WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- After implementing a new policy that
American Indians and Alaska Natives will be eligible for all discretionary
grants, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) has awarded $49.3 million in FY 2006 grant funding for 14 new, and
one supplemental, discretionary grants to tribal organizations for
prevention, treatment and recovery support services. The announcement was
made by Assistant Surgeon General Eric Broderick, D.D.S., M.P.H., SAMHSA's
Acting Deputy Administrator, during his October 4 presentation to the
National Congress of American Indians 63rd Annual Convention in Sacramento,
California.
"In keeping with SAMHSA's vision of 'A Life in the Community for
Everyone,' our goal is not only to ensure that there is a place in our
tribal communities for everyone, but also that those lives are full and
have a good quality of life where native language, culture and traditions
-- including native healing approaches -- can flourish," said Dr.
Broderick. "SAMHSA has set an aggressive agenda that supports this policy
and these grants will ensure that true progress can be made."
The $49.3 million is the total approximate amount for the grant award
period, which ranges from one to five years. First-year funding totals
nearly $11 million. Continuation of these awards is subject to both
availability of funds and progress achieved by awardees.
The funds will support culturally relevant programs to promote mental
health and prevent suicide, mental illness and substance abuse --
especially methamphetamine use. Those receiving grants included:
Recovery Community Services Program
-- Tohono O'odham Nation, Sells, Arizona -- $350,000 for the first
year to implement a comprehensive peer-to-peer system to support
individuals in recovery with a full range of recovery support
services provided locally in the 11 districts that make up the
federally recognized tribe, which has one of the highest rates of
substance abuse among all populations in the United States.
State-Sponsored Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention Program
are:
-- Tohono O'odham Nation, Sells, Arizona -- $400,000 in first-year
funding to implement a public private partnership-built program to
address the risk factors leading to youth suicide, including
substance abuse, using evidence-based practices appropriate to the
Tohono O'odham Nation.
-- White Mountain Apache Tribe, in Collaboration with Johns Hopkins
University, White River, Arizona -- $400,000 in the first year to
collaborate to expand its suicide prevention initiative by
implementing an integrated three-tier suicide prevention approach
using culturally adapted, piloted and evaluated evidence-based
interventions that address youth suicide risk and protective
factors on the individual, family and community levels. Tier one
focuses on community education about suicide risk factors and
prevention. Tier two addresses the needs of youth with suicide risk
factors. Tier three serves youth who have attempted suicide.
-- Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Fort Yates, North Dakota -- $400,000 in
the first year to implement Okolakiciye Unyukinipi ("Revitalizing
our Societies") that will bring together tribal leaders, service
providers, youth and faith community leaders to implement a
comprehensive tribal youth suicide prevention and early
intervention plan that will identify and increase youth referral to
mental health services and programs, increase protective factors
and reduce risk factors for youth suicide, and improve access to
prevention and early intervention programs.
-- State of South Dakota, Pierre, South Dakota -- $400,000 in the
first year to implement suicide prevention and early intervention
programs in high schools and universities targeting youth ages
14-24, parents, staff and community "gatekeepers," providing
awareness, training and education and establishing linkages among
schools, mental health centers and substance abuse treatment
providers through referral and post-intervention protocols. Among
the partners are Sinte Gelska University on the Rosebud Indian
Reservation and Wakanyeja Pawicayapi on the Pine Ridge Indian
Reservation.
-- State of Wyoming, Cheyenne, Wyoming -- $400,000 in the first year
to reduce the rate of suicidality among state youth, ages 10-24,
with a special emphasis on Native American youth and college
students, through better statewide coordination (including the
establishment of a statewide youth suicide prevention advisory
council), school-based programming, community-based prevention
programming, a pilot program for high-risk youth and
anti-stigma/public awareness.
Child Mental Health Services Grants
-- Pascua Yaqui Tribe, Tucson, Arizona -- $1 million for the first
year to develop the Sewa Uusim program, a sustainable tribal system
of care for children with severe emotional disturbance (SED) and
their families that is culturally-based and consistent with
evidence-based practices, utilizing a wraparound service
methodology that incorporates community members as caregivers and
family members as advisors.
Strategic Prevention Framework Incentive Grants
-- Cook Inlet Tribe Council, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska -- $1,633,546 for
the first year will support a tribal infrastructure development
project to establish a solid foundation for delivering and
sustaining effective substance abuse prevention services for the
Anchorage tribal community.
-- Native American Health Center, Inc., Oakland, California --
$1,455,143 for the first year to support the One with All program
to expand the capacity of Northern California tribal organizations
to provide culturally appropriate, evidence-based substance abuse
prevention services for American Indians and Alaska Natives in the
region. Built on the principles of the strategic prevention
framework, it will include not only a needs assessment and
development of a comprehensive strategic plan, but also an in-depth
evaluation of the approaches utilized and their impact on the
growing community.
-- Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa, Peshawbestown, Michigan
-- $513,831 for the first year to work in partnership with the
Michigan Public Health Institute's Center for the Collaborative
Research in Health Outcomes and Policy to implement, evaluate, and
sustain a strategic prevention framework-focused substance abuse
prevention effort among the population of the Grand Traverse Band.
The program is designed to prevent the onset and reduce the
progression of substance abuse, including childhood and underage
drinking.
-- The Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, Oklahoma -- $2,093,000 in the first
year to forge a comprehensive, data-driven, community-based
integrated system of prevention across the nation. This substance
abuse prevention system will provide the infrastructure for
delivering and sustaining effective, efficient, and culturally
appropriate substance abuse prevention services to American Indian
citizens who live in the area served by the tribe.
-- Great Lakes Intertribal Council, Inc., Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin
-- $1,104,835 for the first year to develop and implement the Great
Lakes Intertribal Council Strategic Prevention Framework State
Incentive Project to help the 11 tribes of Wisconsin build the
infrastructure and capacity needed to better prevent substance
abuse in their communities, with an emphasis on underage drinking.
Grants to Prevent Methamphetamine Abuse
-- Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, Oklahoma -- $350,000 in first-year
funding to forge a comprehensive, community-base, integrated system
to prevent methamphetamine abuse for American Indian children and
adolescents. The preventive intervention will be culturally
appropriate, use known-effective program elements, and engage the
active participation of community members in development and
implementation.
-- Native American Rehabilitation Association of NW, Inc., Portland.,
Oregon -- $350,000 in the first year to implement Raising Our
Seventh Generation, a pilot program to identify innovative
methodologies to prevent, reduce or delay methamphetamine abuse
among young Native American children whose parents are in treatment
for methamphetamine abuse, including culturally relevant program
components to develop or strengthen known protective factors for
young children at risk of drug use.
Treatment for Homeless Program (Supplement)
-- Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc. Anchorage, Alaska-- $199,808 for
one year to add five residential treatment beds for homeless
chronic inebriates who are Alaskan Natives or American Indians.
This program will provide comprehensive, coordinated case
management services.
SAMHSA is a public health agency within the Department of Health and
Human Services. The agency is responsible for improving the accountability,
capacity and effectiveness of the nation's substance abuse prevention,
addictions, treatment and mental health service delivery system.
SOURCE Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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