The Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board is applying for the Tribal Opioid Response grant in partnership with the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe. The total population is 19,165 (Indian Health Service User Population Estimates 2019). The focus population is American Indians 10 years old and adults at risk of, in treatment for, or recovering from opioid and stimulant use disorders. The population of focus resides within the Crow Creek Sioux Reservation and the He Sapa (Pennington County and Meade County) catchment area.
Tribal Opioid Response funds are needed to build opioid treatment and prevention capacity. Through a strategy of coordinating resources in prevention, treatment, and recovery, the Great Plains Tribal Opioid Response program’s goal for the 24-month grant period is to create and coordinate resources that strengthen, complement, and sustain the capacity to support the ability to prevent and treat opioid use disorder and stimulant misuse on the Crow Creek Sioux Reservation and the He Sapa catchment area.
The program will engage in the following goals & objectives: GPTOR will expand resources to strengthen the capacity of Crow Creek Sioux Tribe to prevent, treat and recover from opioid use disorder (OUD) and stimulant use disorder (SUD). GPTOR will provide educational resources to 1,000 CCST community members GPTOR will provide training opportunities to social services and behavioral health-related staff on the Crow Creek Reservation. These opportunities will include opioid misuse prevention, opioid medication management, and medication-assisted treatment (MAT) information. GPTOR will provide transportation cost assistance to OUD or SUD treatment to 5 American Indians on the CCST reservation. Provide ongoing recovery support services to individuals recovering from OUD/SUD. GPTOR will support two individuals to become certified as peer recovery specialists. GPTOR will train 200 individuals in harm reduction strategies to include administration of the overdose antidote, Naloxone, education on fentanyl test strips, and education on the use of medication lock boxes.
Goal 2: Set the foundation of resource referral and development for culturally appropriate OUD and SUD prevention, intervention, and recovery support resources in the He Sapa catchment area. Provide educational resources on OUD and SUD prevention strategies. Provide training on opioid misuse prevention, opioid medication management, and medication-assisted treatment (MAT) information. Provide ongoing recovery support services that normalize sobriety. Provide transportation costs and essential needs such as childcare assistance to OUD or SUD with poly-substance misuse treatment attending inpatient treatment facilities. Train individuals in harm reduction strategies, including the administration of the overdose antidote, Naloxone, education on fentanyl test strips, and education on the use of medication lock boxes.
Goal 3: Facilitate the Great Plains Area Tribal Opioid Response, "So That the People May Live" Community of Practice by hosting quarterly peer-to-peer virtual and in-person meetings to share best practices, resources, and networks among tribal communities stakeholders.