Tribal Self-Governance - Planning

The Tribal Self-Governance - Planning opportunity is a forecasted federal cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Indian Health Service. The opportunity number is HHS-2027-IHS-TSGP-0001, and the associated Assistance Listing is 93.444, Tribal Self-Governance Program: Planning and Negotiation Cooperative Agreement. Grants.gov identifies the funding activity category as Health and the opportunity category as Discretionary. The forecast was dated August 6, 2026, and was last updated on August 6, 2026. Because the opportunity remains in forecast status, the information provided represents the Indian Health Service's anticipated funding schedule rather than a posted final funding announcement. The purpose of the cooperative agreement is to support tribes and tribal organizations in their efforts to plan and prepare for assuming responsibility for providing health care to their members through the Tribal Self-Governance Program. The Indian Health Service states that it intends to issue three awards under the program announcement. The forecast identifies an estimated total program funding amount of $540,000. No individual award floor or award ceiling is provided in the source. The source also does not provide specific allowable cost categories, spending restrictions, indirect cost limitations, subaward restrictions, or a stated period of performance. These details therefore remain to be established or confirmed when the complete funding announcement is posted. Eligible applicants identified in the forecast include Native American tribal organizations other than federally recognized tribal governments, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, and others as clarified by the additional eligibility information. The additional eligibility text specifies "Tribes/Tribal Organizations." The source does not provide a state-by-state or other geographic eligibility restriction. It also does not explicitly characterize the opportunity as nationwide. No cost sharing or matching requirement applies according to the Grants.gov forecast, which expressly lists the Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement as No. The opportunity is not yet open for applications. Grants.gov lists an estimated post date of February 1, 2027 and an estimated application due date of 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 provided forecast 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 describe required application forms, narratives, attachments, registrations beyond the information shown, submission questions, or other application components. Applicants will therefore need to rely on the complete funding announcement and application package when they are posted for definitive submission requirements. The source does not provide evaluation criteria, scoring factors, review priorities, or detailed selection procedures. It likewise does not identify specific application questions or sufficient application components from which a reliable preparation-time estimate could be calculated. The limited forecast description emphasizes planning and preparation by tribes and tribal organizations for assuming responsibility for health care delivery through the Tribal Self-Governance Program, but it does not provide additional review criteria from which evidence-based application tips can be derived. No previous recipients are identified in the provided material. The estimated award date is June 1, 2027, and the estimated project start date is also June 1, 2027. The forecast does not state that this funding opportunity recurs annually, biennially, quarterly, or according to another recurring schedule, so no recurrence is recorded from the available source. 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. The provided Link to Additional Information is incomplete and does not constitute a usable URL, and no complete direct PDF URL is supplied. Applicants should therefore treat the February 1, 2027 post date, April 1, 2027 application deadline, June 1, 2027 award date, and June 1, 2027 project start date as estimated dates associated with this forecast.