Urban Indian 4-in-1 Grant Program

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The purpose of this program is to ensure the highest possible health status for Urban Indians. Funding will be used to support the 4-in-1 health program objectives. These programs are integral components of the Indian Health Service (IHS) health care delivery system. Funds from this effort will ensure that comprehensive, culturally acceptable personal and public health services are available and accessible to Urban Indians. Each grantee shall provide health care services under this award only to eligible Urban Indians living within the urban center in which the Urban Indian Organization (UIO) is situated. An "Urban Indian" eligible for services, as codified at 25 U.S.C. 1603(13), (27), and (28), includes any individual who: 1.   Resides in an urban center, which is any community that has a sufficient Urban Indian population with unmet health needs to warrant assistance under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA), as determined by the Secretary, Health and Human Services (HHS), and who meets one or more of the following criteria: a.   Irrespective of whether he or she lives on or near a reservation, is a member of a Tribe, band, or other organized group of Indians, including: i.   those Tribes, bands, or groups terminated since 1940, and ii.   those recognized now or in the future by the state in which they reside, or b.   Is a descendant, in the first or second degree, of any such member described in 1.a.; or c.   Is an Eskimo, or Aleut, or other Alaska Native; or d.   Is a California Indian; or e.   Is considered by the Secretary of the Department of the Interior to be an Indian for any purpose; or f.   Is determined to be an Indian under regulations pertaining to Urban Indian health that are promulgated by the Secretary, HHS.

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