Tribal Management Development

The Tribal Management Development grant is a forecasted federal funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Indian Health Service. The opportunity number is HHS-2027-IHS-TMD-0001, and the associated Assistance Listing is 93.228, Indian Health Service, Health Management Development Program. The opportunity is categorized as discretionary grant funding within the Health funding activity category. The forecast was dated August 6, 2026, and was last updated on August 6, 2026. The Indian Health Service anticipates making between five and sixteen awards under the program announcement. The purpose of the Tribal Management Grant program is to prepare tribes and tribal organizations to assume all or part of existing Indian Health Service programs, functions, services, and activities under Public Law 93-638, the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, as amended. The program also seeks to further develop and improve the health management capabilities of tribes and tribal organizations. The supplied forecast does not provide a more detailed list of allowable expenditures, prohibited expenditures, individual project activities, indirect cost limitations, or other spending restrictions. Estimated total program funding is $2,986,000. The source does not provide an award ceiling or award floor. Although the description states that the Indian Health Service intends to issue five to sixteen awards, the General Information section identifies sixteen as the expected number of awards. No cost sharing or matching requirement applies to the opportunity. The supplied forecast does not state an individual award range, project period length, per-year funding amount, or other award-specific financial limitation. Eligible applicants are Native American tribal organizations other than federally recognized tribal governments and Native American tribal governments that are federally recognized. The additional eligibility information summarizes the eligible population as tribes and tribal organizations. The source does not identify eligibility for other organization types and does not provide an explicit state-by-state or nationwide geographic eligibility statement. Accordingly, no broader geographic eligibility is inferred beyond the tribal applicant requirements expressly provided in the forecast. The opportunity is currently in the forecast stage rather than accepting applications. The estimated posting date is February 1, 2027, and the estimated application due date is April 1, 2027. Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the listed application due date. The supplied material does not identify a letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, initial application, or other pre-application gating requirement. It also does not identify specific application forms, narrative questions, required attachments, evaluation criteria, scoring criteria, or a recurring application schedule. The estimated award date is May 1, 2027, and the estimated project start date is also May 1, 2027. The fiscal year identified for the opportunity is 2027. No archive date or performance period end date is provided. Because the source does not state that the Tribal Management Development opportunity recurs annually, biennially, quarterly, or according to another regular schedule, recurrence is not inferred. Questions may be directed to the Indian Health Service Division of Grants Management at dgm@ihs.gov or 301-443-5204. No individual grantor contact person is named in the supplied forecast.

Align the proposed work with the program purpose of preparing tribes or tribal organizations to assume all or part of existing Indian Health Service programs functions services and activities under Public Law 93-638 and or further developing and improving health management capabilities.