Thursday, April 18, 2024
4/18/2024
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (‘SRPMIC’, ‘Salt River’, or ‘Community’) is submitting a proposal for a Tribal Opioid Response Grant. The Community is homeland to two distinct Native American tribes; the Pima - ‘Onk Akimel O’odham’ (River People), and the Maricopa - ‘Xalychidom Piipaash’ (People who live toward the Water). As of June 30, 2018 the current Community enrollment is 10,650, with approximately 6,000 Community Members residing within the Community’s boundaries. The total population in the Salt River Community, which includes Community members and those who are non-enrolled is approximately 10,000. The Community has made substance abuse treatment services, suicide prevention, substance abuse prevention/intervention education and strengthening family programs available to members and their families. The source of funding has been through some tribal funds, grants with the Indian Health Service and Department of Justice and most recently third party collections (beginning this year). Despite these efforts to help members be sober, safe and healthy, the Community experienced and increase in drug use, suicide, and death. During 2017, the frequency of drug related arrests, overdose and suicides increased significantly such that the Community Council adopted a Proclamation to “Battle the Increasing Trend of Illegal Drug Use and the Resulting Deaths from Alcohol, and Illegal Drug Use occurring in the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community.” If funded the Community proposes to complete a strategic plan to better determine gaps and services responding to OUD within the first 60 days. The Community also proposes education prevention strategies, bringing Naloxone treatment to the Community, having MAT available for Community members needing this service and providing residential OUD treatment services for youth/adult when our small treatment center is at capacity. The work for this project will be led by John Godfrey, Project Director who also works as the Assistant Director for the Department of Health and Human Services, Project Manager, Naomi Esparza, who is a Behavioral Health Services (BHS) Program Manager working in Journey to Recovery and Myrna Pavatea, BHS Division Director to assist as needed. Funding: $139,303
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).
