Prevention programming will focus on risk factors identified by the tribal community with strategic planning to increase protective factors

The Department of Justice (DOJ), through its Tribal Youth Program (CFDA 16.731), awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the Round Valley Indian Tribes in Covelo, California. The 5-year grant, which commenced on October 1, 2024, will support the tribe's efforts to develop a comprehensive, public health-based approach to preventing issues facing tribal youth, including underage drinking, marijuana and opioid use/misuse, risky behaviors, violence, and the crisis of missing or murdered indigenous persons. The funding will enable the Round Valley Indian Tribes to implement prevention programming focused on addressing identified risk factors and increasing protective factors within the tribal community. This holistic, community-driven initiative aligns with the Tribal Youth Program's objectives to help federally recognized tribes create, expand, and strengthen tribally-driven juvenile justice strategies, including prevention, intervention, treatment, and cultural programming for youth.

Round valley indian tribes will utilize the public health model for prevention, which includes identifying risk factors and increasing protective factors to prevent issues facing youth, specifically underage drinking, marijuana use/abuse, opioid use/misuse, risky behavior leading to unsafe environments and outcomes, missing or murdered indigenous persons, violence and violent behavior.