The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) was awarded a $3,715,785 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 will fund a 5-year initiative to provide prevention, treatment, and recovery support services aimed at reducing unmet treatment needs, opioid overdose-related deaths, and stimulant misuse and use disorders across...
This federal Project Grant award of $500,000 over 5 years, issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 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 Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma's "Project ABOHA" initiative. Project ABOHA aims to increase the Choctaw Nation's capacity to provide assessment, treatment, and...
The Chickasaw Nation was awarded a $4,138,872 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). This 5-year grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, will enable the Chickasaw Nation to provide a comprehensive continuum of care for First American adults in Oklahoma struggling with...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to the Bay Mills Indian Community in Michigan under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program. The grant funding will be utilized over a 5-year period from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2029 to support a comprehensive continuum of prevention, harm reduction,...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $386,902 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243) to the Keetoowah Economic Development Authority, a tribally owned firm, to address the opioid crisis in rural American Indian communities in northeastern Oklahoma.
The 5-year grant program, titled "Resiliency...
The Sokaogon Chippewa Community was awarded a $544,990 Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services' 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 enhance access to FDA-approved medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) and expand comprehensive support services focused on prevention, harm reduction,...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $341,268 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin. The grant will fund the St. Croix Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) Project from September 2024 to September 2029. The TOR Project aims to decrease opioid and stimulant use, as well...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $7,000,000 Project Grant (CFDA 93.243) to the Cherokee Nation for its Tribal Opioid Response (CN TOR) Program. The CN TOR Program will provide evidence-based substance use disorder treatment, recovery services including medication-assisted treatment, harm reduction, and prevention services to American Indians within the Cherokee Nation reservation in northeastern...
This federal Project Grant award of $499,072 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 supports the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Opioid Response Project, which aims to decrease unmet treatment needs and opioid overdose-related fatalities among members of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians...
This $899,666 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.596 Tribal Justice Assistance Program) will enable the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (MBCI) to restart and expand its Healing to Wellness Court program. Over the 5-year grant period, the program will provide evidence-based substance abuse treatment, counseling, and rehabilitative services to up to 20 court-involved youth (ages 13-17) and adult offenders annually, for a total of...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $1.7M Project Grant to the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians 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 the Choctaw Tribal Opioid Response Project to address the opioid and stimulant use crisis in the tribal community. Key objectives include: increasing workforce capacity for outreach and treatment services, enhancing recovery support community engagement, implementing evidence-based contingency management programs, maintaining prevention strategies, increasing naloxone dissemination and training, and ensuring continued access to medication-assisted treatment. The project aims to serve 20 unduplicated individuals and 1,450 individuals for prevention/harm reduction services annually over the 5-year award period.