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...
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 (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...
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma received a $900,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.596 - Tribal Justice Assistance Program) to implement the Outpatient Diversion Program. This program will provide alternative sentencing options and services to low-risk offenders with substance use and/or mental health disorders within the Choctaw Nation reservation. Key services include DUI schools, in-car breathalyzer installation and subscriptions,...
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 Citizen Potawatomi Nation (CPN) in Shawnee, Oklahoma, was awarded a $2,386,901 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 CPN Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) program will use this funding over a 5-year period from September 2024 to September 2029 to address the opioid overdose crisis in the CPN tribal community. The...
This $757,362 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) will enable the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma to procure basic equipment, technology, and training to increase the tribe's community policing capacity. The funding will be utilized to prevent and disrupt crime and violence within the Choctaw Nation's jurisdiction in...
This $1,297,604 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 assist the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma in addressing the opioid overdose crisis within their communities.
The funding will support a comprehensive approach to increase access to FDA-approved medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) treatment, as...
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma was awarded a $400,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.585 - Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program) to enhance the Juvenile Tribal Healing to Wellness Court program. The funding will be used to develop community partnerships, increase social media networking, and educate the community on the support the program provides. Key activities also include increasing direct contacts with youth through home,...
The Quapaw Nation 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 funding will allow the Quapaw Nation to expand its existing Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) program to increase access to opioid use disorder treatment and reduce opioid overdoses. Key services to be provided...
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 the CNO reservation, which covers 10,922 square miles in southeastern Oklahoma. The project will increase access to culturally relevant, evidence-based practices to improve the well-being of tribal members affected by opioid and stimulant use, with a focus on those referred from the criminal justice system. The award date is September 30, 2024, with a completion date of September 29, 2029.