Thursday, April 3, 2025
4/3/2025
Kickapoo TOR Return to Community Project - The Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas (KTIK), with more than 1,600 enrolled members, is a federally recognized sovereign Indian Tribe residing on a rural reservation in Brown County, Kansas. The KTIK community face behavioral health challenges that mirror those of many indigenous communities, exacerbated by high rates of poverty and unemployment. Culture, language, community, and health are integral to KTIK and are essential to living our values, healing our community, and addressing drug misuse and recovery. KTIK has identified behavioral health service needs, including mental health and recovery programs. KTIK will further develop its holistic Tribal Opioid Response program, KTIK Return to Community (R2C), which currently includes prevention; screening; treatment; and peer-led recovery for opioid, stimulant, and other substance use. The goals of this expanded project include: 1) Implement a comprehensive, community-centered and culturally responsive readiness and needs assessment to reflect on successes and opportunities from the first three years of KTIK TOR project work as well as assess for the future needs of the Kickapoo community related to mental health, wellness, and substance use prevention; 2) Continue providing community-based MOUD treatment services at the Kickapoo Nation Health Center established in the first TOR project and expand to support other Stimulant Use Disorder (SUD) treatment needs, including methamphetamine use; 3) Build a peer-led system of recovery inclusive of culturally responsive resources, peer mentorship programs, and intergenerational community strengthening; and 4) Increase KTIK’s capacity to provide comprehensive, trauma-informed supports to community members that systematically strengthen intergenerational relationships and build community-wide trust in order to prevent future substance use disorders (SUD). R2C will build on KTIK’s 2019-2022 Tribal Opioid Response awards and through a coordinated effort between Kickapoo Social Services, Kickapoo Nation Health Clinic, tribal and external partners, KTIK will reduce the harmful effects of substance use in the Kickapoo community for generations to come.
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).