Dear Tribal Leader Letters (DTLLs) provide information and updates to partners in the field about funding opportunities, scholarships, emerging issues, and priority topic areas. Explore this page to stay informed and for easy access to archived DTLLs.
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General Updates
HRSA Regional Office Structure (PDF - 319 KB)* - April 22, 2025
Health Workforce
- Compare HRSA’s National Health Service Corps and Indian Health Services Loan Repayment Programs (PDF - 42 KB)
- Compare HRSA’s National Health Service Corps and Indian Health Services Scholarship Programs (PDF - 137 KB)
Maternal and Child Health
- Joint HRSA-CDC Letter on Congenital Syphilis - April 3, 2024
- September Advisory Committee on Infant and Maternal Mortality Meeting Letter (PDF - 125 KB) - August 1, 2022
Primary Health Care
- Using CDC Screening and Treatment Guidelines to Control Syphilis rates within AI/AN communities (PDF - 196 KB) - July 6, 2023
Dear Tribal Leader Letter Archive
- 4/8/25: National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program FY25 Application Cycle Letter (PDF - 174 KB)*
- 4/23/24: Annual Tribal Consultation Dear Tribal Leader Letter (PDF - 35 KB)
- 5/30/23: Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program (PDF - 20 KB)
- 4/14/23: FY 23 Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program (STAR LRP) (PDF - 36 KB)
- 2/16/23: 2023 Nurse Corps Scholarship Program and 2023 National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program Letter (PDF - 38 KB)
- 1/17/23: FY 2023 Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program Application Cycle Letter (PDF - 125 KB)
- 12/13/22: National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program Letter (PDF - 36 KB)
- 11/30/22: Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP): National HCOP Academies Funding Opportunity Letter (PDF - 105 KB)
- 8/23/22: Maternity Care Health Professional Target Areas Update Letter (PDF - 55 KB)
- 7/25/22: FY23 National Health Service Corps Students to Service Loan Repayment Program Letter (PDF - 154 KB)
- 3/21/22: National Health Service Corps New Site Application (PDF - 103 KB)
- 3/15/22: Nurse Corps and National Health Service Corps 2022 Application Cycles Letter (PDF - 150 KB)
- 12/21/21: Provider Relief Fund Letter (PDF - 206 KB)
- 11/24/21: National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program 2022 Application Cycle Letter (PDF - 33 KB)
- 10/22/21: Maternity Care Target Areas (MCTA) Criteria Letter (PDF - 73 KB)
- 9/15/21: HRSA's Shortage Designation Modernization Project Related to Tribes and Urban Indian Organizations Letter (PDF - 47 KB)
- 7/6/21: Substance Use Disorder and Treatment Loan Repayment Program (STAR LRP) Letter (PDF - 129 KB)
- 4/22/21: $15 Million in NHSC Loan Repayment Programs Earmarked for Indian Country Letter (PDF - 33 KB)
- 3/11/21: New Information Related to Tribes and Urban Indian Organizations on Training for the HRSA 2021 National Shortage Designation Update 2.0 As Part of the Shortage Designation Modernization Project Letter (PDF - 30 KB)