Wednesday, May 8, 2024
5/8/2024
The Northern Cheyenne Tribal Opioid Response project will seek to provide the following to the Northern Cheyenne community members who struggle with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD): assess to out-patient medication-assisted treatment (MAT): Peer support services: weekly support groups: culturally and/or spiritually supportive activities: and a strategic plan to address gaps in prevention, treatment, and recovery for OUD. On the Northern Cheyenne Nation, substance and opioid use among youth and adult populations is markedly higher than national averages. For instance, 40% of respondents to the 2018 Northern Cheyenne Community Health Assessment indicate that a friend or close relative uses opioids. Covid has only made things worse I'm sure. There is still currently inadequate access to Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) treatment on the Northern Cheyenne Nation. Further, nearly half of patients using primary local hospital are uninsured and therefore unable to seek OUD treatment at a different facility. In 2016, Montana Healthcare Foundation provided funding to coordinate the care of pregnant women who have an identified Substance Use Disorder (SUD), but that funding is no longer available. This is our only program that addresses OUD in our area, and we are looking to grow our service. the funds from this grant will be used to prevent OUD and to improve recovery support services by adopting/ utilizing the Chronic Care Model of healthcare delivery. Goals of the Northern Cheyenne Tribal Opioid Response Program are to; 1) increase the capacity of the Northern Cheyenne Recovery Center (NCRC) to comprehensively prevent and treat opioid use disorders on the Northern Cheyenne Nation; 2) support comprehensive, evidence-based out-patient treatment to people with OUD; and 3) develop a recovery program infrastructure to support people with OUD. Interventions and measurable objectives are to : review & update a strategic plan to address gaps in prevention, treatment, and recovery care for OUD; offer at least 8 workforce development trainings; connect 28 people with OUD with out-patient MAT services utilizing FDA-approved MAT medications; determine viable, sustainable options to help people access healthcare coverage that will allow them to access MAT; develop formal understandings with the Northern Cheyenne jail and Youth Detention Center to coordinate care for people with OUD reentering the community from the criminal justice system; provide peer support to 28 people with OUD; offer weekly support groups for people with OUD; and provide at least 8 culturally and/or spiritually supportive activities to engage and support clients in sobriety. We expect to directly serve 14 people through the grant and annually 28 people over the two-year funding cycle.
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).
