Friday, May 17, 2024
5/17/2024
Muscogee Nation BHS is applying for maximum amount of award to build upon previous MSPI/SASP years’ work and lessons learned to continue to promote the use of culturally appropriate prevention, intervention and treatment methods with cross-system collaboration and inclusion of family, youth and a community-driven approach. Muscogee Nation will complete the goals below in order to address and reduce the prevalence of suicide among AI/AN within the Muscogee Nation reservation. During this project, BHS will train MNDH staff and other Muscogee Nation programs on effective, evidence-based practices for suicide prevention, intervention and postvention. Goal 1: Improve care coordination within the Muscogee Nation and MCNDH system. Objective 1.1 Foster coalitions and networks to improve care coordination Objective 1.2 Improve the referral process. Goal 2: Expand behavioral health care services through the use of culturally appropriate evidence based and practice based models to address suicide prevention, intervention and postvention. Objective 2.1 Expand available behavioral health care treatment services. Goal 3: Develop activities for the Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) Initiative by implementing early intervention strategies for AI/AN youth at risk for suicidal behavior, in addition to proposed activities for the adult population. Objective 3.1 Develop or expand activities for the Gen-I Initiative by implementing culturally appropriate evidence-based and practice-based approaches to build resiliency, resistance, hardiness, empathy, promote positive development, and increase self-sufficiency behaviors among Native youth.
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