Thursday, November 21, 2024
11/21/2024
The Sacramento Strategic Prevention Framework Project (SSPFP) will build capacity to prevent substance use and abuse among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth 9-20 in Sacramento County, using strength-based, systematic, collaborative, culturally-based and data-driven approaches. This project will serve 80 youth annually, 400 youth over 5 years, to reduce onset and progression of alcohol, marijuana, and prescription drug use among AI/AN youth. SSPFP will build local capacity by working with institutional and community partners, developing data capacity and infrastructure, and promoting preventative factors among AI/AN youth. Programming will be based in the Sacramento Native American Health Center’s (SNAHC) Behavioral Health and Prevention Initiative Department and will build off of recent community needs assessment work and prior strategic prevention framework grants. The project goals are to: 1) strengthen local capacity and infrastructure to reduce onset and progression of substance use among AI/AN youth 9-20 in Sacramento County by implementing the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) within a culturally-based format.; 2) strengthen substance abuse preventative factors -- community and cultural connection -- by providing culturally-based prevention services to 80 AI/AN youth ages 9-20 per year; and 3) Increase awareness of substance abuse prevention and services and AI/AN community needs by developing and disseminating peer-to-peer social marketing messaging. Program objectives include: collaboration with institutional system partners to leverage resources and fund prevention work; partnering with the existing State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup to advance AI/AN data needs; strengthening community coalitions, local capacity and infrastructure by partnering with local AI/AN youth-serving programs; providing a youth safe space; providing direct substance abuse prevention education; providing regular youth talking circles; implementing a peer mentor program; and promoting program messages with peer-led youth social marketing work. SNAHC will leverage existing partnerships to address substance use prevention, and also engage new partnerships. SNAHC will also engage existing partners: The Multi-Agency Partners consisting of county-wide stakeholders; youth, parent, and evaluation Advisory Groups; and the Intersegmental Group, representing AI/AN serving aspects of educational systems throughout the county. SSPFP staff will also join the State Tribal Epidemiological Workgroup and form a Community Substance Prevention Coalition, made up of key youth-serving partners. Strategies and interventions include Evidence-Based and Community-Defined Practices to best address substance use among urban AI/AN youth. This includes the Strategic Prevention Framework and Gathering of Native Americans, as well as integrating key training approaches based on Native Wellness Institute Curriculum, We R Native, Native Stand and the Native Youth Sexuality Network.
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).
