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Draft Report: Currently being circulated for Tribal leader and health director<br />

review and comment. Please provide comments by October 30, 2012 to Liz<br />

Heintzman at the <strong>National</strong> <strong>Indian</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Board</strong> at EHeintzman@nihb.org.<br />

Acknowledgements<br />

This American <strong>Indian</strong> and Alaska Native Strategic Plan, 2013-2018 was developed by the CMS Tribal<br />

Technical Advisory Group (TTAG) with assistance from the Northwest Portland Area <strong>Indian</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Board</strong><br />

(NPAIHB). Funding for this project was provided by CMS through an Interagency Agreement with the<br />

<strong>Indian</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Service and a subcontract from the <strong>National</strong> <strong>Indian</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Board</strong> (NIHB).<br />

This plan was developed over a period of six months, beginning in June 2012. The TTAG Strategic Plan<br />

Subcommittee met in-person and by conference call to develop new goals, objectives, and tasks. TTAG’s<br />

subcommittees for Tribal Consultation, Long Term Care, Data, and Outreach & Education provided<br />

essential input related to their visions for future activities and outcomes. TTAG approved the plan for<br />

nationwide tribal comment and review in September 2012.<br />

This is the third AI/AN Strategic Plan developed by TTAG. Each plan has built on the work of the<br />

preceding plan, although much of the background information in previous plans has been dropped from<br />

this version to make it shorter. The first plan, for the period 2005-2010, was developed under the TTAG<br />

Strategic Plan Chairmanship of Margaret Terrance, Nashville Area Representative to TTAG, and was<br />

staffed by Mim Dixon, consultant. The second plan, for the period from 2010- 2015, was developed<br />

under the TTAG Strategic Plan Subcommittee, chaired by the Honorable W. Ron Allen, Chair of the<br />

Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, and Tribal Self-Governance Advisory Committee representative to the TTAG.<br />

The staff for the second plan included Craig Carter and Stephanie Craig Rushing from NPAIHB, as well as<br />

Kitty Marx and Caitlin Wesaw who were then at NIHB.<br />

TTAG would like to thank the many people in CMS who participated in interviews and provided their<br />

insights for the development of this plan. While we are keeping their names and comments<br />

confidential, we hope they will see the wisdom they shared reflected on these pages. Mim Dixon and<br />

Jim Roberts staffed this plan, with assistance from Lisa Griggs (NPAIHB), Tyra Baer (NIHB), and Liz<br />

Heintzman (NIHB).<br />

Strategic Plan Subcommittee<br />

W. Ron Allen, Tribal Chairman, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, Strategic Plan Subcommittee Chair<br />

Jennifer Cooper, JD, <strong>National</strong> <strong>Indian</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Board</strong><br />

Jim Crouch, MPH, California Rural <strong>Indian</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Board</strong><br />

Valerie Davidson, JD, Alaska Native Tribal <strong>Health</strong> Consortium<br />

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