Sunday, November 24, 2024
11/24/2024
This application, titled Saginaw Chippewa Project AWARE, will support continuation of trauma-based mental health awareness and service improvement in cooperation with Saginaw Chippewa Academy (SCA), Mount Pleasant Public Schools (MPPS) and Shepherd Public Schools (SPS). Funding will be used to continue implementing youth trauma and mental health awareness activities, developing consistent trauma-informed policies in all schools, training teachers and other youth-serving staff across Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe (SCIT) Departments as well as Mount Pleasant and Shepherd Public Schools teachers and staff. Saginaw Chippewa Academy (SCA) is SCIT's K-5 school, and SCIT also has Sasiwaans Ojibwe Language Immersion School for 2-to-5 year olds. SPS consists of two elementary schools, Shepherd Middle School, Shepherd High School, and Odyssey, an alternative middle and high school. MPPS includes five elementary schools, West Intermediate, Mount Pleasant High School, WAY-Oasis alternative high school and Mount Pleasant Adult Education. This project will serve SCIT's Isabella Reservation (located in Isabella County, Michigan), the Village of Shepherd, Michigan, and the City of Mount Pleasant, Michigan, serving a total of 5,375 students, 510 staff, and 22,764 Mount Pleasant and Shepherd population annually. SCA, SPS and MPPS will provide services to school-aged youth and their families, including but not limited to: supervising contracted counselors, offering counseling and mental health services, school-based, trauma-informed counseling and development of policies, procedures and action plans. The following goals and objectives will be used to guide programming: 1) Maintain current capacity of LEAs to implement day-to-day mental health services to students through staffing of counselors and administrative staff in LEA schools grades K-12 and alternative education institutions in participating districts; 2) Increase capacity of LEAs, staff and community to address mental health issues in youth through development of multi-disciplinary teams and plans that target areas of missing service in current Project AWARE programming, including but not limited to: Restorative Justice training, Advisory Board development and Sustainability Plan creation; 3) Increase services, processes and programs for mental health wellness in students across three LEAs, including but not limited to: TRAILS training, Signs of Suicide training, Recreation Therapy and Equine Therapy; 4) Increase previously implemented mental health services in three participating LEAs, including but not limited to: uniform screening, identification and referral pathways, increased parental communication, and digital storytelling implementation; and 5) Collect and analyze data to identify program areas that need improvement in implementation and for reporting purposes.
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).
