The Pascua Yaqui Tribe's Health Services Department is requesting funding from the Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, under the Native Connections grant project. The department is requesting $250,000 a year over a five-year grant cycle in order to bring suicide prevention and substance use-misuse services to tribal youth up to age 24. The grant calls for the development of the necessary groundwork and infrastructure to build an effective community behavioral health system that changes the tribal approach to services for youth at risk for suicidal ideation and substance abuse. The shared goal for the project is to prevent and reduce suicidal behavior and substance abuse. The shared goal impact of trauma, while promoting mental health among our tribal youth. Sewa U'usim Community Partnership will again be the lead agency for our Native Connections project. They will bring together the three key health service departments: The Department of Nursing for primary care, Centered Spirit for mental health, and Sewa U'usim for community development and public health services, as noted in the letter of commitment from the Executive Director of the Health Services Division. In addition, once funded, several of the original providers from the 2016 project. Education, Social Services and CPS will develop MOU in order to provide services under the project. Our Native Connections project will serve youth 12 to 24 who are members of the New Pascua Reservation located southwest of Tucson, Arizona, approximately 50 miles from the border with Mexico. At the completion of the assessments and the strategic plan, final recommendations of the interventions to be used will be finalized. At this point, we look to our previous effective suicide prevention services, which include a tribal-wide Be Kind anti-bullying initiative and a positive youth program for youth and families. The campaign will include various activities and events highlighting positive peer interaction, positive communication skills, and self-respect, along with tribal norms and beliefs, to help children and families address the issue of violence which impacts our communities. The project will allow the partnering agencies to come together to create an Advisory Committee composed of youth, parents, and individuals who have experienced violence in their lives, along with partner agency representatives to help in the planning development, and implementation of the project goals. An Advisory Committee, in tandem with program staff, will provide the required needs assessment, community readiness assessment, and the tribal strategic action plan as required. They will also address all three tiers of prevention strategies in order to impact the entire youth community and their need for prevention services, based on a public health approach. The project will also develop postconvention protocols reflective of the tribe's traditions and culture which will address coordination of care and intervention among youth service agencies for both immediate and follow-up care. The postconvention protocols will address suicides, suicide attempts, suicide clusters, substance misuse, and substance overdose. The plan will include up-to-date protocols and policies, points of contact and procedures for crisis management, instruction on safe messaging, and identification of follow-up care linkage to resources for grief counseling that includes family, friends, colleagues, and community members. The protocols will set up steps to be taken to include youth in the planning and follow-up for the community. Our Native Connections program will work with SAMHSA for guidance and technical support in the completion of reports and activities under the project. We will complete all required reports and work with the federal department in providing SPARS data as requested and information on the required performance measures.