Friday, May 9, 2025
5/9/2025
AMERICAN SAMOA (AMSAM) SOR PROJECT - The applicant for this funding opportunity is the American Samoa Department of Health (DOH), specifically the DOH Behavioral Health Services Division (BHSD). DOH is the territory's sole public health agency delivering programs and services that promote, protect, and address the public’s health and wellness. The island US territory of American Samoa is rich in the abundance of natural resources and its lively vibrant culture grounded in strong family and faith-based values. The reality of Stimulant Use rising significantly and the likely introduction of Opioid Use/Abuse on the island in the near future dangerously jeopardizes the promotion of wellness of our people and the perpetuation of our cultural values and protective factors. A problem that we once viewed as a US mainland issue, stimulants (methamphetamine) are now the most used illicit drug on the island across all villages of both Tutuila and Manu’a. The AMSAM SOR Project proposes the following goals and objectives for Year 1: • Goal 1: Increase access to treatment services for individuals with an Opioid Use Disorder or Stimulant use Disorder by developing a uniformed territorial continuum of care for substance abuse treatment involving government and non-government organizations. • Goal 2: Reduce risky behaviors that lead to substance abuse/stimulant use amongst youth and young adult aged individuals by implementing at least one evidence-based school-based prevention program teaching effective refusal skills and protective factors. • Goal 3: Increase the capacity of first responders and law enforcement to effectively provide care to individuals with an OUD or Stimulant Use Disorder by implementing evidence based screening and harm reduction approaches. • Goal 4: Reduce stigma toward individuals experiencing an Opioid Use Disorder or Stimulant Use Disorder by implementing evidence-based public messaging and media strategies that promotes protective factors and anti-stigma practices. • Goal 5: Increase awareness about preventing OUD overdoes by implementing training of Naloxone to at least 100 healthcare providers and 100 government personnel and NGO providers.
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