H79SM082132

Prairie Band Youth Wellness Services - The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (PBPN) is a federally recognized sovereign Indian tribe in Northeast Kansas, with more than 5,000 enrolled members.

The vision of the PBPN as a sovereign tribe is to ensure self-sufficiency that respects diversity and equality while working within a spirit of cooperation and fairness for a high standard of living and quality of life. Additionally, the tribe strives to provide an environment of improved well-being for its people, including education, health, safety, and welfare, while valuing its culture, traditions, and all resources. Accomplishing these goals for all generations is important, and the tribe aims to do so with a system of value-based management that respects all views. Together, they can build a healthy, safe community that celebrates their culture, traditions, and values.

As they work to address the challenging issues their community faces, it is important to note that approximately 10% of their population is aged 18 years and under. The youth are the tribe's future and the continuation of their culture, making youth mental health, suicide prevention, and early intervention major concerns for their leadership and members.

They recognize that tribal communities, especially Native youth, experience a higher risk of depression, mental suffering, and suicide due to the damaging legacy of historical trauma and its continuing impacts on Native families. Therefore, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation proposes the Prairie Band Youth Wellness Services Initiative, a social services-based project that will implement evidence-based and culturally-rooted services to build resiliency, mitigate risk factors for suicide and self-harm, promote positive youth development, and strengthen partnerships for a holistic system of care.

The project's goals are as follows: (1) strengthen a system of suicide early intervention services for youth in the Prairie Band community; (2) provide comprehensive "bridge" supports between early suicide intervention efforts and "postvention"/recovery services for youth and their families in the community; and (3) engage Prairie Band leadership, youth, and families to create meaningful, community-based wraparound supports that address mental health and wellness for the entire community.

It is crucial to recognize that the youth are the future of the tribe; they are tomorrow's elders and leaders. Therefore, it is critical to build a strong system of support around them to ensure the overall health and longevity of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation.

Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation

SAMHSA WAS GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO ADDRESS PRIORITY SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, PREVENTION AND MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF REGIONAL AND NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE THROUGH ASSISTANCE (GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS) TO STATES, POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF STATES, INDIAN TRIBES AND TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND OTHER PUBLIC OR NONPROFIT PRIVATE ENTITIES. UNDER THESE SECTIONS, CSAT, CMHS AND CSAP SEEK TO EXPAND THE AVAILABILITY OF EFFECTIVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SERVICES AVAILABLE TO AMERICANS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THOSE AFFECTED BY ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDITIONS, AND TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE ON INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND SOCIETIES AND TO ADDRESS PRIORITY MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF REGIONAL AND NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE AND ASSIST CHILDREN IN DEALING WITH VIOLENCE AND TRAUMATIC EVENTS THROUGH BY FUNDING GRANT AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROJECTS. GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS MAY BE FOR (1) KNOWLEDGE AND DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION PROJECTS FOR TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION AND THE CONDUCT OR SUPPORT OF EVALUATIONS OF SUCH PROJECTS, (2) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, (3) TARGETED CAPACITY RESPONSE PROGRAMS (4) SYSTEMS CHANGE GRANTS INCLUDING STATEWIDE FAMILY NETWORK GRANTS AND CLIENT-ORIENTED AND CONSUMER RUN SELF-HELP ACTIVITIES AND (5) PROGRAMS TO FOSTER HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN, (6) COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION OF PRIMARY CARE SERVICES INTO PUBLICLY-FUNDED COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SETTINGS

93.243 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance

Division of Grants Management [HHS - SAMHSA]

Kansas United States

State-Wide

Garrett Lee Smith State/Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention Grant Program (SM-19-006)

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 379% from $735,726 to $3,522,059.