The federal Project Grant award H79SM089715, provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services program (CFDA 93.958), supports the "Leading Our Future" program. This $119,977 initiative aims to prevent and reduce suicidal behavior, substance misuse, and the impact of trauma among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth on the Spokane Indian Reservation and surrounding communities. The...
This Project Grant award of $370,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program will fund the Native Health Indigenous Resiliency Program for Urban Youth in Maricopa County, Arizona. The program aims to foster mental health promotion and enable prevention and reduction of risk for...
The Indian Health Service (IHS) awarded a $1,000,000 project grant (CFDA 93.933 - Demonstration Projects for Indian Health) to Native Directions, Inc. to expand opioid use disorder (OUD) prevention and treatment services in San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne counties in California. The 5-year grant, awarded on February 1, 2025, aims to: Increase Native American/Alaska Native (NA/AN) community awareness and education about culturally appropriate and family-centered OUD prevention by 25%;...
The Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma received a $378,558 Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program. The grant aims to increase community champions to sustain suicide prevention efforts, promote positive mental health, and increase knowledge of suicide stigma and awareness among the Kiowa Tribe geographic catchment area. Key focus...
The Sacramento Native American Health Center (SNAHC) was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Indian Health Service (CFDA 93.933 - Demonstration Projects for Indian Health) to implement the SNAHC Community Opioid Intervention Prevention Program. This 5-year grant, effective February 1, 2025 through January 31, 2030, aims to: (1) Reduce unmet treatment needs and opioid overdose-related deaths through Medicated Assisted Treatment (MAT); (2)...
The Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board Inc. (AAIHB) received a $2,956,336 federal Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program. The award will fund the AAIHB Tribal Opioid Response Project from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2029. This project aims to address the critical issue of rising opioid-related mortality...
The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians was awarded a $750,000 Project Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program. The grant will be used to implement a comprehensive Opioid Response project over a 5-year period from September 2024 to September 2029. Key goals of the project include: Providing medication-assisted treatment (MOUD) and...
The Southern Indian Health Council, Inc. (SIHC) was awarded a $749,997 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The five-year grant, effective September 30, 2024 through September 29, 2029, supports SIHC's Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) program. Through this initiative, SIHC provides comprehensive substance abuse treatment, harm...
This Project Grant award, with a total funding amount of $750,000.00, was provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program. The award will support the implementation of the RED VISION program by the Native American Health Center, Inc. (NAHC), a minority-owned non-profit organization based in Oakland, California. The RED VISION project aims to...
The Osage Nation Si-Si A-Pe-Txa received a $1,250,000 Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program. The five-year grant, which began on September 30, 2024, will support the organization's efforts to prevent and reduce suicidal behavior, substance use/misuse, and the impact of trauma, as well as promote mental health among...