Joseph Robinette Biden, Fact Sheet: Biden Administration Invests $4 billion in American Rescue Plan Funding to Combat… (2021)
“ Additionally, IHS, tribal, and urban Indian health programs can use this funding to provide support for trusted local voices and medical professionals to conduct outreach into communities and build vaccine confidence – projects that are already seeing success. ”
Joseph Robinette Biden, Fact Sheet: Biden Administration Invests $4 billion in American Rescue Plan Funding to Combat… (2021)
“ American Indian and Alaska Native people are at higher risk for COVID disease and complications. According to a recent CDC report, American Indians and Alaska Natives were 3.5 times more likely to get COVID-19 than the non-Hispanic white population, and they have had the highest hospitalization rate of any racial or ethnic group. Native people are also more than 4 times as likely to be hospitalized as a result of COVID-19. ”
Joseph Robinette Biden, Fact Sheet: Biden Administration Invests $4 billion in American Rescue Plan Funding to Combat… (2021)
“ The $4 billion investment also supports more than $84 million in assistance for urban Indian organizations, $140 million for health IT and necessary equipment to provide telehealth services, and $500 million to support overall health care services in Indian Country. ”
