Southern Plains Tribal Health Board (SPTHB) provides ongoing and as-needed technical assistance (TA) and support services to tribes and tribal organizations in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, while respecting their inherent right to self-govern. Our multi-disciplinary staff also offers community-driven technical assistance and support to state departments and other tribal community focused organizations aimed at enhancing the effectiveness in understanding and addressing the health status and health disparities in the Southern Plains tribal region.
Technical assistance encompasses a wide range of support services and resources designed to build meaningful and sustainable impact within the communities we serve. Technical assistance and support services are tailored to meet the diverse needs of our Indigenous communities and are often employed in areas like health promotion, culturally connected activities, disease prevention, policy development, program implementation, evaluation, and epidemiological services (i.e. data analysis, data visualization, etc.), to name a few.
SPTHB respects tribal sovereignty and recognizes that some technical assistance requests may require tribal approval and authorization in order for our staff to initiate the request.
Below are some example types of technical assistance and support services we provide. These technical assistance and support services are delivered through various channels, including (but not limited to) training sessions, webinars, resource materials, workshops, and consultation. When submitting your request, please be specific about the focus area of need.
Responding to technical assistance and support requests is one of our top priorities. For optimal support experience, please initiate and submit requests for technical assistance through this webpage portal and form.
Once you submit a technical assistance and support request form, the request is triaged to one or multiple in-house staff who are assigned to fulfill the request. In general, our staff aim to contact the technical assistance requester within two business days of submitting the request. Due to the complexity, scope, and coordination of the technical assistance and support request, the response time may increase.
For general questions and inquiries regarding technical assistance and support services, please visit our Contact Us page.
SPTHB respects tribal sovereignty and recognizes that some technical assistance requests may require tribal approval and authorization in order for our staff to initiate the request.
Technical assistance and support represent a working relationship between the individual, a program, or an organization requesting specialized support from SPTHB staff and resources. This working relationship includes our commitment to understand and respond to the needs of the requester. Since support can range in a wide variety of different topics or areas, the technical assistance and support request process will involve a commitment of time from both SPTHB staff and the requester for the purpose of building capacity and increasing internal infrastructure.
SPTHB provides specialized consulting and technical assistance services to tribes in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. SPTHB supports public health programs within the tribes, while respecting their inherent right to self-govern. Whether through data collection, grants or trainings, we aim to provide the highest quality public health services and support to Indigenous communities.
SPTHB provides a wide variety of professional development trainings to tribal and non-tribal partners. Through our virtual, on-demand, and in-person trainings, we aim to expand your knowledge and help build capacity through grant writing, understanding data, and how to utilize a variety of frameworks, among many training topics.
Yes. Staff at the SPTHB assist with many different projects and topics. Let our staff assist you, as our goal at SPTHB is to serve the tribes in our service area.
No. SPTHB respects the data sovereignty of Tribes and will not give data specific to a Tribe unless asked by, or with permission of, the Tribe in question.
It depends. SPTHB will try to help guide requests to the proper contacts if it is not available to be fulfilled by our current resources. Some projects will be big enough that it could require a formal contract to be completed.
It depends. Most requests are completed within a few days. However, some requests can take a year or longer.
Maybe. Smaller requests are typically provided at no cost. Larger requests may need a contract and the requesting organizations may need to compensate SPTHB for the project.
Contact our support team via email at info@spthb.org.
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