Thursday, April 25, 2024
4/25/2024
TCC Healthy Transitions increases outreach and engagement to youth and young adults with serious mental disorders, and expands clinical capacity and expertise to serve this population in three TCC subregions: Yukon Koyukuk, Upper Tanana, and Yukon Tanana. Population to be Served: We will serve individuals age 16-25. An estimated 700 individuals age 16-25 reside in the 24 villages that comprise these three subregions, with roughly 117 additional students enrolled at the Galena Interior Learning Academy, a boarding school for high school students. Rates of historical trauma and adverse childhood experiences in the region are extremely high. Villages are extremely isolated and are small, with limited educational and economic opportunities. Approximately 15% of this population is estimated to experience mental disorders. The population is predominantly Alaska Native. Strategies/Interventions: TCC will engage in community-level outreach activities to increase awareness among youth and young adults as well as their parents and family members about serious mental disorders and the services TCC provides in their community. TCC will expand our partnerships with tribes and school districts, as well as collaborate among the various programs and divisions within TCC to increase engagement of youth and young adults with serious mental disorders and their families in services. TCC will use Cognitive Behavioral Therapies, including Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to provide clinical services to youth and young adults with serious mental disorders and their families in their home communities. We will also use therapies more specific to trauma and attachment: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Internal Family Systems Therapy, and Interpersonal Therapy. These EBPs are adaptable to meet the cultural needs of the Alaska Native population and are shown to be effective in treating trauma, as well as effective with an SMI or SED population. Project Goals and Measurable Objectives: Project goals are 1) to increase TCC’s capacity to provide comprehensive services to youth and young adults age 16-25 with serious mental disorders at the subregional level; 2) to implement a comprehensive outreach and engagement plan to identify and engage youth and young adults with untreated serious mental disorders; and 3) to increase the number of youth and young adults age 16-25 with serious mental disorders who receive relevant and culturally appropriate services in their home communities. Within these goals, objectives are to serve 125 individuals annually and 161 unduplicated individuals throughout the project’s lifetime. Other objectives include to train clinicians serving the project’s population in EBPs identified, develop and implement social marketing and community outreach plans, and increase the number of youth and young adults who are referred for services.
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