Northwest washington indian health board native connection project - northwest washington indian health board (nwwihb) tribal behavioral health native connections grant application abstract…

Northwest washington indian health board native connection project - northwest washington indian health board (nwwihb) tribal behavioral health native connections grant application abstract SM-23-021 our vision for our nwwihb native connections project is to keep our tribal youth and our communities coast salish strong. To realize our vision, we propose to utilize findings from the native transformations project to develop universal and selective prevention strategies that are culturally-grounded and strengths-based with the goal to build protection and resilience against substance misuse and suicide among youth 10 to 24 years. The nwwihb serves an IHS "user population" of 17,003 people in SIS federally recognized tribes: the lummi nation, the nooksack indian tribe, the upper skagit tribe, the samish indian nation, the swinomish tribal community, and tulalip tribes. The mission of the board is to provide public health services and health advocacy through health education, health assessment and community health control and evaluation. The board of directors are made up of delegates from each of the respective tribes and meet monthly to oversee the boards operation and share information regarding heath issues within their tribal communities. The organizations executive director is responsible for the day-to day operations, administration and program performance. T the northwest washington indian health board (nwwihb) native connections project aims to translate findings from the native transformations project into community-driven and cultural substance misuse and suicide prevention strategies for the nearly 5000 youth 10 through 24 years residing in the nwwihb service region. Deaths from drug overdose have reached epidemic levels within our tribal communities in the pacific northwest. Rates of fatalities from opioid overdoses have increased rapidly over the past five years and impact most severely upon youth and young adults residing on their ancestral lands in rural and reservation-based tribal communities. We acknowledge our tremendous strengths and resilience as tribal people, and prior research through the native transformations project demonstrates the power of the protective factors inherent in our coast salish culture and ways of living. The nwwihb native connections project aims to address critical gaps and unmet substance misuse and suicide prevention needs for youth and young adults residing the nwwihb service area. We propose to accomplish the following goals 1) promote coast salish protective factors among youth ages 10 through 24. 2) to increase tribal readiness and capacity in the nwwihb service area to deliver youth prevention, referral follow up and postvention services as well as mental health promotion. 3) to develop and deliver community-driven strength-based and cultural prevention strategies using results from the native transformations project and implement strategies with youth ages 10 through 24. 4) to keep our youth in our communities coast salish strong.