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During this COCA Call, presenters will discuss post-COVID conditions (PCC), an umbrella term for the wide range of health consequences that are present four or more weeks after infection with SARS-CoV-2, which includes long COVID. Cognitive symptoms, often described by patients as “brain fog”, are frequently reported following SARS-CoV-2 infection. The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) has recently published a Multi-Disciplinary Collaborative Consensus Guidance Statement on the Assessment and Treatment of Cognitive Symptoms in PCC that provides practical guidance to clinicians in the assessment and treatment of individuals with cognitive symptoms and a history consistent with PCC. The burden of PCC is expected to reflect the disproportionate burden of infection by race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status and to highlight ongoing inequities in health care. The Health Equity Work Group of the AAPM&R has developed guidance to highlight the central role that principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion play in delivering quality health care.
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The Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund (Capital Projects Fund) will address many challenges laid bare by the pandemic, especially in rural America, Tribal communities, and low- and moderate-income communities, helping to ensure that all communities have access to the high-quality modern infrastructure, including broadband, needed to access critical services.
Eligible Uses of Capital Projects Fund Grant Funding
Eligible Jurisdictions & Allocations
Treasury is hosting Office Hours every Thursday from 3-4PM ET until the June 1, 2022, submission deadline. Register to join an office hours session.
As the Department of the Treasury’s Point of Contact for Tribal Consultation, I invite you to attend a Tribal consultation on State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) technical assistance (TA) funding. The consultation will be held Tuesday, May 5, 2022, at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
By way of background, the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) provided funding to allow eligible jurisdictions to carry out TA plans to support very small businesses and businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (SEDI-owned businesses) as such businesses apply for an SSBCI program or other federal or jurisdiction program that support small businesses. Of the amounts for TA funding, approximately $15,000,000 is reserved for Tribal governments and may be used to “provide legal, accounting, and financial advisory services” to very small businesses and SEDI-owned businesses participating in SSBCI loan and investment programs (12 U.S.C. § 5708(e)). Tribal SSBCI programs must use these funds for TA to very small businesses and SEDI-owned businesses that are currently applying for, preparing to apply for, or have previously applied for SSBCI loans or investments (or other federal, state, or tribal small business programs) rather than TA for program administration.
Treasury is hosting a consultation to hear from Tribal governments about how TA funding can be equitably distributed among Tribal governments participating in SSBCI and how the SSBCI TA program can be effectively implemented for Tribal governments.
We respectfully request that each Tribal government register one primary leader or designee to provide comments. All others are welcome to register as listen-only participants. Please note that each consultation can host 500 participants. The deadline to submit written comments is May 15, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. Alaska Time. Written comments should be sent to tribal.consult@treasury.gov.
Consultations are off the record and not for press purposes.
Register here for the Tuesday, May 5, 2022, at 3:00 p.m. session.
During the consultation, Treasury welcomes Tribal leader feedback on the following questions:
1. How should SSBCI TA funding for Tribal governments be allocated among participating Tribal governments?
a. Should Treasury set minimum or maximum allocation amounts?
b. Have Tribal governments considered joint applications for TA funding? That is, two or more Tribal governments coming together to provide SSBCI TA.
i. If so, what issues Treasury should consider with respect to joint applications?
ii. How could Treasury streamline the processes for Tribal governments to consider or propose joint applications?
2. What eligible legal, accounting, and financial advisory services should Treasury consider for Tribal government SSBCI TA programs?
a. What do you anticipate will be the unique TA needs of Tribally government-owned enterprises that are applying for or have received SSBCI loans or investments?
b. What do you anticipate will be the unique TA needs of individual businesses that are applying for or have received Tribal SSBCI loans or investments?
3. What additional factors should Treasury consider, if any, in developing the allocation distribution methodology and uses?
We will send an agenda to registrants by April 29, 2022. We hope that you will be able to join us for this important discussion and we value your participation.
Sincerely,
Fatima Abbas, Interim Treasury Point of Contact for Tribal Consultation
U.S. Department of the Treasury
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Register for calls in the 2022 series
CDC hosts a bi-weekly national call series to provide state, tribal, local, and territorial partners with the latest information on the COVID-19 outbreak and U.S. preparedness efforts. For more information, email eocevent424@cdc.gov.
Upcoming call schedule:
*Please note that beginning today (May 23, 2022), the bi-weekly CDC COVID-19 All-STLT Update Call will be held from 2:00–2:30 PM ET. CDC does not send out a calendar invitation for this call, so please adjust your own invite to reflect the new time frame.
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The Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund (Capital Projects Fund) will address many challenges laid bare by the pandemic, especially in rural America, Tribal communities, and low- and moderate-income communities, helping to ensure that all communities have access to the high-quality modern infrastructure, including broadband, needed to access critical services.
Eligible Uses of Capital Projects Fund Grant Funding
Eligible Jurisdictions & Allocations
Treasury is hosting Office Hours every Thursday from 3-4PM ET until the June 1, 2022, submission deadline. Register to join an office hours session.
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The second Friday of every month: USET COVID-19 ECHO
The session will include updates related to Indian Country, updates on the status of COVID-19 in the USET region, and an opportunity to ask questions and receive expert advice.
