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Articles of Interest
- AP 6/22: Shots for tots: COVID vaccinations start for little US kids
- AP 6/8: US diverts COVID-19 funds to secure vaccines amid stalemate
- NBC 1/19: White House: Free N95 Masks Will Be Available at Pharmacies, Health Centers
- CNN 1/18: Website to order free Covid-19 tests is up and running
- New York Times 1/15: How the mRNA Vaccines Were Made: Halting Progress and Happy Accidents
- CNN 1/11: 5 reasons you should not deliberately catch Omicron to ‘get it over with’
- New York Times 1/7: How to Think About Covid Data Right Now (account required)
- New York Times Opinion 1/7/22: Here’s When We Expect Omicron to Peak (account required)
- 11/1: Research report on the transmission of SARS-COV2 in White-tailed deer
- The Hill 11/8: Poll shows just how far COVID-19 misinformation has traveled
- Native News Online 10/25: Data Genocide: The State of New York Neglects to Count Native Americans in COVID Data
- National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) 10/8: COVID-19 Disproportionately Impacts Native Youth, Leaves Children Without Caregivers
- US News & World Report 9/15: Since the Pandemic Began, 1 in 500 Americans Have Died of COVID-19
- Associated Press 9/2: Bureau of Indian Education issues vaccine mandate
- NPR 8/23: Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine Gets Full Approval From The FDA
- CNN 8/20: Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Simple steps for coexisting with the coronavirus
- Gaylord News 8/18: Oklahoma tribes canceling Labor Day events in response to COVID-19 uptick
- US News & World Report 7/27: Employers Have Legal Right to Mandate COVID Shots
- Washington Post 7/17: How to stay safe as covid-19 cases from the delta variant are on the rise
- PBS/Nova 7/6: American Indians have the highest Covid vaccination rate in the US
- National Law Review 6/1: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Says Employers Can Mandate COVID-19 Vaccines
- Law Office of Richard McGee: Can Employers Mandate Vaccines?
- Indian Country Today 3/12: Joint op-ed in response to Dr. Bruce Davidson
There’s a dangerous misconception that the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is not as effective as other vaccines and that American Indian/Alaska people shouldn’t get it. That would be a deadly mistake. - CNBC 2/19: Dr. Fauci: There’s ‘a bit of confusion’ about when everyone will get vaccinated — here’s the timeline you need to know
- The Hill 2/11: Biden says US will have enough doses to vaccinate every American by July
- Washington Post 2/11: Fauci predicts ‘open season’ for vaccinations by April
- CNN 2/9: Tribal health providers have figured out the key to Covid-19 vaccine success. Here’s their secret.
- Bloomberg 1/29: J&J Vaccine Provides Strong Shield Against Severe Covid
- Politico 1/29: Johnson & Johnson vaccine is 66% effective in global study
Updates from Federal Partners
- White House 6/9: FACT SHEET: Biden Administration Announces Operational Plan for COVID-19 Vaccinations for Children Under 5
- White House 5/17: Fact Sheet: The Biden Administration Announces Americans Can Order Additional Free At-Home, Rapid COVID-19 Tests at COVIDTests.gov
- White House 4/26: Biden Administration Increases Access to COVID-19 Treatments and Boosts Patient and Provider Awareness
- CDC 4/13: CDC Mask Order Remains in Effect and CDC Realigns Travel Health Notice System
- GAO 3/31: Indian Health Service: Relief Funding and Agency Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
- White House 3/30: Fact Sheet: Biden Administration Launches COVID.gov, a New One-Stop Shop Website for Vaccines, Tests, Treatments, Masks, and the Latest COVID-19 Information
- IRS 3/29: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for COVID-19 relief payments by Tribal Governments made to individual Tribal citizens (read the USET SPF Alert to learn more)
- Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response 3/7: Test to Treat Fact Sheet
