The Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate (SWO) was awarded a $240,000 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 grant, effective from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2029, will fund the SWO Native Connections Behavioral Health Project. This project aims to engage the SWO community, particularly 3,242 American Indian youth aged 24...
The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribal Health Center (FSST HC) received a $499,958 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 will enable FSST HC to continue providing preventative, treatment, harm reduction, and recovery services for opioid use disorder to the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribal (FSST) community in...
The Sokaogan Chippewa Community was awarded a $340,865 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 grant aims to increase access to FDA-approved medications and comprehensive support services for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) within the Sokaogan Chippewa tribal community. The 5-year project will focus on...
The Oglala Lakota Division of Behavioral Health (OL-DBH) was awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243). The funding will be used over a 5-year period from September 2024 to September 2029 to implement a comprehensive set of behavioral health interventions aimed at reducing the abuse of opioids and...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Council. The grant, titled "NA'INBI WOWATSI - Our Way of Life", is a 5-year prevention project aimed at addressing opioid and substance use/abuse, as well as accidental overdose deaths, within the Ohkay Owingeh community. The project...
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (SRST) was awarded a $1,045,634 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 aims to address the opioid crisis in the Standing Rock community by increasing access to culturally appropriate and evidence-based treatment, including medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $16,281,088 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the South Dakota Department of Social Services, Division of Behavioral Health. This 3-year grant, effective September 30, 2024, will expand the state's opioid response efforts by increasing access to medications for...
The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma received a $341,265 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. The grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, will fund a 5-year initiative to address the opioid crisis among Seminole Nation citizens and other individuals from federally recognized tribes residing in the tribal jurisdiction and...
The Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska was awarded a $778,688 Project Grant (Award ID: H79TI087873) 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 fund the Tokaheya Takuye - The Santee Sioux Nation Health and Wellness Center to provide peer recovery support services to individuals and families within the tribe's exterior boundaries....
The Shoshone-Paiute Tribes received a $749,919 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. The five-year grant program aims to engage the whole community of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Idaho and Nevada in healing from the opioid crisis. Key activities include conducting listening sessions with students, tribal...
The Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate was awarded a $341,268 Project Grant 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 goal of this 5-year grant, which began on September 30, 2024, is to enhance medication-assisted treatment and harm reduction services for opioid use disorder and other substance use disorders on the Lake Traverse Reservation in South Dakota. Key objectives include:
Engaging 150 tribal members in culturally-responsive care coordination and recovery support services,
Providing opioid overdose prevention education and naloxone distribution to 1,310 community members,
Promoting workforce and community readiness for medication-assisted treatment and harm reduction practices through education and outreach.
The Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, a federally recognized tribal government, will implement this project to address the high rates of opioid overdose and substance use challenges among the 6,806 American Indian users of the Sisseton Indian Health Service, particularly targeting young adults aged 25-34.