Sunday, November 24, 2024
11/24/2024
The proposed project, Seminole Tribe of Florida (STOF) Native Connections, will develop and implement programs to promote wellness, prevent suicidal behavior and substance use, and increase knowledge of and reduce the impact of trauma among STOF youth through age 24-years-old. These goals will be attained through training with STOF community members and staff to recognize and address suicide risk, targeted intervention programming for identified priority groups (e.g., teenagers and young adults), and providing greater knowledge of the effects of trauma to the STOF community. STOF’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Center for Behavioral Health (CBH) will work with a community advisory board to develop outreach and intervention programming to address project goals and objectives across universal, selective, and indicated prevention tiers. Universal strategies include educational campaigns regarding topics of trauma, wellness, recovery and healing, and awareness campaigns about resources available for urgent and crisis situations (CBH on-call line, 988). Selective interventions include increasing community and staff ability to recognize and address warning signs of suicide and substance misuse (safeTALK and ASIST trainings serving at least 20 community members and 75% of clinical and non-clinical staff within HHS annually) and direct service provision focusing on addressing risk and protective factors for suicide and substance misuse for identified priority groups. Indicated interventions include training clinical staff to address those at high risk for suicide and substance misuse (100% of CBH clinical staff annually) and developing community postvention protocols.
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).
