Project Grant H79TI088875

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded the Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska $895,401 on September 30, 2026, under the Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) program (CFDA 93.788) for a five-year project period ending September 29, 2031.

The recipient will expand naloxone access, overdose-recognition training, and culturally grounded prevention education across nine Southeast Alaska hub communities—Juneau, Angoon, Kake, Klukwan, Saxman, Thorne Bay, Hydaburg, Klawock, and Kasaan—to reduce opioid- and stimulant-related overdose morbidity and mortality among tribal citizens and community residents. The project serves individuals at risk for opioid or stimulant misuse and overdose, their families, youth ages 10–24, parents and caregivers, elders, school personnel, and tribal citizens across the nine-community catchment area, accessible only by air or sea. Over the five-year project period, the project will provide prevention services to an estimated 5,000 unduplicated individuals and opioid overdose/infectious disease prevention services to an estimated 6,000 unduplicated individuals. The project does not deliver direct treatment or clinical recovery support services. Place of performance is Juneau, Alaska, with service delivery across the nine-community area of Southeast Alaska's Alexander Archipelago.