The pueblo of sandia is a federally recognized american indian tribe located north of albuquerque, new mexico

The Pueblo of Sandia, a federally recognized American Indian tribe in New Mexico, was awarded a $482,743 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.596 Tribal Justice Assistance Program). The funding will help the tribe develop, support, and enhance its adult tribal justice system, and assist in the prevention of opioid, alcohol, and other substance abuse-related crimes. Specifically, the grant will allow the Pueblo of Sandia to expand its behavioral health program by providing evidence-based, trauma-informed intensive outpatient treatment, behavioral activation, aftercare planning, and peer mentorship services. The tribe will also offer parenting classes and substance abuse support groups to serve its approximately 427 tribal members. The overall goal is to create a culture of sobriety and reduce the high recidivism rate in New Mexico, which was 49.1% in 2023. The five-year grant period runs from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2028.

IT is one if the 19 american indian pueblos in new mexico. With this funding, IT would help our tribal justice system develop, support, and enhance adult tribal justice systems, and IT will also assist in the prevention of crimes related opioid, alcohol, and other substance abuse. Sandia pueblo would enhance its behavioral health program by working closely with tribal court and healing to wellness courts by giving them resources that are evidence-based, trauma-informed intensive outpatient treatment (IOP), behavioral activation, aftercare planning, and peer mentorship through the behavioral health department, as well as parenting classes and alcoholics anonymous/narcotics anonymous support groups. This programming will allow US to serve all 427 tribal members of the pueblo of sandia community. The purpose of this project is to create a culture of sobriety and to stop the epidemic of criminal recidivism. In new mexico, the recidivism level is 49.1 percent in 2023, and this collaboration with tribal justice system and behavioral health will help lower that rate by comprehensively treating underlying substance use disorders in a culturally competent manner that allows community members to remain in their community with which they are fundamentally interdependent.