11th Annual National HHS Tribal Budget and Policy Consultation Session

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

11th ANNUAL NATIONAL HHS TRIBAL BUDGET and POLICY CONSULTATION SESSION

Hubert H. Humphrey Building

Washington, DC

DAY 1: Wednesday April 29, 2009

9:00-9:05 A.M. TRIBALOPENING (ROOM 800)

Robert Moore, Tribal Council Representative, Rosebud Sioux Tribe

9:05 – 9:10 AM TRIBAL OPENING REMARKS

Jefferson Keel, 1st Vice-President, National Congress of American Indians/Lt. Governor, Chickasaw Nation

9:10-9:15 A.M. WELCOME from HHS

Paul Dioguardi, Director, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs

Richard Turman, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Resources and Technology

9:15-9:20 A.M. HHS OPENING REMARKS

TBD, Department of Health and Human Services

9:20-9:30 A.M. TRIBAL LEADER INTRODUCTIONS

MODERATORS:

Tribal Moderator: JeffersonKeel, 1st Vice-President, National Congress of American Indians

Federal Moderator: Paul Dioguardi, Director, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs

9:30-11:30 A.M. Setting Tribal Priorities for HHS for the Coming Four Years

Tribal Leaders will express their Priorities for the Obama Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services and engage with HHS leadership on how best to address those priorities.

Federal Leadership:

John Monahan, Counselor to Secretary

Dora Hughes, Counselor to Secretary

Rima Cohen, Counselor to Secretary

Mary Wakefield, Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration

Edwin Walker, Acting Assistant Secretary for Aging

Jodi Gillette, Deputy Associate Director , White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs

Tribal Leaders Discussion:

Elected Tribal Leaders strongly encouraged to participate.

Delegates other than elected Tribal leaders must provide written notification from the Tribal Government that they are authorized to speak on that Government’s behalf.

11:30 – 12:30 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE BUDGET FORMULATION TEAM TESTIMONY

IHS Representatives:

Robert McSwain, Director, Indian Health Service

Randy Grinnell, Deputy Director for Management and Operations, Indian Health Service

Doni Wilder, Acting Deputy Director, Indian Health Service

Elizabeth Fowler, Director, Office of Finance and Accounting, Indian Health Service

Tribal Presenters:

Darryl Red Eagle, Co-Chair, Indian Health Service Budget Formulation Team

Gaiashkibos, Co-Chair, Indian Health Service Budget Formulation Team

12:30 - 1:20 P.M. LUNCH

1:30 - 3:15 P.M. OPDIV BREAKOUT SESSION #1:in separate meeting rooms

The purpose of these sessions is to provide Tribal representatives with an opportunity to present their budget priorities to HHS operating divisions (OPDIVs) that are of particular importance to their Tribe, and to work with the leadership and budget teams of the OPDIV to develop recommendations for the FY 2011 budget.

ROOM 800

ACF

ROOM 505A

CMS

ROOM 305A

NIH

ROOM 443E

AOA

ACF Representatives:

Ray Apodaca, Office of Family Assistance

Ann Barbagallo, Acting Director, Office of Family Assistance

Donna Bonar, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Child Support Enforcement

Patricia Brown, Acting Director, Office of Head Start

Deborah Yatsko, Family and Youth Services Bureau

Yolanda Butler, Acting Director, Office of Community Services

Gail Collins, Director of Program Implementation, Children’s Bureau

Caroline Gary, Deputy Commissioner, Administration for Native Americans

Tribal Representatives:

Maurice Lyons, President, National Indian Child Welfare Association, and Councilman, Morongo Band of Mission Indians

Karen Diver, Chairwoman Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

Chandler Sanchez, Governor, Pueblo of Acoma

Robert Cook, President, National Indian Education Association

Jonathan Windy Boy, Councilman, Chippewa-Cree Tribe

CMS Representatives:

Charlene Frizzera, Acting Administrator, CMS

Les Horneman, CMS/OFM

Kitty Marx, Director, Tribal Affairs Group

Tribal Representatives:

W. Ron Allen, Chairman/ CEO, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe

Kathy Hughes, Vice Chairwoman, Oneida Nation of Wisconsin

NIH Representatives:

Illeana Herrell, Director, Division of Scientific Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis

Tribal Representatives:

H. Sally Smith, Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation

Chester Antone, Councilman, Tohono O’odham Nation Council

AOA Representatives:

Steve Hagy, Director Office of Budget and Finance

Tribal Representatives:

Wallace Coffey, Chairman , Comanche Nation

James DelaCruz, Chairman, National Indian Council on Aging

3:30 - 5:15 PM OPDIV BREAKOUT SESSION # 2:in separate meeting rooms

ROOM 800

SAMHSA

ROOM 505A

CDC/ATSDR

ROOM 305A

HRSA

ROOM 443E

AHRQ

SAMHSA Representatives:

Daryl W. Kade, Director, Office of Policy, Planning and Budget

Beverly Watts Davis, Senior Advisor for Tribal Affairs

Tribal Representatives:

Robert Moore, Tribal Council Representative Rosebud Sioux Tribe

Andy Joseph, Tribal Council Representative, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and Chairman, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board

Martha Interpreter-Baylish, Tribal Council, San Carlos Apache Tribe

Maurice Lyons, President, National Indian Child Welfare Association, and Councilwoman, Morongo Band of Mission Indians

