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Miriam Jorgensen on New Policy Brief Dissecting Round 1 Allocations of CARES Act Tribal Funding

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Miriam Jorgensen, Research Director with the Harvard Project and with Native Nations Institute at the University of Arizona, discusses the release of a new Harvard Project and Native Nations Institute policy brief dissecting the US Treasury Department's round 1 allocations of CARES Act funding for tribal governments. The Treasury's population choice results in arbitrary and capricious allocations of funds.
 
CARES Act
COVID-19
tribal health care funding
data collection
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Miriam Jorgensen
Megan M. Hill
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Interviews
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Intergovernmental Relations

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