URBAN CONFER: IHS Allocation of Additional Funding Sources: American Rescue Plan Act, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and Build Back Better Act
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December 15 , 2021
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URBAN CONFER: IHS Allocation of Additional Funding Sources: American Rescue Plan Act, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and Build Back Better Act

Date: Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Time: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM (ET)
Zoom Virtual Meeting Link: https://ihs-gov.zoomgov.com/j/1600465373?pwd=cWRYbHFxcDZVZDBLMVQ3NmJ1S0NmZz09
Telephone: (833) 568-8864 Toll-free | Meeting ID: 160 046 5373 | Passcode: 070242
The Indian Health Service invites you to a virtual Urban Confer Session to share your input regarding the allocation of $210 million in additional funding to the IHS from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), Pub. L. No. 117-2, 135 Stat. 4 (March 11, 2021), $3.5 billion appropriated to the IHS in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Pub. L. No. 117-58 (November 15, 2021), and $2.35 billion currently under consideration by Congress in the Build Back Better Act (BBBA), H.R. 5376, 117th Cong. (2021). The three new funding sources are described in a November 22, 2021-dated letter to Urban Indian Organization Leaders [PDF – 194KB].

Written comments on the three funding sources to urbanconfer@ihs.gov . Please use the Subject Line: American Rescue Plan Act, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and Build Back Better Act. The deadline to provide written comments is Thursday, December 23, 2021.

Who Should Attend: Urban Indian Organization Leaders