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Monitoring Services For Tribal Injury Prevention Cooperative Agreements
Sundance Research Institute, under subcontract to Econometrica, Inc., is assisting the
Indian Health Service (IHS) to monitor and provide technical assistance for 33 Tribal
Injury Prevention Cooperative Agreement Program (TIPCAP) grantees in 8 IHS areas.
TIPCAP provides funds to American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal organizations to develop
their infrastructure and capacity in injury prevention. Econometrica is providing oversight
and technical assistance to the 33 TIPCAP grantees in support of IHS’s priority of increasing
accountability. Specifically, Sundance Research Institute staff is performing the following tasks:
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Conduct semiannual conference calls with each TIPCAP grantee.
The calls include an assessment of each grantee’s progress toward written objectives
and requirements, an account of barriers and challenges, identification of each grantee’s
needs, and technical assistance. In addition, calls sometimes involve a discussion
of program updates, methods to improve grantee performance generally, and general
technical guidance.
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Conduct ongoing training in community-based injury prevention.
Sundance Research Institute is developing worksheets to document each assigned
grantee’s injury prevention goals, progress toward those goals, and parties
responsible for tasks; annually reviewing and updating the TIPCAP Handbook;
and responding to technical assistance requests, as needed.
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Plan and participate in the Annual TIPCAP Workshop.
The workshop includes effective strategies in injury prevention,
strategies in capacity building and sustainability, resource development,
skill-building exercises, and networking.
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Monitor.
Sundance Research Institute is providing ongoing training and
technical assistance, identifying grantees that are experiencing
challenges and developing corrective action steps, and compiling
an annual profile of each grantee.
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Conduct site visits.
Sundance Research Institute is visiting assigned TIPCAP grantees once
per year. The purpose of the site visits is to assist grantees in
accomplishing program goals.
This project is awarded for a five-year period to provide services
on an ongoing basis to the 33 Tribal Injury Prevention grantees.
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