The Ketchikan Indian Community (KIC) was awarded a $732,213 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 enhance opioid use disorder (OUD) prevention and treatment services for adults in the Ketchikan community, including those facing homelessness and socioeconomic challenges. Key objectives are to: 1) Expand OUD...
The Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $1,005,154 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC). This 5-year grant (9/30/2024 - 9/29/2029) will enable SEARHC to expand evidence-based opioid use disorder treatment services at its clinics in Juneau, Alaska and...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $1,023,802 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to Southcentral Foundation, an Alaska Native non-profit healthcare organization. The 5-year grant aims to reduce unmet treatment needs and opioid overdose-related deaths in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough and northern Anchorage, Alaska through the provision of culturally...
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 Kawerak, Inc., a non-profit tribal consortium in Nome, Alaska. The grant funding will support the Bering Strait Opioid Response Initiative, a comprehensive project aimed at transforming substance use prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services for Alaska...
The Ninilchik Village, a federally recognized tribal government, received a $341,268 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 funding, awarded on September 30, 2024, aims to improve the Ninilchik Traditional Council's (NTC) addiction clinic and ensure that medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is available to all...
The Akiachak Native Community was awarded a $1,250,000 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. This 5-year grant will fund culturally informed and responsive community and school-based opioid prevention education activities to raise awareness about the dangers of opioid use. The program will teach community members and youth to...
The Akiak Native Community received a $749,997 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Project Grant (CFDA 93.243) from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to implement the Akiak Tribal Opioid Response Project. The project aims to provide culturally-informed opioid prevention education, harm reduction services, and comprehensive support for individuals with opioid use disorders in the Akiak, Alaska community. Key activities include implementing...
The Karuk Tribe of California was awarded a $341,268 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 funding will be used to support the Karuk Tribe's Men's Transitional House and address the opioid overdose crisis in the tribe's remote and geographically isolated service area by increasing access to FDA-approved medications...
This 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, provides $1,773,802 to the Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc. (CITC) in Anchorage, Alaska. The award will fund CITC's efforts to expand and enhance its residential substance use disorder (SUD) and co-occurring disorder (COD) treatment and recovery services in the...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) 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 to the Village of Alakanuk in Alaska. The grant will fund the Alakanuk Tribal Opioid Response Program over a 5-year period from September 2024 to September 2029. The program will implement culturally informed community and school-based opioid prevention education...
The Kenaitze Indian Tribe was awarded a $998,524 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, which runs from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2029, will enhance the availability of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) case management services to support at least 75 Alaska Native/American Indian clients diagnosed with opioid use disorder within the Kenaitze service area. The grant-funded services will include MAT, case management, counseling, and other supports to address the significant substance use and overdose challenges facing the region's tribal populations, who face barriers such as limited transportation and lack of culturally competent care.