Indian Health Service (IHS): IHS recently launched the National Health Coach Pilot Project to deliver health coach training to community and health professionals in Indian Country. The pilot project includes two cohorts of 50 participants.

The IHS will use the results and feedback from participants in this pilot project to assess the feasibility of establishing a health and wellness coach and behavior change approach at the clinical and community levels. The pilot project will also assist IHS in evaluating the integration of health coaching concepts into programmatic priorities, including behavioral health, mental health, substance abuse, community health, and diabetes efforts.

Participants: community and health care professionals working across tribal communities and clinical settings who provide health information and patient education to Native patients and communities

Join the project: Cohort 1 applications are due by March 16 (Cohort 2 will be announced later.)

Cohort 1 training period: April to October 2022