CDC/ATSDR Representatives:

Stephanie Bailey, Chief of the Office of Public Health Practice Office of the Director/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Rob Curlee, Deputy Director,

Financial Management Office

Michael Franklin, Senior Budget Analyst Financial Management Office

Tim Hack, Deputy Associate Director, Office of Policy, Planning & Evaluation National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)/Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR)

Ralph Bryan and Mike Snesrud, OD/Senior Tribal Liaisons

Tribal Representatives:

Buford Rolin, Chairman, Poarch Creek Band of Creek Indians

Jerry Freddie, Councilman, Navajo Nation Tribal Council

HRSA Representatives:

Marcia Brand, Deputy Administrator

Tanya Pagán Raggio Ashley, Director, Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities

Tribal Representatives:

Ken Lucero, Councilman, Zia Pueblo, All Indian Pueblo Council Health Committee

Cynthia Manuel, Tohono O’odham Nation Council

David Rambeau, National Council of Urban Indian Health

AHRQ Representatives:

Francis Chesley, Director, Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations

Tribal Representatives:

Reno Franklin, Health Delegate, Kashia Band of Pomo Indians , Chair, National Indian Health Board

Cara Cowan-Watts, Cherokee Nation Tribal Council

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

11th ANNUAL NATIONAL HHS TRIBAL BUDGET and POLICY CONSULTATION SESSION

Hubert H. Humphrey Building

Washington, DC

DAY 2: Thursday April 30, 2009

*All Discussion will take place in Room 800 for the entire day

8:45-8:50 A.M. TRIBAL OPENING

Andy Joseph, Tribal Council Representative , Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and

Chair, Northwest Portland Indian Health Board

8:50 – 9:00 A.M WELCOME/OPENING REMARKS:

Reno Franklin, Health Delegate, Kashia Band of Pomo Indians and Chair, National Indian Health Board

MODERATORS:

Tribal Moderator: Reno Franklin, Chair, National Indian Health Board

Federal Moderator: Richard Turman, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Resources and Technology

CROSSCUTTING ISSUE BREAKOUT SESSIONS

The purpose of these sessions is to discuss issues that are important to Tribal members and involve multiple HHS operating divisions. Tribal representatives will have the opportunity to highlight successful programs in Indian Country and to work with OPDIV staff to determine what budget policies may need to be changed in order to replicate successes.

9:00 – 9:45 A.M. Cross Cutting Issue #1: Long-Term Care

Federal Panel

Robert Hornyak, Director, Office of Core Programs, Administration on Aging

Bruce Finke, Nashville Area and IHS Elder Health Consultant

Kitty Marx, Director, Tribal Affairs Group, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Tribal Leader Presenter:

Robert Moore, Councilman, Rosebud Sioux Tribe

Wallace Coffey, Chair, Comanche Nation

Kathy Hughes, Vice Chair, Oneida Nation of Wisconsin

9:55-10:40 A.M. Cross Cutting Issue # 2: Mental and Behavioral Health

Federal Panel

Beverly Watts Davis, Senior Advisor for Tribal Affairs, SAMHSA

Bryan Wooden, Deputy Director, Division of Behavioral Health, IHS

Alex Crosby, Medical Epidemiologist, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control/Division of Violence Prevention (invited)

Tribal Leader Presenter:

Martha Interpreter-Baylish, Tribal Council, San Carlos Apache Tribe

Darryl Red Eagle, Councilman, Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes (invited)

Margaret Baha-Walker, Vice-Chair, White Mountain Apache Tribe

10:50-11:35 A.M. Cross Cutting Issue #3: Health Care Reform

Federal Panel

Paul Dioguardi, Director, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs

Tribal Leader Presenter:

Jefferson Keel, Lieutenant Governor, Chickasaw Nation, First Vice-President, National Congress of American Indians

Ken Lucero, Councilman, Pueblo of Zia and All Indian Pueblo Council Health Committee

Reno Franklin, Health Delegate, Kashia Band of Pomo Indians and Chair, National Indian Health Board

11:45-12:30 P.M. Cross Cutting Issue #4: Public Health

Federal Panel

Kevin Yeskey, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Director of Preparedness and Emergency Operations

LCDR Cheryl Peterson, Senior Public Health Advisor, Indian Health Service

Stephanie Bailey, Chief of the Office of Public Health Practice Office of the Director/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Tim Hack, Deputy Associate Director, Office of Policy, Planning & Evaluation National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)/Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR)

Tribal Leader Presenter:

Ben Shelly, Vice President, Navajo Nation

Buford Rolin, Chairman, Poarch Band of Creek Indians

Fawn Sharp, President, Quinault Indian Nation

Cynthia Manuel, Council Representative, Tohono O’ odham Nation

12:30-1:15 P.M. TRIBAL LEADERS AND HHS BUDGET ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

The purpose of this discussion is to provide an opportunity for Tribal representatives, OPDIV leadership and budget staff, and senior HHS leadership to engage in a discussion about the findings from the Tribal Budget Consultation, and to work together to determine how Tribal budget priorities can best be addressed into the overall HHS budget.

1:15-1:20 P.M. HHS WRAP-UP

1:20 – 1:30 PM. TRIBAL CLOSING