The federal Project Grant award of $2,324,043.00 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 funding will support the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma in delivering prevention, treatment, and recovery support services aimed at reducing unmet treatment needs, opioid overdose-related deaths, and stimulant misuse and use disorders across...
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians received a $1,700,000 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. This 5-year grant is designed to address the opioid and stimulant use crisis within the Choctaw tribal community by providing a continuum of culturally appropriate, evidence-based prevention, harm reduction, recovery...
This Project Grant award, totaling $4,138,872.00, 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 will enable the Chickasaw Nation, a federally recognized tribal government, to address opioid use disorder (OUD) and other substance use disorders (SUD) within their community over a 5-year period from September 2024 to...
This $1,695,216 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 program (CFDA 93.243) aims to expand access to Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) for substance use disorders within the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians community in North Carolina. The funding will allow the Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority to provide outreach, peer support,...
This federal Project Grant award of $750,000.00 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243) aims to address substance abuse and alcoholism, with a focus on opioid and methamphetamine addiction, within the Yavapai-Apache Nation community in Arizona. The 5-year grant, beginning September 30, 2024, will fund culturally sensitive, holistic...
This federal Project Grant award, 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 program (CFDA 93.243), will support the Cherokee Nation's "Project Seven Star" initiative. The $375,000 award over a 5-year period from September 2024 to September 2029 aims to increase awareness of the connections between culture and health, build the capacity of the...
The Cherokee Nation was awarded a $1,990,000 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 5-year grant, commencing on September 30, 2024, will fund the Cherokee Nation SBIRT Project to provide substance use disorder screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment services for American Indian/Alaskan Native youth and...
The Cherokee Nation was awarded a $735,000 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) project grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The grant will fund the Cherokee Nation's Garrett Lee Smith Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention Project, which aims to increase the capacity to identify and respond to suicide risk factors in Native American youth within the Cherokee Nation reservation. The...
The Osage Nation Si-Si A-Pe-Txa was awarded a $386,902 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 5-year grant, running from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2029, aims to build a supportive community for Native Americans seeking sobriety and recovery. Key services to be provided under the grant include a...
This 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) provides $370,000.00 to the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma to deliver a comprehensive behavioral health program for youth aged 10-24 in Ottawa County, Oklahoma. The program will implement a public health model including universal prevention strategies, selective/targeted prevention, and indicated prevention...
This $500,000 Project Grant awarded 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 will allow the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma to establish "Project ABOHA" to prioritize shelter, recovery, and community support for at-risk or homeless individuals within the tribe's service area.
The project aims to increase the Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority's behavioral health capacity to provide assessment, treatment, and stabilization services for those experiencing or at risk of homelessness (Goal 1). It will also create an integrated community support network to connect patients to permanent housing and supportive services across the tribal service area (Goal 2). Over the 5-year project period from September 2024 to September 2029, the program is expected to serve 675 unduplicated individuals through case management, harm reduction strategies, and collaboration with Choctaw Nation's various outreach and housing programs.