Saturday, September 7, 2024
9/7/2024
Summary: Leveraging best practices from Dakota lifeways, research in mentoring, and the National Tribal Behavioral Health Agenda strategies, Lower Sioux will establish a new tribal network referring and mentoring children of OUD and other addicted patients being treated in the tribe's CD Programs, Behavioral Health, and Clinic. Forty (40) children, ages 6-17 years, will engage in cultural and healthy physical activities led by small group mentors to promote protective factors and reduce risk factors to help prevent generational alcohol and drug addiction. Population & Characteristics: This project will serve 40 indigenous youth ages 6-17 years living on or within the 10-mile federally designated service area of the Lower Sioux Indian Community. One-third of Lower Sioux's enrolled tribal population, nearly 400 youth, is under 18 years of age. All or 100% live in families impacted by addiction and historic trauma. A 2018 Lower Sioux youth survey revealed that the average age of first substance use is 11.1 years. Strategies & Interventions: Project youth will engage in a minimum of 24 weeks of evidence-based and culturally grounded out-of-school time small group activities led by two Mentor Leaders. Through relationship building and increasing access to cultural traditions and healthy activities, youth will strengthen protective factors to deter the onset of and reduce the levels of substance use. Youth will self-select and/or be referred to the project through the Lower Sioux CD & Behavioral Health Department and/or the Clinic as the children of tribal members undergoing addiction treatment. This project meets Lower Sioux's tribal-wide strategic plan, TOR community prevention strategies, and the National Behavioral Health Agenda for Advancing Prevention & Recovery Priorities. It also strengthens the prevention, intervention, and recovery network across the tribe. Goal & Objectives: The goal of the Dakota Youth Wawokiya (Mentoring) to Promote Generational Recovery Project is to increase protective factors among youth with families facing addiction that can decrease the likelihood of multi-generational substance use among 40 indigenous youth, 6-17 years. To achieve this goal, Lower Sioux will undertake and achieve two SMART objectives. Objective 1: By the end of September 2023, Lower Sioux will establish and implement a new tribal-wide referral network for youth prevention services, resulting in at least 20 new referrals from Human Services and/or the Clinic to the Wawokiya Youth Prevention Project. Objective 2: By the end of September 2023, at least 40 tribal youth ages 6-17 will strengthen protective factors against alcohol and drug use by participating in a minimum of 24 weeks of small group mentoring on Dakota cultural traditions, healthy physical activities, and arts learning activities.
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