Friday, May 3, 2024
5/3/2024
The Native Connections (NC) project will focus on suicide prevention including mental health crises and substance misuse. The project will promote mental heath and alleviate the impact of trauma among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth through age 24 by building a system of service and partnerships that impact youth and transitional aged youth. The NC project will operate from the Fallon Tribal Health Center's Behavioral Health Program (BHP). Staff under this grant includes the Project Manager and Prevention Specialist. In Year 1, NC will conduct and use the results of a Community Needs Assessment and a Community Readiness Assessment to engage partners in developing a Strategic Action Plan. The Strategic Action Plan will address suicide prevention and substance misuse utilizing universal, selective and indicated prevention strategies. The NC will update the BHP's policies, protocols, and procedures for responding to mental health crises, suicide ideation, suicide attempts and suicide clusters; update existing, re-establish, and/or establish new memoranda or understandings (MOUs) with at least three AI/AN-serving programs to enhance collaborative relationships and formally set up referral protocols and procedures. The NC will collaborate with other tribal programs and agencies that serve youth and families, such as FPST Cultural Learning Center, Social Services, Law Enforcement, Tribal Court, Victim Services and the Housing Department. The NC will collaborate with the Churchill Community Coalition on at least three yearly projects related to suicide prevention and substance misuse. The NC will collaborate with the Cultural Learning Center in at least three projects annually that promote mental health through the Paiute and Shoshone culture, language identity and traditions. Activities include gatekeeper training to 5 adults in year 1 and 10 adults in Years 2 through 5; collaboration with local high school and middle schools to provide a school-based suicide awareness campaign targeting AI/AN students; establish a tribal youth advisory board; develop a public education campaign focusing on suicide prevention, substance misuse prevention and mental health promotion with public messaging on at least 5 occasions a year; conduct trainings for FTHC staff on a suicide screening tool; training FPST employees and community members on Youth Mental Health First Aid, QPR (Question, Persuade & Refer), SafeTALK and/or ASIST; and collaborate with the Office of Justice/Bureau of Justice Assistance's Connect and Protect project to follow up on all mental health referrals from the C&P Behavioral Health Liaison.
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).
