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Techake ki Wachinyekiyan ni Unpi Kte "The young will live with hope"

Award Number: H79SM084134
ORGANIZATION: CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
OPDIV: SAMHSA
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 07/31/2021
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 07/30/2026

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Techake ki Wachinyekiyan ni Unpi Kte "The young will live with hope" - Thunder Valley CDC is a community-based organization and our mission is to empower Lakota youth and families to improve the health, culture, and environment of our communities through the healing and strengthening of cultural identity. Our work in the Youth Leadership Development Initiative (YLDI) pursues a multifaceted approach grounded in theories and evidence based perspectives focused on promoting protective factors in youth. Positive Youth Development theory is used to design youth programs that optimize developmental progress and strengthen cultural identity. Thunder Valley CDC is located on the 11,000-square mile Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, which is the second-largest Native American Reservation within the United States and is home to about 32,000 mostly Oglala Lakota residents. Lakota youth have a high rate of Adverse Childhood Effects and there is a substantially high suicide completion and attempts rate. Mental illness and emotional disturbances including depression among youth are also common. There is a lack of community based outreach, prevention, and post-interventions that address suicide and substance use among youth up to age 19. There are many strategic plans which include collecting and sharing data to improve service coordination and delivery, however there is a lack of strategic plan implementation, collaboration between agencies, and sharing of data results and findings with each other. Our YLDI program goals are intended to prevent suicide and substance misuse, reduce the impact of trauma, and promote mental health among youth through the age of 19 years on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Our project will focus on youth up to age 19 and serve at least 550 children. Programming will provide holistic, culturally relevant services for families to increase suicide protective and resiliency factors, and provide traditional teachings on parenting to reduce the impact of trauma among our target population. Participants will receive training in ACEs through community outreach, cultural activities, events, and/or workshops. We will create a parenting curriculum based on the traditional Lakota Life Course model. Programming will also provide holistic and culturally relevant suicide outreach services using a positive youth development theory framework to reduce suicide ideation, attempts and completions in our target population. Staff will receive facilitator training for Youth and Adult Mental Health First Aid. Staff will then host community trainings for schools, parents, youth, and public. During summer months, staff will host four suicide prevention social activities for 10-15 youth recruits ages 13-18 and community. Lastly, programming will provide holistic and culturally relevant substance use services using a positive youth development theory framework to decrease substance use for our target population. Youth and community members will receive monthly supplemental educational services related to substance use. Youth will also receive weekly prevention activities and cultural interventions to youth during the school year. Through designated youth programming, children will show a 50% decrease in substance use.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $250,000 )
2025	2025	THUNDER VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION	290 EMPOWERMENT DR	PORCUPINE	SD	57772	OGLALA LAKOTA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	003	5	9/17/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$250,000
2025	2024	THUNDER VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION	290 EMPOWERMENT DR	PORCUPINE	SD	57772	OGLALA LAKOTA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	4	11/18/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2025	2024	THUNDER VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION	290 EMPOWERMENT DR	PORCUPINE	SD	57772	OGLALA LAKOTA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	4	11/21/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2025	2023	THUNDER VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION	290 EMPOWERMENT DR	PORCUPINE	SD	57772	OGLALA LAKOTA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	002	3	3/6/2025	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $250,000

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $250,000 )
2024	2024	THUNDER VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION	290 EMPOWERMENT DR	PORCUPINE	SD	57772	OGLALA LAKOTA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	005	4	7/29/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$250,000
2024	2023	THUNDER VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION	290 EMPOWERMENT DR	PORCUPINE	SD	57772	OGLALA LAKOTA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	3	4/5/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2023	THUNDER VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION	290 EMPOWERMENT DR	PORCUPINE	SD	57772	OGLALA LAKOTA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	002	3	7/1/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2023	THUNDER VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION	290 EMPOWERMENT DR	PORCUPINE	SD	57772	OGLALA LAKOTA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	003	3	7/5/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2023	THUNDER VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION	290 EMPOWERMENT DR	PORCUPINE	SD	57772	OGLALA LAKOTA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	3	2/8/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2022	THUNDER VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION	290 EMPOWERMENT DR	PORCUPINE	SD	57772	OGLALA LAKOTA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	004	2	7/16/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $250,000

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $250,000 )
2023	2023	THUNDER VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION	290 EMPOWERMENT DR	PORCUPINE	SD	57772	OGLALA LAKOTA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	3	7/12/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$250,000
2023	2022	THUNDER VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION	290 EMPOWERMENT DR	PORCUPINE	SD	57772	OGLALA LAKOTA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	2	11/18/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $250,000

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $250,000 )
2022	2022	THUNDER VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION	290 EMPOWERMENT DR	PORCUPINE	SD	57772	OGLALA LAKOTA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	2	7/6/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$250,000
2022	2021	THUNDER VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION	290 EMPOWERMENT DR	PORCUPINE	SD	57772	OGLALA LAKOTA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	1	9/1/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $250,000

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $250,000 )
2021	2021	THUNDER VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION	290 EMPOWERMENT DR	PORCUPINE	SD	57772	OGLALA LAKOTA	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	1	7/23/2021	NEW	$250,000
														Subtotal = $250,000

Grand Total All Awards = $1,250,000

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Techake ki Wachinyekiyan ni Unpi Kte "The young will live with hope"

Award Number: H79SM084134

ORGANIZATION: CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

OPDIV: SAMHSA

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 07/31/2021

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 07/30/2026

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