Abstract The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe will implement a comprehensive needs assessment and strategic planning for substance abuse needs for youth up to age 25 who reside in the North Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. This region includes 5 federally recognized tribes, 2 counties, and 4 cities. This proposal would […] Read more »
New Hope Counseling Center
Abstract The mission of New Hope Counseling Center (NHCC) is to heal, restore, and equip young adults for a life of wholeness and hope. NHCC offers a multimodal approach where the following venues of healing are offered: individual counseling and support groups; one of three post-secondary academic programs; education pertaining […] Read more »
Navajo Healing Therapies
Abstract The Navajo Healing Therapies will document, develop and implement the essential components of a traditional Navajo approach to prevention, treatment, and protection from relapse from substance abuse in public settings. This approach is valuable to all Navajo people because it encompasses the critical practices and knowledge base for wellness […] Read more »
Native Youth Circle
Abstract The proposed program will serve 400 Native American adolescents over the five year period. Each year, 200 adolescents will be served. Half of these will be in the outreach component and will participate in community activities in order to bond and develop trust. The model is based on one […] Read more »
Native Women
Abstract Native Women is designed to meet the needs of substance-abusing Native American women who are high risk for HIV/AIDS in Oakland, California. A collaboration of the Native American Health Center and Friendship House Association of American Indians, Native Women provides a holistic substance abuse treatment system for American Indian […] Read more »
Native American Wellbriety Path
Abstract The City of Gallup, NM (once labeled “America’s drunkest city,”) has some of the country’s most innovative alcohol-reduction policies. The City will now expand its traditional Native American residential pilot program, through its contractor Na’nizhoozhi Center (NCI), into a life-long treatment paradigm -the Native American Wellbriety Path (based on […] Read more »
Naa-da-mea-dwag Nanaan-dawi They Help the People
Abstract This program will serve 160 adult clients per year. The clients come from four federally recognized tribes in Michigan of the Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi people of the Little Traverse Band, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe, the Bay Mills Indian Community and Lac Vieux Desert Band. The program will implement […] Read more »
Mount Sanford Tribal Consortium Community Wide Planning
Abstract The tribal consortium seeks to complete a comprehensive village planning process for substance abuse and related services for its two member villages. The project uses a structured 2-day participative planning conference, the Search Conference, to engage village residents including tribal staff and management, Tribal Council members, service providers, consumers, […] Read more »
Mobile Treatment Expansion (Navajo Nation, Dept. of Behavioral Health Services)
Abstract This project expands treatment services through expanded mobile sites to assess 2,700 patients. 120 of these will be provided day treatment and 32 will receive residential services. The Navajo Nation/Dept. of Behavioral Health Services (DBHS) will implement the Dine Treatment Capacity Expansion Project (DTCEP). The DTCEP will expand treatment […] Read more »
Minneapolis American Indian Center Community Wide Planning
Abstract This project is aimed at improving the substance abuse treatment system that serves 36,000 American Indians living in the metropolitan area of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. The project involves compiling data on urban Indian substance abuse trends and using this data to develop a plan to strengthen the […] Read more »