Friday, April 4, 2025
4/4/2025
Denver Indian Health and Family Services, Inc. ETHIC II Project - Our organization, Denver Indian Health and Family Services (DIHFS), is an Urban Indian Organization (UIO) that provides culturally appropriate care for American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) adults, children, and families in the Denver metropolitan area, including Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Denver, Douglas, Jefferson, and Weld Counties. Our organization was founded in 1978 as the result of a needs assessment conducted by the Denver Native Americans United that called for the co-location of medical services for the Indian community at one site; the provision of health education in addition to primary services; and the delivery of services in a manner that was comfortable to Indian patients. We provide a variety of services including primary care, dental care, behavioral health, health and wellness programs including diabetes prevention and management, and an on-site pharmacy and gym. We also help our clients enroll in health insurance and connect with community partners and resources. Currently and in the past, we have provided HIV/HCV/syphilis prevention, care, and/or treatment for patients with private insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid and third-party governmental funds such as IHS Title V. Due to financial constraints, our capacity to provide these services to low-income, uninsured AI/AN individuals has been extremely limited. The provision of grant funds will allow us to provide treatment to low-income, uninsured AI/AN individuals and provide rapid testing for patients, insured or not, and the general public from a public health lens (AI/AN targeted general public, but not patients we are collecting insurance or patient information from) using our Mobile Health Unit. Our project aims to increase diagnosis of HIV, HCV, and STIs; increase linkage to care; increase HIV and suppression rates and HCV and STI treatment; and increase adoption of PrEP and DoxyPEP.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).