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Toksook Bay Native Connections

Award Number: H79SM088739
ORGANIZATION: CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
OPDIV: SAMHSA
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2023
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2028

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Toksook Bay Native Connections - The Toksook Bay Native Connections project will utilize our ancestral strengths and traditional Yup'ik ways of life to deliver an evidence-based prevention service program for our youth called Qungasvik (Tools for Life). Our vision for substance abuse prevention, suicide prevention and mental health promotion in Toksook Bay is to strengthen our identity as Yup'ik People. Our vision aligns with SAMHSA's National Tribal Behavioral Health Agenda (TBHA) which, elevates the importance of tribal identities, culture, spiritual beliefs, and practices for improving well-being. The goals of our Native Connections project are to: 1) Increase the capacity of the Toksook Bay Tribe and community to provide prevention services, and to promote positive behavioral health at home for young people 10-24 years old. 2) Increase positive childhood experiences and protective factors for young people at risk (10-24 years) by implementing an evidence-based practice that builds Yup'ik strengths through culture and connections. 3) Decrease youth alcohol and substance misuse by implementing an evidence-based practice that increases protection against alcohol initiation and binge use. 4) Increase reasons for life and reduce risk for suicide by implementing an evidence-based practice that addresses the impacts of trauma and builds meaning and purpose for youth. 5) Increase healthy social connections and intergenerational interactions amoung youth, Elders and community. 6) Measure youth outcomes from the prevention services and gather community-level data on youth behavioral health and holistic well-being. Our Toksook Bay Native Connections project will serve the entire community of 650+ members through universal prevention strategies and Tribal gatherings. Culturally-centered selective and indicated prevention strategies will focus on engaging 150 young people 10-24 years who are at risk in the community in peer-based and Elder-led activities that promote positive behavioral health and holistic well-being. Our community has already shown in our first Native Connections project that we can be leaders of change and that we can come together to surround our young people with teachings, practices and resources from our culture and our ancestors. We seek to build on our growing foundation of hope and healing with this new Native Connections project and become a model for sustained community change.


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 = $750,000 )
2025	2025	NUNAKAUYARMIUT TRIBE	101 SUNNY ST	TOKSOOK BAY	AK	99637	BETHEL	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	2	9/22/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$750,000
														Subtotal = $750,000

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2024	2023	NUNAKAUYARMIUT TRIBE	101 SUNNY ST	TOKSOOK BAY	AK	99637	BETHEL	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	1	11/8/2023	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2024	2023	NUNAKAUYARMIUT TRIBE	101 SUNNY ST	TOKSOOK BAY	AK	99637	BETHEL	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	001	1	4/26/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $500,000 )
2023	2023	NUNAKAUYARMIUT TRIBE	101 SUNNY ST	TOKSOOK BAY	AK	99637	BETHEL	USA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	000	1	9/26/2023	NEW	$500,000
														Subtotal = $500,000

Grand Total All Awards = $1,250,000

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Toksook Bay Native Connections

Award Number: H79SM088739

ORGANIZATION: CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

OPDIV: SAMHSA

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2023

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2028

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