- White House 3/2: National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan
- White House 1/31: A Guidebook to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
- HHS 1/25: HHS Distributing $2 Billion More in Provider Relief Fund Payments to Health Care Providers Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic
- HHS 1/20: Biden-Harris Administration Awards $103 Million in American Rescue Plan Funds to Reduce Burnout and Promote Mental Health and Wellness Among Health Care Workforce
- US Postal Service 1/18: Place Your Order for Free At-Home COVID-19 Tests
- White House 1/14: The Biden Administration to Begin Distributing At-Home, Rapid COVID-19 Tests to Americans for Free
- CDC 1/7: Updated guidance for K-12 schools that aligns with the updated quarantine and isolation guidance
- CDC 1/5/22: CDC Expands Booster Shot Eligibility and Strengthens Recommendations for 12-17 Year Olds
- CDC: Interim Guidance for Managing Healthcare Personnel with SARS-CoV-2 Infection or Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 (last updated 12/23)
- HHS 12/14: HHS Is Releasing $9 Billion in Provider Relief Fund Payments to Support Health Care Providers Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic
- White House 11/8: American Rescue Plan resources for Native Americans
- FEMA 11/3: FEMA Public Assistance Supports COVID-19 Vaccine Administration to Children
- GAO 10/29: Lessons Learned from Interior and Treasury’s Administration of CARES Act Funds Could Improve Federal Emergency Relief to Tribes
- SSA: Spotlight: Tribal Payment Exclusions Under COVID-19 Presidential Disaster Relief Funds
- HRSA: Apply by Oct. 26 for Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Phase 4 and ARP Rural Distributions
- Apply via the Provider Relief Fund Application and Attestation Portal
- Review the Application Instructions Webpages
- Technical Assistance: Overview and Portal Demo (Sept. 30 webcast recording; Oct. 5 webcast recording; slides)
- Technical Assistance: Providing Supporting Documentation (Oct. 13 webcast recording; Oct. 21 webcast recording; slides)
- Safer Federal Workforce
- FAQs (building operations, facilities, leave, mask wearing, signage, testing, vaccinations, visitors, etc.)
- For Federal Contractors
- White House 9/27: American Rescue Plan resources for Native Americans
- FEMA 9/20: FEMA Support for COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts Continues
- HHS 9/10: HHS Announces the Availability of $25.5 Billion in COVID-19 Provider Funding
- FEMA 9/10: FEMA Provides Retroactive Reimbursement for COVID-19 Safe Opening and Operation Costs
- DOI 9/2: Interior Department to Require COVID-19 Vaccinations for Staff at BIE-Managed Schools
- CDC 8/27: COVID-19 School Testing Toolkit
- FEMA 8/27: FEMA Public Assistance Funding for Disaster Operations in a Pandemic
- FEMA 8/26: FEMA Funding for COVID-19 Testing
- FDA 8/12: FDA Authorizes Additional Vaccine Dose for Certain Immunocompromised Individuals
- HHS and DOJ 7/28: Guidance on Long COVID as a Disability
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 7/28: Rental assistance is available to help renters and landlords
- FEMA 6/30: FEMA Amends COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Policy
- DOI 6/25: U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland on the Importance of Getting a COVID-19 Vaccine (1:18 video)
- FEMA 6/17: COVID-19 Education Resource Roadmap (updated 6/14)
- White House 6/16: Child Tax Credit Awareness Day is Monday, June 21
- HHS 6/11: Provider Relief Fund General and Targeted Distribution Post-Payment Notice of Reporting Requirements
- FEMA 6/10: FEMA Releases COVID-19 Healthcare Resource Roadmap (Version 2.0)
- FEMA 6/8: COVID-19 Update
- FEMA 5/17: FEMA Announces Operational Guidance for Disaster Response and Recovery in Pandemic Environment
- Administration for Native Americans (ANA) 5/14: Tribal Food Security Resources: A Guide for Tribal Leaders during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Recovery Period
