The Native Village of Scammon Bay received a $250,000 Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services program (CFDA 93.958). The grant will fund the Scammon Bay Native Connections project, which aims to utilize Yup'ik cultural practices and ancestral strengths to deliver an evidence-based prevention program called Qungasvik (Tools for Life) to reduce substance abuse, suicide, and promote...
This Project Grant award of $249,973 was provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services program (CFDA 93.958). The award will fund the "YKHC Calricaraq Native Connections" project, which aims to serve 1,500 youth in the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta region of southwest Alaska over 5 years. The project will provide culturally-appropriate mental health and substance abuse prevention services to the...
The Kawerak, Inc. was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services under the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services program (CFDA 93.958). The "Circle of Hope Project" aims to prevent and reduce suicidal behavior, substance misuse, and trauma, as well as promote mental health among Alaska Native youth up to age 24 in the Bering Strait region. The multi-faceted initiative will...
The Native Village of Goodnews Bay received a $999,996 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 establishment of a local counseling program to address the opioid crisis impacting the Goodnews Bay community and surrounding region in Southwest Alaska. Key objectives include: (1) providing counseling...
This Project Grant award for $120,000.00 was provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services program (CFDA 93.958). The grant supports the Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) Native Connections Project, which aims to build the capacity of five hub communities in Interior Alaska to prevent suicide and substance use, and promote mental health among youth and young adults ages 10-24. Key project activities...
The Native Village of Tyonek received a $1.25 million (over 5 years) Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services program (CFDA 93.958). The grant will enable the tribe to expand services addressing suicide and substance abuse among Native youth ages 24 and younger in the Tyonek community. Key objectives include developing a tribal action plan for evidence-based prevention and...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $369,611 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the Copper River Native Association (CRNA) in Alaska. The grant, titled "CULTURAL CROSSROADS: STRENGTHENING CONNECTIONS", aims to mitigate high-risk behaviors linked to suicide, substance abuse, and truancy among Alaska Native/American Indian (AI/AN) youth...
The City of Togiak was awarded a $248,963 Project Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services program (CFDA 93.958). The grant, titled "Togiak Youth Cayaillkutaq", will be used to implement culturally-based interventions and create a sustainable community-based behavioral health system in Togiak, Alaska. The project aims to prevent and reduce suicidal behavior and substance use among...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the Village of Alakanuk, a federally recognized tribal government located in Alaska. The grant will fund the implementation of culturally informed opioid prevention education and harm reduction activities for community members of all ages in Alakanuk over a 5-year...
The Akiachak Native Community was awarded a $1,250,000 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 culturally informed and responsive community and school-based opioid prevention education activities in Akiachak, Alaska over a 5-year period from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2029. The...
The Native Village of Hooper Bay in Alaska was awarded a $120,000 Project Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services program (CFDA 93.958). The grant will fund the Native Connections program, which aims to provide safe and healthy activities for the Hooper Bay community's 591 youth under 24 years of age. Key activities include teaching traditional Yup'ik "qaygiq" (life lessons) by local elders to build coping skills and positive identity, as well as reopening a youth and elder community center to serve as a hub for additional prevention and wellness programming. The 5-year project will serve an estimated 1,500 youth and address the high rates of suicide and mental health challenges facing this remote Yup'ik community in southwestern Alaska.