A summary of Our Bodies, Our Stories, a report about the epidemic of sexual violence perpetrated against Native women living in Seattle, Washington.
Policy Document
The Seattle Indian Health Board (SIHB) strongly objects to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) recent actions and statements regarding the imposition of work requirements and other restrictive conditions on Medicaid eligibility for American …
Seattle Indian Health Board is pleased to share our policy one pager for the 2018 and 2019 fiscal years that we shared recently in Washington D.C. We also included health priorities that we hope to see …
The Seattle Indian Health Board is alarmed by the Trump administration’s recent efforts to roll back decades of hard-fought protections for American Indian and Alaska Native people by re-classifying AI/ANs as members of a racial group, …
Urban Indian Health Programs (UIHP) are currently attempting to gain eligibility for Medicaid’s 100% Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) payment for their IHS eligible patients receiving services at UIHPs. Confusion about 100% FMAP exists due to …
Because urban AI/ANs dwell outside the areas where federally recognized tribes have jurisdiction, they are left voiceless in informing policy created for the wellbeing of the entire AI/AN population. This brief discusses the need for urban …