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 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $487,461 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to Native Health, a non-profit minority-owned healthcare organization in Phoenix, Arizona. The grant funding will support an Integrated Health and Outreach Program for HIV and SUD Prevention targeting underserved urban Indigenous, Hispanic, and minority populations in...
This federal Project Grant award of $338,200.00 was provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Mental Health Disaster Assistance and Emergency Mental Health program (CFDA 93.982). The award will fund crisis counseling, outreach, case management, and mental health worker training services for the San Carlos Apache Tribal Council located in Arizona. This effort aims to address the immediate and long-term mental health needs of the tribal...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $375,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to Constructing Circles Of Peace, a non-profit organization in Nogales, Arizona. The funding will support the "Southern Arizona Coalitions Partnerships for Success" project, which aims to reduce the onset and progression of youth substance use and the prevalence...
The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Indian Health Service's Demonstration Projects for Indian Health (CFDA 93.933) program, awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Native Health, doing business as Native American Community Health Center, a non-profit organization located in Phoenix, Arizona. The grant will fund a 5-year initiative from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2030 to address the opioid crisis among the urban American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) population in Maricopa...
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 $129,558 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 funding will support the Hunkpapa Development Community Suicide Prevention Program, which will serve the Rapid City area and surrounding communities in South Dakota. The program aims to provide a strength-based outreach project to decrease suicide...
This federal Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), under the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (CFDA 93.104) program, provides $2,250,000.00 in funding to the San Carlos Apache Tribal Council to enhance the well-being of the San Carlos Apache youth through community capacity building and a cohesive system of care. The project will develop wraparound care coordination for the...
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 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $369,611 Project Grant under CFDA 93.243 (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance) to the Copper River Native Association (CRNA), a tribally owned healthcare organization serving five Ahtna tribes in Alaska. The "Cultural Crossroads: Strengthening Connections" program aims to mitigate high-risk behaviors linked to suicide and substance abuse through...
This federal Project Grant award of $130,000.00 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 grant, titled "Culture, Connection, & Healing for Urban Indigenous Families," will serve American Indian (AI) youth ages 9-24 and their parents/caregivers in Maricopa County, Arizona. The project aims to address substance misuse and suicide among AI families by increasing resiliency factors through evidence-based curricula, coalition work, and community-based prevention education. Key objectives include increasing AI youth's use of drug resistance strategies, improving family functioning and communication, and building the capacity of local AI-serving organizations to respond to high-risk behaviors. The five-year project, awarded on September 30, 2024, is being implemented by the Phoenix Indian Center, a non-profit, Native American-owned organization dedicated to enriching the lives of American Indian individuals in Maricopa County.