Tuesday, April 23, 2024
4/23/2024
The Washoe Tribal Health Clinic-Healing Center’s Native Connections- 2021 Washoe Tribe Resiliency Project will be a continuation of the 2016 Resiliency Project which has been focused on nurturing community resiliency through the improvement/expanding upon strategies in behavioral health programs. The Resiliency Project has been focused on increasing a sense of belonging and sense of culture for American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) youth ages 0-24 and their families through the collaboration of tribal programs such as educational institutions, juvenile justice systems, and other child- and youth-serving organizations. The program services target Washoe and American Indian/Alaska Native youth and their family members in the community setting through modern and traditional activities. Our goal is to implement a process of change through which individuals ages 0-24 years will improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to be resilient and reach their full potential. Our objectives in Year One include: (1) Implementation of a community readiness assessment of the mental health and suicide awareness of all four Washoe reservation communities within the first six months of the grant (2) Organization of a task force representative of partners and communities to work with the Healing Center to identify the best approach to services/programming that will focus on and address trauma as it triggers suicide attempts and drug and alcohol abuse (3) Continue to development and revise the suicide protocols including Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention (4) Training in and utilization of culturally appropriate activities and approved curriculum including Gathering of Native Americans (GONA) and Indian Life Skills (5) Coordination of White Bison Wellbriety, Native Wellness Institute and other culturally appropriate wellness activities to encourage inclusivity of all supporting tribal departments and to ensure understanding of the goal and objective of the project. It is estimated that 500 people living in the four Washoe communities and the surrounding areas are ages 0-24; who will be the target population over the 5 years of the grant. Our goal is to continue the 2016 implementation and execution of a process of change through which Washoe Tribal community youth ages 0-24 years will effectively and successfully address trauma, suicide, and substance abuse to improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to be resilient and reach their full potential.
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).
