Friday, November 22, 2024
11/22/2024
Through the Tribal 988 Response funding, the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, Perkins Family Clinic will work with State 988 Crisis Response teams to increase cultural competency for Crisis Call center staff and provide resources for Native American individuals who contact the 988 Hotline that include traditional and cultural services provided in the state. PFC-BH will increase clinical staff by hiring a licensed mental health professional who will offer same day or next business day appointments for individuals who do not meet criteria for entering a crisis or urgent care behavioral health center. Key personnel will provide in school counseling services to reduce the barriers for seeking mental health services as well as provide suicide prevention curriculum in the school setting. Providing a systems advocate will also improve follow up and warm handoffs for individuals who seek resources and referral from the 988 Crisis Line. By increasing project staff, PFC-BH will increase mental health awareness, suicide prevention and improve advocacy and referral for individuals and families working through mental health complications. The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, Perkins Family Clinic Behavioral Health, continues to grow and service the rural communities of Lincoln, Logan and Payne Counties in Oklahoma with medical, dental, behavioral health and substance use treatment to Iowa Tribal Members, clients with any Tribal affiliation and non-Native clients. Perkins Family Clinic and Perkins Family Clinic Behavioral Health have worked to improve capacity and increase integrated medical and behavioral health and substance use services since 2018. PFC-BH has increased capacity for individual, family and group counseling, peer recovery support services, case management, mediation assisted treatment, 12 Step and Wellbriety groups, and Positive Indian Parenting groups over the past two years. Throughout the life of the grant, key personnel will train 62 individuals who are working at the State 988 Crisis Call center in Motivational Interviewing, cultural competency, and address the gap in mental health and substance use services provided to Native American individuals in Payne, Lincoln, and Logan Counties in Oklahoma.
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).