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Central/12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern (join)
Join by phone only at any of the following numbers using meeting ID 918 0885 1929:
646-558-8656; 253-215-8782; 301-715-8592; 346-248-7799. Press *6 to mute your line.
**Continuing education credits are available for these sessions.**
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Join the National Parent–Teacher Association (PTA) at the We Can Do This: How Families Can Navigate the Current COVID-19 Environment webinar LIVE on the National PTA Facebook page on Wednesday, May 18 at 7 p.m. EDT
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The Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund (Capital Projects Fund) will address many challenges laid bare by the pandemic, especially in rural America, Tribal communities, and low- and moderate-income communities, helping to ensure that all communities have access to the high-quality modern infrastructure, including broadband, needed to access critical services.
Eligible Uses of Capital Projects Fund Grant Funding
Eligible Jurisdictions & Allocations
Treasury is hosting Office Hours every Thursday from 3-4PM ET until the June 1, 2022, submission deadline. Register to join an office hours session.
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CDC will hold a CDC COVID-19 Vaccine Partner Update call on Friday, May 20th, from 3:00 - 3:30 PM ET, to share details of the Thursday, 5/19 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting and provide a vaccine safety update. We will have a question and answer session on the call to field as many of your questions as we can.
Connection details are noted below. Please direct any questions to eocevent382@cdc.gov.
We look forward to your participation!
CONNECTION DETAILS:
You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: May 20, 2022 03:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: CDC COVID-19 Vaccine Partner Update Call
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Register for calls in the 2022 series
CDC hosts a bi-weekly national call series to provide state, tribal, local, and territorial partners with the latest information on the COVID-19 outbreak and U.S. preparedness efforts. For more information, email eocevent424@cdc.gov.
Upcoming call schedule:
*Please note that beginning today (May 23, 2022), the bi-weekly CDC COVID-19 All-STLT Update Call will be held from 2:00–2:30 PM ET. CDC does not send out a calendar invitation for this call, so please adjust your own invite to reflect the new time frame.
Please join the White House for the release of the report, Advancing Equity Through the American Rescue Plan, to hear from Biden-Harris Administration officials and key partners on how the Administration is working to ensure one of the most equitable recoveries on record.
This virtual event will take place at 2:30pm ET on Tuesday, May 24. We will be joined by Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo, American Rescue Plan Coordinator Gene Sperling, and senior officials from the White House Domestic Policy Council and Department of Treasury.
Advancing Equity Through the American Rescue Plan
Tuesday, May 24 at 2:30 pm ET
Please RSVP at https://pitc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_cgVOD_z1TjG4L5pfeTXx9g
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The National Indian Health Board (NIHB) invites you to join us for a webinar series that will build on Tribes and Tribal organizations' capabilities to address the environmental and human health impacts from the virus that causes COVID-19.
The webinars will be held the fourth Wednesday of every month from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm ET (1pm PT, 2pm MT, 3pm CT).
Register for the webinars.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. For more information and/or if you have suggestions for webinar topics, please contact Brett Weber at BWeber@nihb.org or Audrianna Marzette at amarzette@nihb.org.
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The National Indian Health Board (NIHB) invites you to the fifth webinar of the Free Enhancing Tribal Environmental Health Programs Engagement in COVID-19 Response Webinar Series.
The virus that causes COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) is found in the feces of individuals who have COVID-19, including asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic individuals. This means that wastewater testing can be used as an early-warning detection system for the virus in your Tribal community. Join us as we discuss how environmental monitoring of wastewater (regularly testing sewage) can help track COVID-19 and prevent its spread in your community.
For more information or if you have suggestions for webinar topics, contact Audrianna Marzette, Public Health Program Coordinator, Public Health Policy and Programs, at amarzette@nihb.org.
Who should attend?
The intended audience for this webinar is Tribal environmental health specialist, environmental technician, environmental engineers, health educators and CHRs, and Tribal public health professionals.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Division of Tribal Affairs, in collaboration with the CMS Division of Program Operations is holding this All Tribes Webinar to discuss returning to routine operations after the Public Health Emergency (PHE), as it relates to Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Disaster Relief SPAs and 1135 Waivers.
The purpose of this presentation is to provide an overview of the planning and actions states will need to take as the PHE comes to an end. States must comply with regulatory and statutory requirements when transitioning back to normal operations.
States will be reviewing flexibilities used during the PHE to determine which flexibilities will no longer be needed and which ones they may want to continue temporarily or on a permanent basis. This presentation will focus on actions the states will be taking to enact those decisions.
To review the updated CMS guidance on planning for the resumption of normal state Medicaid, CHIP, and Basic Health Program (BHP) operations upon conclusion of the COVID-19 PHE, see the August 13, 2021 State Health Official Letter (SHO) #21-002 at https://www.medicaid.gov/federal-policy-guidance/downloads/sho-21-002.pdf.
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The Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund (Capital Projects Fund) will address many challenges laid bare by the pandemic, especially in rural America, Tribal communities, and low- and moderate-income communities, helping to ensure that all communities have access to the high-quality modern infrastructure, including broadband, needed to access critical services.
Eligible Uses of Capital Projects Fund Grant Funding
Eligible Jurisdictions & Allocations
Treasury is hosting Office Hours every Thursday from 3-4PM ET until the June 1, 2022, submission deadline. Register to join an office hours session.