Thursday, April 10, 2025
4/10/2025
Wyandotte Nation Tribal Opioid Response Program - As a recognized leader in cultural and health programs across northeastern Oklahoma, the Wyandotte Nation’s Tribal Opioid Response Program will enhance access to, and improve the quality of prevention, therapy, risk reduction, and recovery activities in our region. The Wyandotte Nation's Tribal Opioid Response Program will increase access to culturally appropriate and evidence-based treatment for opioid and other substance abuse disorders to the 39,000 residents (according to the IHS User Population Estimate) in our 5 county catchment area and will directly impact the estimated 1,700 native and community youth who will participate in the program the first year alone. The program objectives, which include decreasing overdose deaths in our catchment area 6%, decrease youth abuse / misuse of prescription medications by 6% and provide culturally appropriate and evidence-based prevention, treatment, and risk reduction services to 9,250 native and community youth over a five year period, will be met through a variety of means. For example, a consulting firm will be utilized to address socio-ecological factors during relationship trainings held at tribal venues, public schools and civic organizations. Additionally, the Wyandotte Nation will arrange for treatment and recovery counseling through contract health, which will support risk reduction interventions and Opioid and other Substance Abuse Disorders. The Tribal Opioid Response Program will also offer risk reduction and prevention activities during after school and summer programs to native and other community youth and will incorporate culturally specific activities as a means to prevention. To achieve the program goals, objectives, outcomes and results, the Wyandotte Nation anticipates a project duration of five years. To determine program success, formal surveys among tribal citizens will be solicited using an on-line format. Matrixes will be designed to measure, calculate and quantify data to ensure goals are being met. Data will also be gathered through state and federal sources and will be analyzed by the Project Director and reported to tribal leadership and to tribal citizens through the tribal newsletter and Wyandotte Nation website. The Wyandotte Nation will measure program success by the completion of the program activities. To fund this program, the Wyandotte Nation is respectfully requesting $282,549 for year 1 of the project and a total of $1,484,844.00 to properly fund the five year program.
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