- White House 5/11: FACT SHEET: President Biden to Announce Additional Efforts to Get America Vaccinated, Including Free Rides to Vaccination Sites from Lyft and Uber, Vaccination Clinics at Community Colleges, and Additional Resources for States’ Community Outreach Efforts
- FEMA 5/11: FEMA Funds Community Engagement for COVID-19 Vaccinations
- FDA 5/10: FDA Authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use in Adolescents in Another Important Action in Fight Against Pandemic
- FEMA 5/10: FEMA Update
- FEMA 5/10: FEMA Releases COVID-19 Food and Nutrition Resource Roadmap (Version 2.0)
- FEMA 5/7: FEMA Releases State-Specific Funeral Assistance Information
- White House 5/4: FACT SHEET: President Biden to Announce Goal to Administer at Least One Vaccine Shot to 70% of the U.S. Adult Population by July 4th
- FEMA 5/3: COVID-19 Update
- FCC 4/29: FCC Announces Start Date of Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
- FEMA funeral assistance information:
- 4/28: A Message from FEMA on COVID-19 Funeral Assistance
- 4/26: Dear Tribal Leader Letter following up on funeral assistance
- 4/12: Update: Funeral Assistance
- 3/24: FEMA to Help Pay Funeral Costs for COVID-19-related Deaths
- IHS 4/13: COVID-19 vaccines available in Baltimore for Native Americans in D.C., Maryland, Virginia
- CDC and FDA 4/12: Joint Statement on Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine
- CDC 4/9: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
- COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality Among American Indian/Alaska Native and White Persons — Montana
- Use of Stay-at-Home Orders and Mask Mandates to Control COVID-19 Transmission — Blackfeet Tribal Reservation, Montana
- Notes from the Field: COVID-19 Case Investigation and Contact Tracing Program — Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota
- FEMA 4/8: Audit-Related Guidance for Entities Receiving FEMA Public Assistance Funds
- FEMA 4/5: Safe Opening and Operation Work Eligible for Public Assistance
- FEMA 4/5: FEMA COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Update
- FEMA 4/2: Safe Opening and Operation Work Eligible for Public Assistance: Second Dear Tribal Leader Letter
- White House 3/28: President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Disaster Declaration for the Poarch Band of Creek Indians
- FEMA 3/9: FEMA Ensures Equitable Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines
- CDC 3/9: When You’ve Been Fully Vaccinated
- CDC 3/8: Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People
- FEMA 2/22: Coronavirus Pandemic Whole-of-America Response: By the Numbers
- Department of Veterans Affairs (VA): COVID-19 Information for GI Bill Students
- FEMA 2/17: FEMA COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Winter Weather Update
- FEMA 2/16: FEMA Supports COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Amid Winter Weather Response
- White House 2/9: President Biden Announces Community Health Centers Vaccination Program to Launch Next Week and Another Increase in States, Tribes, & Territories’ Vaccine Supply
- FEMA 2/3: FEMA Statement on 100% Cost Share
Updates from HHS COVID-19 Community Corps
- 10/7: COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters Resources
- 9/14: COVID-19 vaccines resources to build vaccine confidence
- 8/20: Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters
- 8/17: COVID-19 Vaccination Safe for Pregnant People
- 8/6: Back to School Starts Now!
- 7/31: Rental assistance is available to help renters and landlords
- 6/30: July 1 is Trusted Messengers Day
- 6/23: COVID-19 Vaccination Tools for Long-Term Care Facilities
- 6/4: A message from President Biden on the National Vaccine Month of Action
- 6/2: Join the National Vaccine Month of Action!
- 5/18: Parents Trusted Messenger Roundtable TOMORROW
- 5/13: The Pfizer vaccine is now available to anyone 12 and older
- 5/6: Tools to Help Find Vaccines Near You
- 4/30: New Tools to Boost Your Vaccine Confidence Work
- 4/18: This is BIG: Everyone age 16 and older will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccine on April 19!
