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The Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is accepting applications for a five-year funding cycle to continue the planning, development, and implementation of the Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative (Short Title: MSPI). This program was first established by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008, Public Law 110-161, 121 Stat. 1844, 2135, and has been continued in the annual appropriations acts since that time. This program is authorized under the authority of 25 U.S.C. 13, the Snyder Act, and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, 25 U.S.C. 1601-1683. The amounts made available for the MSPI shall be allocated at the discretion of the Director of IHS and shall remain available until expended. IHS utilizes a national funding formula developed in consultation with Tribes and the National Tribal Advisory Committee (NTAC) on behavioral health, as well as conferring with urban Indian health programs (UIHPs). The funding formula provides the allocation methodology for each IHS Service Area. This program is described in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance under 93.933.