title: Land of opportunity. Roubideaux takes over at a time when stimulus funding and a proposed boost to the agency's budget could be forthcoming. However, she still says her main concern is that IHS is 'underresourced' and 'underfunded'.
abstract: 2009 brought good news for the Indian Health Service, with a boost to its budget and $500 million in stimulus funding. The new director, Yvette Roubideaux, says it's a good start for an underfunded agency. But some think the stimulus money is unfairly targeting two states: Alaska and South Dakota. Jim Roberts, left, calls it a "boondoggle".
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zigmond
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D002017:Budgets; D005380:Financing, Government; D007857:Leadership; D014481:United States; D016549:United States Indian Health Service / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration