Wednesday, January 15, 2025
1/15/2025
In partnership with the Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council (RMTLC), the purpose of the Northern Cheyenne Partnerships for Success project is to expand current substance abuse prevention efforts to further reduce underage drinking and reduce marijuana use among Northern Cheyenne youth ages 9-20 living on the Northern Cheyenne reservation. This purpose will be fulfilled by 1) Reducing youth substance use in the community by implementing tribal best practice programs with youth-serving organizations that address risk factors that may lead to the initiation of use; 2) Increasing prevention capacity and community infrastructure to reduce substance use through culturally-specific community outreach and messaging, community events, posters, flyers, and billboards. Over the last ten years, the Northern Cheyenne tribe has actively built prevention infrastructure to address the issue of underage drinking through participation in the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) and Partnership for Success (PFS) grant projects with the RMTLC. The Northern Cheyenne tribe will expand upon these efforts by strengthening the tradition of wellness through community-driven, culturally-specific tribal best practice (TBP) activities for reservation youth and their families. Northern Cheyenne will broaden community partnerships through the formation of a community coalition comprised of key tribal health partners that will work to identify the TBPs to be implemented. TBPs will consist of community-wide recreational activities will be administered to engage youth in activities that promote skill-building, healthy decision making, and connect youth with their natural environment and tribal traditions. Throughout the lifetime of the project, RMTLC aims to engage at least 350 youth in TBP prevention activities, and at least 1,500 community members through various means of prevention messaging and educational outreach strategies. Through the implementation of community-identified TBPs, Northern Cheyenne aims to increase youth cultural connectedness by one overall point as measured by the Cultural Connectedness Short Scale (CCSS), decrease underage drinking and marijuana use by 25% among Northern Cheyenne youth as measured by the YRBS, and increase community readiness to support prevention of underage drinking and marijuana use as measured by the Community Readiness Assessment (CRA).
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).