Opportunity category: Discretionary

Agency name: Indian Health Service

Agency code: HHS-IHS

Award floor: $0

Award ceiling: $0

Cost sharing required: No

Funding Instrument Types
  • Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity
  • Health
Eligible Applicants
  • Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
  • Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
  • Others
Tools
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
  • agency_code:hhs_ihs
  • category_of_funding_activity:health
  • cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
  • eligible_applicants:native_american_tribal_governments_federally_recognized
  • eligible_applicants:native_american_tribal_organizations_other_than_federally_recognized_tribal_governments
  • eligible_applicants:others
  • funding_instrument_type:cooperative_agreement
  • opportunity_category:discretionary
  • status:open
Description

The TSGP allows Tribes to negotiate with the IHS to assume Programs, Services, Functions, and Activities (PSFAs), in whole or in part. This gives Tribes the authority to manage and tailor health care programs to best suit the needs of their communities.Participation in the TSGP gives Tribes flexibility to tailor their health care needs by choosing one of three ways to get health care from the Federal Government for their citizens.Tribes can choose to:Get health care services directly from the IHS.Contract with the IHS to administer individual programs and services the IHS would otherwise provide (referred to as Title I Self-Determination Contracting).Compact with the IHS to assume control over health care programs the IHS would otherwise provide (referred to as Title V Self-Governance Compacting or the TSGP).These options are not exclusive. Tribes may choose to combine options based on their individual needs and circumstances.This Planning Cooperative Agreement’s purpose is to provide resources to:Tribes interested in entering the TSGP.Existing Self-Governance Tribes interested in assuming new or expanded PSFAs

Tribal Self-Governance Planning
The TSGP allows Tribes to negotiate with the IHS to assume Programs, Services, Functions, and Activities (PSFAs), in whole or in part. This gives Tribes the authority to manage and tailor health care programs to best suit the needs of their communities.Participation in the TSGP gives Tribes flexibility to tailor their health care needs by choosing one of three ways to get health care from the Federal Government for their citizens.Tribes can choose to:Get health care services directly from the IHS.Contract with the IHS to administer individual programs and services the IHS would otherwise provide (referred to as Title I Self-Determination Contracting).Compact with the IHS to assume control over health care programs the IHS would otherwise provide (referred to as Title V Self-Governance Compacting or the TSGP).These options are not exclusive. Tribes may choose to combine options based on their individual needs and circumstances.This Planning Cooperative Agreement’s purpose is to provide resources to:Tribes interested in entering the TSGP.Existing Self-Governance Tribes interested in assuming new or expanded PSFAs
Tribal Self-Governance Planning
Open
Indian Health Service
Health
Cooperative Agreement
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Others
2025-08-14