Saturday, September 7, 2024
9/7/2024
The Trauma informed to build Resilient, Indigenous, Balanced communities Enhanced with Strength (TRIBES) initiative, through the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Division of Community Behavioral Health (CBH), seeks to increase education, training and knowledge about Historical Trauma and its impact on parenting practices, child abuse and neglect, and suicide in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations. Historical Trauma (HT) awareness dissemination initiatives will significantly increase the capacity of tribes, tribal-serving agencies and their partners to respond to trauma in a culturally appropriate and effective manner. This will be accomplished through the development and subsequent training on an HT-focused parenting curriculum, and a suicide prevention and response toolkit to increase access to culturally informed interventions. TRIBES will build on the existing expertise and infrastructure within CBH on HT, trauma-informed care, and SAMSHA grants management (including two cycles of National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) Category III grants). The goals of TRIBES are to: (1) Collaborate with NCTSN sites, tribal, state and federal organizations to increase awareness and understanding of the impact of HT on parenting practices, child abuse and neglect, and suicide; (2) Increase capacity of tribes and their partners to prevent and respond to suicide and related trauma in a culturally appropriate manner; (3) Develop and implement an Intergenerational Trauma Focused Parenting Curriculum for AI/AN Families; (4) Expand workforce capacity to provide culturally relevant trauma-focused interventions for AI/AN families; and (5) Implement a project evaluation including process and outcomes evaluation. To achieve these goals, TRIBES will establish an Intergenerational Trauma Collaborative Group in the NCTSN and provide an annual webinar series on HT, suicide, and parenting issues in AI/AN communities. TRIBES will also conduct an annual learning collaborative on the parenting curriculum in five regions in the United States, to train 20 professionals in Yr 1 and approximately 40 professionals in Yrs 2-5 (for a total of 180) on the curriculum from NCTSN sites and other agencies who work with AI/AN populations, with a focus on paraprofessionals, to increase local workforce capacity. We anticipate that access to culturally relevant parenting classes will prevent child abuse and neglect. TRIBES will develop and disseminate the suicide prevention and response toolkit with the support from the TRIBES Youth and Family Advisory Group. The toolkit will be easily adaptable to local communities and TRIBES will consult with tribal, state, and federal agencies on implementing practices from the Toolkit in AI/AN communities. For quality improvement, TRIBES will conduct an evaluation and reports will be shared with partnering stakeholders. By addressing the impact of HT in AI/AN families and communities, TRIBES has potential to promote the wellbeing, and prevent ongoing trauma, of hundreds of children and families.
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).
