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Protect Your Relations - In April of 2022, the tight-knit Passamaquoddy community at Pleasant Point (Sipayik) experienced a devastating loss: the brutal murder of a young Passamaquoddy woman. This violent murder not only impacted the Sipayik community but resulted in collective trauma across multiple tribal communities throughout the state, as both the victim and alleged killers were tribal members.

Nationally, Native American women make up a disparate and significant portion of missing and murdered cases. Not only is the murder rate for women living on reservations ten times higher than the national average, but murder is the third leading cause of death for Native women. According to the National Congress of American Indians, more than 4 out of 5 Native women experience violence in their lifetime.

The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) has become a movement to address the high rate of violence against Indigenous women. As the official state-designated public health district and a community service provider for the tribes, WPHW is applying for this grant opportunity in response to and support healing and recovery simultaneously, in multiple communities, after such a tragedy as the April 2022 murder.

WPHW could do so by expanding and enhancing the structure, services, and staff we already have in place. This would involve organizing and coordinating a Wabanaki Resiliency in Communities after Stress and Trauma Coalition (Wabanaki RECAST Coalition), representing all five of our communities. This coalition can develop and implement trauma-based behavioral response team(s) that utilize evidence-based and culturally appropriate services and provide training to appropriate stakeholder groups.

Npc Wabanaki Health And Wellness

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]

Bangor, Maine 044015106 United States

Single Zip Code

Resiliency in Communities After Stress and Trauma (SM-22-019)

Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been shortened from 12/30/26 to 09/29/26 and the total obligations have increased 105% from $1,913,294 to $3,913,294.