Sunday, May 11, 2025
5/11/2025
Taos Pueblo Tribal Opioid Response - The proposed grant funds will be used, in part, to address a current gap in the services available within our Behavioral Health Program and in Northern New Mexico. At present, there are no transitional living or sober living programs within a 50-mile radius of Taos Pueblo. The closest Recovery Housing option is run by a non-Tribal substance abuse program in Espanola, NM, which is an hour's drive away and primarily serves a non-Native population. There are separate men's and women's shelter in Taos, which provide temporary housing on a limited basis; however, neither of these programs includes any behavioral health treatment services. The need for a local, culturally-relevant Recovery Housing program is greatly needed, as shown in part by the high rate of relapse for tribal members who return from residential treatment. In the past year, Taos Pueblo has sent 10 individuals to residential treatment, most for some combination of opioid, stimulant, and alcohol dependence. The vast majority have relapsed and resumed their prior level of substance abuse within one to two weeks of returning home. A common plea from those completing residential treatment has been for a highly structured, step-down recovery housing program which would provide intensive substance abuse treatment, a community-based, sober living setting, and the opportunity to develop job skills and prosocial, sober support systems.
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