The Scammon Bay Native Connections project is a $250,000 Project Grant awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services program (CFDA 93.958). The five-year project aims to utilize the Yup'ik culture and traditional ways of life to deliver an evidence-based substance abuse prevention, suicide prevention, and mental health promotion program for youth in the Scammon Bay community. Key activities include implementing the Qungasvik (Tools for Life) intervention, providing culturally-centered prevention services, and establishing a new behavioral health cultural services project called Because We Love You (BEWEL). The project will serve the entire 600+ member community through universal prevention strategies and tribal gatherings, with a focus on engaging 180 high-risk youth ages 10-24 in peer-based and elder-led activities to promote positive behavioral health and well-being. Native Village of Scammon Bay, a federally recognized tribal government, is the prime recipient and will oversee the project.
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