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IHS forecasts Zero Suicide Initiative funding for tribal health systems

Health and Human ServicesFunding availableAug 18, 2026

Check: The Indian Health Service (IHS) has forecast a Zero Suicide Initiative funding opportunity for Tribes and Tribal and Urban Indian organizations, with an estimated application due date of 2027-03-01.

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What it does

Federally recognized Tribes, Tribal organizations, and Urban Indian organizations (nonprofits serving urban American Indian and Alaska Native people) are eligible to apply. The program would strengthen suicide prevention by applying the Zero Suicide framework, a systematic approach to identifying and treating people at risk, across leadership, workforce, risk identification, treatment, continuity of care, and quality improvement. The opportunity is forecast to post around 2027-01-01 for fiscal year 2027.

Why it matters for tribal funding

Directly tribal. The document is about tribes, tribal programs or Native organizations specifically.

Who it covers: Tribal governments, Urban Indian organizations.

What to do next

  1. Watch for the posting of opportunity HHS-2027-IHS-ZSI-0001, estimated for 2027-01-01.
  2. Plan an application to be ready for the estimated application due date of 2027-03-01.
  3. Confirm your organization's eligibility category as a , , or Urban Indian organization under the cited definitions.

Sources

Every signal is built from public records. The highlighted words appear in the source exactly as shown.

  • Grants.gov: forecasted opportunitiesforecastAug 18, 2026

    Zero Suicide Initiative

    • Quoted from the source: “Eligible applicants: Federally recognized Tribe as defined by 25 U.S.C. 1603 (14); Tribal organization as defined by 25 U.S.C. 1603 (26); Urban Indian organization as defined by 25 U.S.C. 1603 (29).”
    • Quoted from the source: “Opportunity number: HHS-2027-IHS-ZSI-0001 Estimated post date: 2027-01-01 Estimated application due date: 2027-03-01”
    Read the originalU.S. government record, public domain.

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