Thursday, March 13, 2025
3/13/2025
The Reno-Sparks Indian Colony (RSIC) aims to address the opioid crisis and stimulant use and misuse disorders, by implementing a systemic collaborative clinical services model of care to enhance programming for at-risk tribal populations through Reno-Sparks Tribal Health Center (RSTHC). The RSTHC is ideally situated to provide focused and culturally competent services to this target population. By increasing access to culturally appropriate and evidence-based treatment, including medication-assisted treatment (MAT) using Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) through contracting MAT services within the Reno/Sparks Area. In addition to focusing on OUD and/or SUD. The intent is to reduce unmet treatment need and opioid and/or stimulant related overdose deaths through the provision of prevention, treatment, and recovery support services for OUD and/or SUD. To improve services targeting opioid use and stimulant use disorders based on evidenced-based modalities as adapted for American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) populations using components of the National Tribal Behavioral Health Agenda (TBHA) and Alaska Native Cultural Wisdom Declaration (CWD), which elevates the importance of tribal identities, culture, spiritual beliefs, and practices for improving well-being. By enhancing the current infrastructure of RSTHC, the tribe will be able to mobilize existing resources and maximize patient care as it relates to this target population. The program will utilize the current TOR Project Director/Clinical Program Planner, to assist with data collection and service management. Focus of improvements includes enhanced wrap around services within the clinic utilizing systemic care model involving culturally heightened processes to improve well-being and overall health. • Purpose: The purpose of the project is to provide supplemental programming and educate current staff to improve existing clinical care focused on reducing the impact of opioid and/or stimulant use disorders and by reducing premature death associated with use. • Goals: The goal of the project is to reduce opioid use and/or stimulant use disorder, this include use of high-risk addictive medication for the treatment of chronic pain management among AI/ANs in Northern Nevada. The secondary goal is to improve the data collection to be able to forecast trends and identify gaps in services related to opioid and/or stimulant use disorders. In addition to improving the management of high-risk addictive medication for the treatment of chronic pain. • Objectives 1. To enhance clinical services by providing integrated treatment for patients with opioid use and/or stimulant use disorders, and monitoring improvements for medication management for chronic pain (targeting 30 per year), by the end of the first year of funding; 2. To decrease the number of patients diagnosed with SUDs, Chronic, and/or co-occurring mental disorders, by 25% by the end of the project period. 3. To increase the capacity of the Tribe to project program needs by improving data collection, tracking treatment success, identifying gaps in service and planning for sustainability. 4. By the 12th month of the grant period, Project Director/Clinical Program Planner will provide education/awareness and prevention services related to the negative effects of Opioid and/or Stimulant use; knowledge regarding the negative impacts of Opioid and/or Stimulant use will have increased by 30% as evidenced by pre- and post-test data 5. By the 12th month of the grant year, multiple departments will network and provide systemic culturally based program that includes education/awareness/prevention services to reduce use of high-risk medications that contribute to co-morbidities, by 35%. Target Population: 103 (current) Opioid Users, 145 (current) Stimulant Users, 115 Long term (current) use of opiate analgesics.
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).