Public Health Nursing

The Public Health Nursing cooperative agreement 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-PHN-0001, and the Assistance Listing is 93.383, Public Health Nursing. Grants.gov identifies the opportunity as discretionary and places it in the Health category of funding activity. The forecast was dated August 6, 2026 and was last updated on August 6, 2026. Because this is a forecast rather than a posted funding opportunity, the currently available information describes the anticipated program and schedule rather than a complete application package. The goal of the cooperative agreement is to improve the overall health and wellness of American Indian and Alaska Native men through a culturally responsive Public Health Nursing case management and care navigation model. Under the anticipated program, Public Health Nurses will engage men in preventive health and wellness services, increase access to care, promote early identification and management of health conditions, and support healthy lifestyle behaviors. The described approach emphasizes coordinated, community-based interventions and the use of Public Health Nursing services to connect eligible populations with preventive and ongoing health care. The forecast estimates total program funding of 1500000 and an expected 10 awards. The source does not provide an award floor or award ceiling, so individual award amounts cannot be established from the available forecast. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement. Cost sharing or matching is expressly identified as not required. The source does not provide additional spending rules, indirect cost limitations, subaward restrictions, individual award periods, or other detailed allowable-use restrictions. Those details therefore remain unknown based on the forecast information currently available. Eligible applicants are identified as federally recognized Native American tribal governments, Native American tribal organizations other than federally recognized tribal governments, and other applicants as clarified by the additional eligibility language. The additional eligibility information specifically identifies a federally recognized Indian Tribe, a Tribal organization, or an Urban Indian organization as eligible. The source does not establish a conventional state-by-state eligibility restriction. Instead, eligibility is tied to the specified Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, and Urban Indian organization applicant types and to the program's focus on American Indian and Alaska Native men. The opportunity is forecasted to be posted on March 1, 2028. The estimated application due date is May 1, 2028, and electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on that date. The 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 provide application questions, required uploads, narrative requirements, evaluation criteria, or detailed submission steps beyond the requirement for electronic submission. Applicants will therefore need to rely on the subsequently posted funding announcement and application package for complete submission requirements. The estimated award date is July 1, 2028, and the estimated project start date is also July 1, 2028. No archive date is listed, and the source does not state that the opportunity is rolling or that it recurs annually, biennially, quarterly, or according to another recurring schedule. 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 source. Because the opportunity remains forecasted, dates, funding details, application requirements, and other program terms may be further specified when the full opportunity is posted.

Align the proposed approach with the stated culturally responsive Public Health Nursing case management and care navigation model, including preventive health and wellness services, increased access to care, early identification and management of health conditions, healthy lifestyle behaviors, and coordinated community-based interventions.