SPF-PFS iamndn 2026 - strategic prevention framework - partnership for success for communities and tribes the name of this project is SPF-PFS_iamndn for communities and tribes

The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded Comanche Nation $250,000 on September 30, 2026, under the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.492).

The project, titled SPF-PFS IAMNDN 2026 – Strategic Prevention Framework – Partnership for Success for Communities and Tribes, will reduce alcohol, vaping, and marijuana use among youth ages 10 to 24 in a five-county service area spanning Comanche, Caddo, Cotton, Stephens, and Kiowa Counties in Oklahoma. The project encompasses three goals: reduce current use rates of alcohol, vaping, and marijuana in the service area; expand local school partnerships by two new schools per project year with monthly prevention programming; and increase parent and guardian communication with youth about substance use risks by 15 percent per substance. The service area overlaps with jurisdictions of the Kiowa and Apache Tribes of Oklahoma, and all youth regardless of tribal citizenship are eligible for services.

The award period runs through September 29, 2031, with place of performance in Lawton, Oklahoma. Comanche Nation, a federally recognized tribe headquartered in Elgin, Oklahoma, serves approximately 17,000 enrolled members and surrounding communities through federal grant programs spanning health, social services, and related areas.

This project has three goals: reduce the use of alcohol, vaping, and marijuana; expand local school partnerships; and increase parent and guardian communication with youth about the risk of substance use. The comanche nation (CN) is a federally recognized tribe in oklahoma. Our service covers eight counties, but the geographic catchment area for this project includes a 5-county subset: comanche, caddo, cotton, stephens, and kiowa counties. These 5 counties have overlapping service areas with the kiowa and apache tribes of oklahoma. Oklahoma has over 38 federally recognized tribes, and unlike in other states, our tribal governments do not operate on separate reservations but rather CO-jurisdictionally with municipal and county governments, as well as other tribes. Our population of focus will be the entire youth population in our service area, ages 10 to 24. All youth, not just tribal citizens, will be eligible for services. The project has three goals: 1. By project end, reduce the overall rate of current alcohol, vaping, and marijuana use in our service area counties. 2. Expand local school partnerships by two new schools per project year with regular monthly prevention programming for students. 3. Increase parents and guardians communicating with youth about the risks of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs by 15% per substance by project end.