Wednesday, April 24, 2024
4/24/2024
In April of 2022, the tight knit Passamaquoddy community at Pleasant Point (Sipayik) experienced a devastating loss, the brutal murder of a young Passamaquoddy woman. This violent murder not only impacted the Sipayik community but resulted in collective trauma across multiple tribal communities throughout the State, as both the victim and alleged killers were tribal members. Nationally, Native American women make up a disparate and significant portion of missing and murdered cases. Not only is the murder rate for women living on reservations ten times higher than the national average, but murder is the third leading cause of death for Native women. According to the National Congress of American Indians, more than 4 out of 5 native women experience violence in their lifetime. The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) has become a movement to address the high rate of violence against indigenous women. As the official state-designated public health district and a community service provider for the tribes, WPHW is applying for this grant opportunity in response to and support healing and recovery simultaneously, in multiple communities, after such a tragedy as the April 2022 murder. WPHW could do so by expanding and enhancing the structure, services, and staff we already have in place, by organizing and coordinating a Wabanaki Resiliency in Communities After Stress and Trauma Coalition (Wabanaki ReCAST Coalition), representing all five of our communities, that can develop and implement trauma-based behavioral response team(s) that utilizes evidence-based and culturally appropriate services and provides training to appropriate stakeholder groups.
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).
