NIHB Resolution: Advancing Appropriations for Indian Health Service (IHS) Funding (2014)

The document is a 2014 resolution by the National Indian Health Board (NIHB) advocating for advanced appropriations for the Indian Health Service (IHS) to ensure consistent and reliable funding for Tribal health programs. It highlights the challenges caused by delayed federal appropriations and calls for budgetary reforms similar to those provided to the Veterans Health Administration to uphold the federal trust responsibility for American Indian and Alaska Native healthcare.

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