Wednesday, January 15, 2025
1/15/2025
Wyandotte Nation is considered home to one of the leading cultural and health programs in northeastern Oklahoma. Wyandotte Nation is the lead applicant for the Tribal Opioid Response Grant and plans to improve the quality of, and access to, risk reduction, prevention, therapy, and recovery activities. Our project aims to increase access to culturally appropriate and evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorder. Project staff will attend and participate in trainings to acquire a working understanding of adverse childhood experiences including substance use disorder as well as a foundational understanding of the opioid public health crisis while learning how to administer Naloxone. Other trainings include the Tribal Public Health Conference and Gathering of Native Americans in order to adapt, adjust, and rise to the challenges brought about by the effects of the pandemic so we can continue to serve our tribal community with servant leadership, accountability, respect, innovation, excellence, and integrity. We will also provide peer coaching on preventing stimulant misuse and substance use disorders. A consulting firm will be utilized to address socio-ecological factors during relationship trainings at tribal venues, public schools, and civic organizations. Key staff will arrange treatment and recovery counseling through contract health to support risk reduction interventions and OUD/stimulant use disorder. Finally, our project will offer risk reduction and prevention activities during an afterschool and summer program, which will incorporate native specific cultural activities as a means of prevention. The project will benefit the 1,500 tribal citizens within our project service area; however, it is our desire to serve and positively impact all citizens in our community. Our time frame for the project is 24 months, or two (2) years, which is sufficient for us to accomplish our project’s goals, objective activities, outcomes, results, and products. Formal surveys and interviews will be conducted online to determine how tribal citizens perceive the change in access to services and prevention activities as well as the Tribe’s ability to address community needs. Matrixes will be designed to measure, calculate and quantify data to ensure goals are being met. Data will be analyzed by the Project Director and reported to tribal citizens via the tribal newsletter and website. Success will be measured by completion of aforementioned activities. The Wyandotte Nation kindly requests $250,000 for the successful implementation for year one of the two year Tribal Opioid Response Grant.
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).