The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation has been awarded a $1,249,945 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, effective September 30, 2024, will support the Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) initiative to build capacity and provide long-term inpatient treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) among the tribe's...
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe was awarded a $1,000,000 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 will fund the Tribe's Tribal Opioid Response program, which has provided substance abuse prevention and intervention services for the Mashpee Wampanoag community over the past five years. The project aims to continue and...
This $1,250,000 federal 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 will allow the Mi'Kmaq Nation to expand and improve its substance use counseling, mental health counseling, case management, and recovery service programs. The funding will support key personnel including a TOR Project Director, Peer Recovery Coach...
The Oneida Nation was awarded a $850,000 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 program (CFDA 93.243). The grant funding will support the Oneida Nation Tribal Opioid Response Project, a culturally-based, trauma-informed prevention service aimed at addressing the opioid crisis within the Oneida community in Wisconsin. Key services to be provided...
This federal Project Grant award of $750,000 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) will support the Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy Tribe in Maine to utilize recovery support, harm reduction, and cultural practices for healing substance use disorders. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) Expanding the tribe's existing...
The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe was awarded a $750,000 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 program (CFDA 93.243). The 5-year grant supports the tribe's efforts to address substance abuse, overdose deaths, suicides, suicide attempts, and trauma within the Akwesasne Mohawk community, including generational and historical impacts. Key services to...
This federal Project Grant award of $750,000 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 goal of the Cocopah Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) Project is to increase access to Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD), substance use disorder (SUD), and co-occurring mental health and SUD treatment and recovery support services for 125...
The Hopi Tribe was awarded a $341,268 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program, administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, will fund the Hopi Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) Project, which will take place on the Hopi Indian Reservation in northeastern Arizona. The project aims to: 1) Increase the capacity of local...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $499,072 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin. The 5-year grant, effective September 30, 2024, will support the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Opioid Response Project. The project aims to decrease unmet treatment needs and opioid...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program, administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is providing a $1,700,000 project grant to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. The grant will fund the Turtle Mountain Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) program, which aims to address the opioid crisis in the tribal community. Key services to be provided under the award include:...
The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program, administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The funding will be used to implement the Mohegan Tribal Opioid Response Project, which builds on previous strategic planning and aims to increase access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services for tribal members. Key activities include hiring three in-house psychiatric advanced practice registered nurses to prescribe and monitor MAT, providing opioid and stimulant misuse education and prevention programs for the tribal workforce, and offering substance misuse and co-occurring disorders education, prevention, and treatment opportunities for all tribal members and their families using various delivery methods. The project utilizes an integrated treatment model that combines traditional treatment with culturally-based Native American healing practices. The award period runs from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2029.