The Indian Health Service (IHS) is accepting grant applications for the FY 2010 Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) Community-Directed grant program.
This competitive grant announcement is open to all existing SDPI grantees that have an active grant in place and are in compliance with
credit:
the previous terms and conditions of the grant.
This program is authorized under H.R.
6331 ?Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008? (Section 303 of Pub.
L.
110-275) and the Snyder Act, 25 U.S.C.1 3. The program is described in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CDFA) under 9 3. 43 7.
The SDPI seeks to support diabetes treatment and prevention activities for American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities.
Grantees will implement programs based on identified diabetes-related community needs.
Activities will be targeted to reduce the risk of diabetes in at-risk individuals, provide services that target those with new onset diabetes, provide high quality care to those with diagnosed diabetes, and/or reduce the complications of diabetes.
The purpose of the FY 2010 SDPI Community-Directed grant program is to support diabetes treatment and prevention programs that have a program plan which integrates at least one IHS Diabetes Best Practice and that have a program evaluation plan in place which includes tracking outcome measures.