Federal Grant Award Summary

The Nebraska Minority Resource Center (NMRC) received a $750,000 Project Grant award effective September 30, 2025, through September 29, 2030, from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243). The grant funds the Strategic Prevention Framework - Partnerships for Success Program, which will deliver community- and school-based substance use prevention services targeting Native American youth and young adults ages 12-24 in four Nebraska Panhandle counties: Box Butte, Cherry, Dawes, and Sheridan. Primary beneficiaries include members of the Oglala Sioux and Rosebud Sioux tribes at high risk for early initiation of alcohol and illicit drug use, though youth and families of other races and ethnicities in the service area will also benefit from the interventions.

The grant will support NMRC's implementation of the Strategic Prevention Framework's five-step process to develop a culturally relevant, comprehensive prevention plan. Key deliverables include: (1) data collection, review, and analysis to identify and prioritize substance use prevention needs across the four-county region; and (2) capacity building activities to enhance the region's ability to address prioritized substance misuse problems through coordinated, collaborative, and comprehensive efforts that align prevention services with identified risk and protective factors and social determinants of health. These initiatives will strengthen the region's capacity to coordinate with state and regional prevention efforts while building sustainable infrastructure for evidence-based substance abuse prevention programming.