Thursday, April 25, 2024
4/25/2024
Cherokee Nation’s Youth Regional Treatment Center-Aftercare Program (YRTC-AP) will serve the Oklahoma City Area (OCA) as defined by the Indian Health Services (IHS). The YRTC-AP, to be implemented by Cherokee Nation Health Services Jack Brown Center (JBC) and located in the Cherokee Nation Capital of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, will address substance misuse and addiction which are major concerns among youth ages 12-17 in the American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) population. JBC has provided residential treatment for adolescent (AI/AN) youth since 1988, and funding will allow us to provide comprehensive aftercare and recovery support services to a minimum of 56 (AI/AN) youth annually, over the next 5 years, addressing the need for targeted coaching and skills-building, lack of coordinated support systems, and the need to integrate cultural traditions. The Youth Treatment Center Aftercare Program goals are to create a trauma-informed Aftercare Program for (AI/AN) youth leaving residential substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and mobilize an Aftercare Service Network in order to create recovery-ready communities that will receive and support youth in recovery. This program will create a culturally connected community of (AI/AN) youth in recovery. Furthermore, YRTC-AP will impact unaddressed behavioral health treatment needs and requirements while reframing the continuum of care (CoC) for AI/AN youth to address treatment efficacy, operational efficiency, and organization suitability to optimally affect the physical, psychological, spiritual, cultural, familiar, and social factors that sustain safety, sobriety, and employability outcomes goals in the Oklahoma City Area.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
