Monday, December 9, 2024
12/9/2024
Summary: The Rocky Boy Health Center Native Connections Project will implement comprehensive and culturally relevant strategies (outreach, implementation of a culturally adapted evidence based curriculum, traditional healing practices, coordinated referral and follow up care) designed to prevent and reduce suicidal behavior and substance abuse, reduce the impact of trauma, and promote mental health among American Indian youth on the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation. Project Name: Rocky Boy Health Center (RBHC) Native Connections Population to be served: American Indian (AI) youth through the age of 24 years who reside on the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation. Strategies/Interventions: Tier One: Universal Prevention Strategies: RBHC currently conducts limited, informal community outreach through local media outlets. The RBHC Native Connections Project will implement a culturally-informed comprehensive formal outreach campaign which will be focused on substance abuse prevention, increasing public awareness of suicide, and reducing stigma surrounding behavioral health disorders. Tier Two: Selective Prevention and Intervention Strategies: Tier two strategies include but are not limited to: 1) implementation of a culturally-adapted evidence-based curriculum (Good Behavior Game) and 2) traditional healing practices (e.g., sweats, ceremonies, and Tribal specific practices). Tier Three: Indicated Prevention and Intervention Strategies: Coordinated referral and follow-up care will be provided and guided by the protocols and procedures developed during the year one planning process. Goal and Objectives: The goal of the RBHC Native Connections Project is "to prevent and reduce suicidal behavior and substance abuse, reduce the impact of trauma, and promote behavioral health among American Indian youth on the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation." Objective 1: By the end of year one, RBHC will conduct one (1) Community System Analysis; one (1) Needs Assessment; and one (1) Community Readiness Assessment; and will develop one (1) Community Resource/Asset map focused on addressing suicide prevention, substance abuse prevention, and behavioral health disorders on the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation. Objective 2: By the end of year one, RBHC will develop one (1) set of community-driven suicide prevention policies and procedures; one (1) set of revised protocols; and one (1) set of postvention protocols designed to address the standards of care for youth at risk of suicide. Objective 3: The RBHC will develop (year one) and implement (years two through five) one (1) community-driven action plan that will address the three (3) tiers of prevention and intervention strategies: Universal Prevention Strategies, Selective Prevention and Intervention Strategies, and Indicated Prevention and Intervention Strategies. Number of people to be served: At least 125 (tier one, unduplicated count) per year; 625 (tier one, duplicated count) over the life of the project; 100 (tier two, unduplicated count) per year; 500 (tier two) over the life the project; 75 (tier three, unduplicated count) per year; 375 (tier three) over the life of the project.
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