The Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST) was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Site-Based Program (CFDA 16.838). The grant will enable the OST's Circles of Care Program and Justice Programs to collaboratively develop a comprehensive strategic plan to promote wellness, addiction recovery, and reduce criminal recidivism on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation using the Sequential...
This Project Grant award from the Indian Health Service (CFDA 93.933 - Demonstration Projects for Indian Health) provides $997,828.00 to the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin to implement the Mino-Bimaadiziwin Prevention Program. The key objectives of this 5-year project are to: Increase community awareness and education on Anishinaabe-centered prevention, treatment, and recovery practices related to opioid use disorder (OUD). Expand the use of...
The Rosebud Sioux Tribe received an $800,000 Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to address suicide prevention and support for victims of domestic violence under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program. The Tribe will use telehealth and other approaches to expand access to behavioral health services for those in crisis and at risk of suicide or domestic violence. Key activities...
The Rosebud Sioux Tribe was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substances Use Program (CFDA 16.838). The grant will fund a comprehensive approach to reduce the negative impacts of illicit substances on individuals and families of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe by coordinating health and social services for justice-involved individuals. Key activities include enhancing the tribe's Adult...
The Oglala Sioux Tribe will create a Juvenile Tribal Healing to Wellness Court based on Lakota values through a $400,000 formula grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance. The court will incorporate all elements of effective healing to wellness courts including individual and community healing focus, referral points and legal process, screening and eligibility, treatment and rehabilitation, intensive supervision, incentives and...
The Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma received a $1,000,000 Project Grant award under the U.S. Department of Justice's Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Site-Based Program (CFDA # 16.838). This 3-year grant will enable the tribe to provide a range of evidence-based treatment, recovery support services, court-based intervention programming, naloxone distribution, and controlled substance take-back initiatives for its members and surrounding tribal communities. The project aims to...
The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma (ITO) received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program - Overdose Response (CFDA 93.912). The grant aims to expand evidence-based strategies addressing opioid and stimulant use disorder within Payne, Lincoln, and Logan counties in Oklahoma. Key project activities include: Expanding access to Medication-Assisted Treatment...
The Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma was awarded a $375,000 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 3-year grant, commencing on September 30, 2025, will enable the tribe to strengthen substance use disorder (SUD) and co-occurring disorder (COD) treatment options, increase recovery support services, initiate prevention...
The Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians received a $674,187 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (COSSUP). The funding will enhance the tribe's Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program, which utilizes a culturally-based arrest diversion model to prevent overdose, addiction, and recidivism in response to opioid, stimulant, and substance use...
The Rosebud Sioux Tribe Health Administration received a $697,500 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 an initiative to expand hepatitis C testing and implement a low-threshold treatment protocol across the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Key activities include utilizing mobile medical units...