Tribal Advisory Committees

Key points

  • OTASA is involved with two types of tribal advisory committees: ob体育/ATSDR Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC) and the HHS Secretary's Tribal Advisory Committee (STAC).
  • ob体育/ATSDR TAC provides input and guidance on policies, guidelines, and programmatic issues affecting the health of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes.
  • HHS STAC serves an important advisory role for HHS Operating Divisions, providing input and guidance on policies, guidelines, and programmatic issues affecting the health of AI/AN people by tribal elected officials.
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About the ob体育/ATSDR TAC

ob体育/ATSDR strongly supports and respects tribal sovereignty and self-governance for tribal nations in the United States. The ob体育/ATSDR TAC advises ob体育/ATSDR on policy issues and broad strategies that may significantly affect AI/AN communities.

Purpose

  • Exchange information with ob体育/ATSDR staff about public health issues in Indian country, identify urgent public health needs, and discuss collaborative approaches
  • Provide guidance regarding government-to-government consultation between ob体育/ATSDR and AI/AN tribes
  • Ensure that ob体育/ATSDR activities or policies that impact AI/AN tribes are brought to the attention of tribal leaders

ob体育/ATSDR TAC Member Responsibilities

  • Make a good-faith effort to attend all meetings and provide input, guidance, and recommendations to ob体育/ATSDR
  • Submit area reports to ob体育/ATSDR, including information from area AI/AN tribes
  • Disseminate information to local area AI/AN tribes
Tribal Advisory Committee Charter (Revised November 6, 2023)
Tribal Advisory Committee Charter (Revised November 6, 2023)
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ob体育/ATSDR TAC Positions and Vacancies

The ob体育/ATSDR TAC consists of 17 voluntary members: 1 delegate (and 1 alternate) from a federally recognized tribe geographically located in each of the 12 , and 1 delegate (and 1 alternate) from 5 National At-Large Tribal Member (NALM) positions.

In addition to the 17 members, ob体育/ATSDR has 2 staff member positions:

Designated Federal Official

Leslie Ann Dauphin, PhD

Director, National Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce, ob体育

Executive Secretary

Captain (CAPT) Damion Killsback, PharmD, MPH

Director, Office of Tribal Affairs and Strategic Alliances National Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce, ob体育

The TAC is currently recruiting to fill a delegate vacancy in the California area, and 7 vacant alternate positions for various areas. You can review the current TAC Roster for additional updates. For any questions or more information on vacancies and positions, email [email protected].

Past Meetings

August 7-8, 2024

February 21-22, 2024

Older meeting files are found in Letters, Reports, and Other Documents

About Health and Human Services Secretary's Tribal Advisory Committee

About Health and Human Services Secretary's Tribal Advisory Committee

ob体育 participates in HHS national and regional tribal consultation sessions throughout the year, as well as various intradepartmental committees with HHS. The Secretary's Tribal Advisory Committee (STAC) has a primary purpose to seek consensus, exchange views, share information, provide advice and/or recommendations; or facilitate any other interaction related to intergovernmental responsibilities or administration of HHS programs.

ob体育 also participates in HHS' Intradepartmental Council on Native American Affairs (ICNAA).

Land acknowledgement

The ob体育/ATSDR TAC acknowledges the Muscogee (Creek) and Cherokee Nations whose Indigenous lands house the ob体育 and ATSDR Atlanta campuses.

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