This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) supports the development and evaluation of a culturally grounded, empowerment self-defense program for American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) women who have experienced sexual violence. The $709,802 award, spanning from June 2025 to June 2028, will be used by the Regents of the University of Michigan to: 1) culturally adapt an existing empowerment self-defense...
This Project Grant award of $239,004.00 was provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services (CFDA 93.958) program. The award will fund the "Togiak Youth Cayaillkutaq" project, which aims to implement culturally-based interventions to address trauma, increase community resilience, and create a sustainable community-based behavioral health system in Togiak, Alaska. The project will primarily...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants will fund a $196,992 research project to adapt and test the feasibility and acceptability of a brief form of Interpersonal Psychotherapy (BIPT-A) delivered by youth mentors in community centers to prevent suicide among Latinx youth. The project aims to: 1) adapt BIPT-A for delivery by lay providers (youth mentors) in community centers, 2) train youth mentors in the adapted...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732), will support the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) in increasing the number of behavioral health paraprofessionals certified as Behavioral Health Aides (BHA-II) and Chemical Dependency Counselors (CDC-I) in Alaska. The $1,040,656 award, spanning...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $256,627.00 to the University of Denver to develop and pilot test a digital intervention for parents of pre- and early adolescents. The goal is to support parents in responding effectively to suicide risk alerts generated by digital monitoring apps, thereby decreasing suicide-related behaviors in their children. The project involves three phases:...
This $176,326 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) supports a study to reduce opioid misuse among urban Indigenous young adults in Montana. The principal investigator, Dr. Damian Chase-Begay, will rigorously adapt an evidence-based substance abuse prevention intervention to incorporate traditional ceremonial practices and then test the effectiveness of the adapted intervention at five urban...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) awarded a $2,427,126 Project Grant under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to Washington State University (WSU) to study culturally adapted Contingency Management (CM) interventions for stimulant use disorders among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations. The grant aims to rapidly implement culturally responsive interventions to address the high rates of fatal poisonings from methamphetamine and fentanyl among...
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 National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) awarded a $329,048 K01 career development grant (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) to the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) to culturally adapt and pilot test the feasibility of a behavioral activation and therapeutic exposure intervention for grief (BATE-G) with American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) participants. The project aims to address the need for...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $369,611 Project Grant under CFDA 93.243 (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance) to the Copper River Native Association (CRNA), a tribally owned healthcare organization serving five Ahtna tribes in Alaska. The "Cultural Crossroads: Strengthening Connections" program aims to mitigate high-risk behaviors linked to suicide and substance abuse through...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants, provides $196,210 to the University of Alaska Anchorage to culturally adapt adolescent dialectical behavior therapy (DBT-A) for Alaska Native (AN) and American Indian (AI) youth. The goal is to partner with the AN community, elucidate factors driving suicidal thoughts and behaviors in this high-risk population, and iteratively adapt DBT-A in collaboration with AN youth and stakeholders. The project will then conduct a pilot randomized controlled trial to examine the acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary clinical outcomes of the adapted "DBT-A-AN" intervention compared to enhanced treatment as usual. This award aims to address major health disparities and lack of culturally responsive evidence-based interventions for AN/AI youth, who experience significantly higher rates of suicide compared to their non-AN/AI counterparts nationwide. The project period runs from August 1, 2025, to July 31, 2030.