- 4/15: J&J Vaccine Update and HHS Key Messages
USET/USET SPF Member News
- InformNNY.com 1/28: Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe COVID-19 vaccination rate hits 70%
- Cherokee One Feather 1/24: January is highest COVID month for Cherokee
- Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe 1/11: Tribal Health Services Reports 68.7% Vaccination Rate
- CTNewsJunkie.com 1/4: Foxwoods Offering Free Vaccination Clinics on Tuesdays
- InformNNY.com: 1/4/22: SMRT reports highest active COVID-19 cases since pandemic start
- Indian Time 12/2: SRMT’s Health Services Provides Booster Shots, Home Test Kits
- Indian Time 9/9: SRMT EOC Reports Spike in COVID-19 Cases: 19 Total Active
- Bangor Daily News 9/8: Penobscot Nation to suspend child care and limit other services due to COVID surge
- Daily Press 8/30: 90% of eligible tribe members in Virginia have had at least one coronavirus vaccine dose; Upper Mattaponi, Chickahominy tribes say for their tribes, it’s a matter of survival
- Native News Online 8/26: With Less Than Half of Eligible Citizens Vaccinated, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Offers $100 Gift Cards
- InformNNY.com 8/23: Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe reinstates mask mandate for all
- IndianTime.net 8/12: MCA and SRMT unite to share urgency of vaccination amid risks of delta variant
- WLOS.com 7/30: Cherokee reinstates indoor mask mandate in public places as COVID-19 cases climb
- InformNNY.com 7/22: Saint Regis Mohawk Health Services urging public to get vaccinated
- The Neshoba Democrat 7/22: Pearl River Resort casino temporarily reinstates mask mandate
- Indian Time 6/24: SRMT Health Services Promote Vaccinations Against Delta Variant
- WKBW 4/19: Seneca Nation making COVID-19 vaccine accessible to neighboring school districts
- WWNO 4/12: The Chitimacha Tribe Avoided COVID-19 Death And Hospitalization — Now It’s Vaccinating The Community
- CAI 4/7: Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Says Vaccination Going Well; Offers Doses to Teachers in 3 Towns
- Spectrum News 4/6: Vaccine Clinics Wednesday in Seneca Nation’s Allegany, Cattaraugus Territories
- Patch.com 3/31: Mashantucket Tribe Has Distributed More Than 10,000 Vaccines
- WKBW 3/31: COVID-19 vaccination pop-up April 7 to serve Seneca Nation, surrounding communities
- Fox 10 News 3/31: Poarch Band of Creek Indians holds vaccine clinics
- The Herald 3/31: Rock Hill’s Catawba tribe to make COVID-19 vaccine available to more Native Americans
- Fox 10 News 3/30: Poarch Creek Indians to help vaccinate rural communities
- White House 3/28: President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Disaster Declaration for the Poarch Band of Creek Indians
- Maine Public Radio 3/18: ‘This Is A Very Vulnerable Population’ — How The Penobscot Nation Responded To The Pandemic
- 3/17: The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana and Paragon Casino Resort Donate $10,000 to the CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Foundation for COVID-19 Response Efforts
- Maine Beacon 3/15: Wabanaki: Success of independent vaccine strategy shows power of tribal sovereignty
- Indian Time 3/11: Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Makes COVID-19 Vaccination Available to MCA District Elders
- Cape Cod Times 3/9: Mashpee Wampanoag Health Service Unit to hold vaccination clinic for town’s teachers
- Cherokee One Feather 3/3: EBCI holds second-dose vaccine clinic
- Cherokee One Feather 2/11: Vaccine event in Cherokee accelerates rollout
- WNCT 2/3: Catawba Nation vaccinating members 18 and up
- Carolina Public Press 1/27: Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians administers COVID-19 vaccine independently
- FEMA 1/26: The Federal Emergency Management Agency has obligated $384,000 to the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe (SRMT) for costs related to the COVID-19 vaccine mission.
- Cape Cod Times 1/1/21: Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe receives COVID-19 vaccines