Thursday, April 18, 2024
4/18/2024
The Opioid Tribal Grant project summary is to increase the awareness of the community to recognize opioid use disorder (OUD) signs and behaviors of individuals; increase referrals for patients to have counseling, psychological, and psychiatry services to decrease drug dependency; increase reported quality of life of patients receiving medication-assisted treatment (MAT); and increase provider ability to prescribe MAT with the mandatory buprenorphine training to qualified and received their DEA waiver. Southern Indian Health Council, Inc. (SIHC) is a Tribal Organization serving seven Federally recognized Tribes of the Barona Band of Mission Indians, Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians, Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians, Jamul Indian Village of California, La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian Reservation, Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians, and the Viejas Band of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas Reservation. SIHC provides medical, dental, pharmaceutical, and behavioral health services spanning 1,490 square miles of the rural southeast San Diego County, California. The Native American opioid epidemic in this region accounted for 190 (70%) out of the 272 incidence of deaths due to opioid overdoses as reported by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). The Tribal Opioid Response Grant awarded funds will provide the needed providers from our clinics to receive the required buprenorphine waiver training to register with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to decrease the opioid death rate of the Native American population. The Program Coordinator will assure compliance with the data collection and the outreach efforts to provide prevention, educational, and intervention coordination with SIHC’s providers. The Program Coordinator will manage the Office-Based Opioid Treatment (OBOT) model by attending the interdisciplinary team meetings; analyze the strategic plan, develop the policies/protocols to integrate behavioral health specific to the OBOT model, collect data, coordinate trainings for providers, assist with the DEA registration, and outreach with activities with the community. SIHC anticipates serving annually a minimum of 350 unduplicated individuals that are a collection of those receiving opioid MAT treatments, opioid support through behavioral health, individuals that attend monthly workshops, family supportive services, SIHC events and conferences. Over the course of the two-year project, SIHC anticipates providing services to 700 unduplicated individuals. Thank you.
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).
