Sunday, May 18, 2025
5/18/2025
Absentee Shawnee Tribal Opioid Response Program - The Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma seeks to create an inclusive and integrated opioid and methamphetamine treatment, prevention, and recovery support system to reduce and prevent overdoses and strengthen MOUD, OUD, and methamphetamine services to rural non-reservation (McGirt) American Indians who reside within the area of central Oklahoma served by the tribe. The Absentee Shawnee Tribe will build upon a long record of devotion to the welfare of area AI citizens and its relationships with communities, providers, health facilities, and among substance abuse treatment and recovery agencies to improve existing services and create new MAT services that will ultimately serve to advance the delivery of those services, practices, and cultural experiences that reduce overdoses and assure appropriate opioid (methamphetamine) use disorder treatment, prevention, and recovery services for American Indians within the service area. The aim of the Wi Si Ka To Wi, Be Well project is to reduce overdoses and expand MOUD, MAT, opioid abuse treatment, prevention, and recovery support services available to area American Indians. Based on the public health model, incorporating National Tribal Behavioral Health Agenda culturally appropriate models and utilizing the evidenced-based MI and MET/CBT, the project shall provide a secure foundation for delivering and sustaining effective, efficient, and culturally appropriate substance abuse treatment, prevention and recovery services. This goal will both expand and enhance the continuum of care for substance abuse services, blend appropriately with current approaches, reduce the prevalence of opioids and their negative impact on health, increase abstinence, and reduce costly health utilization.
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