The Fairbanks Native Association, Inc. (FNA) was awarded a $1,563,429 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, titled "Athabascan Outreach and Resilience", will provide trauma-informed, culturally resonant, evidence-based interventions using a stepped-care model and coordinated specialty care approach to...
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...
This 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 program (CFDA 93.243) provides $500,000.00 in funding to the Maniilaq Association to serve the predominantly Alaska Native population of the Northwest Arctic region of Alaska. The primary goals of this 5-year project are to: (1) develop a culturally informed and responsive, evidence-based community...
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 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 Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest, Inc. (NARA NW) received a $1,600,000 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 award will fund a 4-year project to address the opioid crisis in the American Indian/Alaska Native and other underserved communities in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area....
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 Native Village of Goodnews Bay received a $999,996 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 will fund the establishment of a local counseling program to address the opioid crisis in the Goodnews Bay community and surrounding region. Key objectives include providing prevention services in schools,...
The Fairbanks Native Association, Inc. (FNA) 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 (CFDA 93.243) program. The grant, titled "Alaska Native Recovery Coaching (ARC)", will address the opioid overdose crisis in the Fairbanks North Star Borough of Alaska by increasing access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) and adding recovery coaching to FNA's existing opioid and recovery continuum of care for American Indians and Alaska Natives. Key goals of the project include improving OUD prevention services, OUD harm prevention/reduction services, and increasing recovery support services. Outcomes are expected to include reduced overdose deaths, increased access to treatment, reduced substance use, and improved health and social functioning. The 5-year project will begin on September 30, 2024.