Nashville Area
Aroostook Band of Micmacs
The Aroostook Boys and Girls Club project is implementing two evidence-based programs from the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. These two programs are called “SMART Moves” and “METH Smart.” The "SMART Moves" and "METH Smart" programs provide prevention education and activities that increases the student’s awareness of issues relating to substance abuse and suicide. In addition to these two approved programs, they provide academic assistance, counseling and incorporate a well-balanced and holistic approach to physical education and healthy eating.
Catawba Service Unit
The Catawba project is conducting a community and organizational behavioral health needs assessment and developing a strategic plan to increase capacity in providing successful prevention, intervention, and postvention services for suicide, methamphetamine, and other addicting substances, to the Catawba Tribal Community. After completing the needs assessment and implementing the strategic plan the project will expand their services into a more comprehensive behavioral health program that includes prevention, education, and community outreach.
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
The Mashpee Wampanoag project is conducting a community and organizational needs assessment (CONA) incorporating a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis with the assistance of the United South and Eastern Tribes (USET) epidemiology center. The completion of the CONA will provide guidance for the Tribal Action Plan (TAP). The TAP is an ongoing strategic blueprint that is being reconfigured to include all departments using the phrase "it takes a village." Each department is being educated about how their department can make a difference in treating substance abuse and saving lives from fatal/non-fatal overdoses, suicidal ideation and suicide.
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
The Mississippi Band project serves the Choctaw people who live in rural tribal communities by providing mental health clinicians/providers in those areas and in the tribal community health clinics. Providers utilize evidence-based and culturally appropriate treatment models for suicide and trauma-informed care. As part of the project, a Zero Suicide implementation Team was established for planning and developing strategies for hospital-wide implementation. Currently updating local health system policies for transitioning to the Zero Suicide Initiative Model. The project continues to collaborate with the Mississippi Band Tribal programs for promoting suicide awareness and prevention.
Passamaquoddy Indian Township
The Passamaquoddy project promotes awareness and provides prevention services to youth in hopes of eliminating suicide and substance abuse among the Passamaquoddy people. Staff will attend monthly Local Child and Wellness Council meetings in order to increase communication across child-serving agencies and strengthen partnerships with other community organizations, agencies, and members as a way to increase prevention and protective factors. The project hosts an annual Warrior Sports Camp and a Youth Leadership Training Camp to introduce and train youth in the skills to become peer leaders in our tribal community.
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
The Akwesasne project promotes positive American Indian/Alaska Native youth development and family engagement through implementing early intervention strategies to reduce risk factors for suicidal behavior and substance abuse. The project has improved and expanded outreach, engagement and screening for behavioral health issues of youth in schools, Head Start, and at the Akwesasne Girls and Boys Club, in addition to promoting an online screening tool. The project provides youth mental health, trauma informed care and suicide prevention education and training to our community to include Health care providers, parents and caregivers.
