Tribal Affairs National and Regional Resources Region VIII (2014)

Tribal Affairs
National and Regional Resources
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Region VIII (2014)
SAMHSA provides leadership and devotes its resources toward helping the nation act on the knowledge that:
Behavioral Health Is Essential to Health; Prevention Works; Treatment Is Effective; And People Recover. The
behavioral health work for American Indians, Alaska Natives and federally recognized tribes is achieved
through the following four Centers:
www.samhsa.gov
Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ)
SAMHSA’s Office of Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse (OIASA)
www.samhsa.gov/tloa/
The OIASA is responsible for the implementation of the 2010 Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA): interagency coordination,
collaboration, identification of federal resources and programs, and support development of Tribal Action Plans related
to alcohol and substance abuse problems.
SAMHSA’s Tribal Discretionary Grant Portfolio
www.grants.gov
2013-2014 Region VIII SAMHSA Tribal Grantees (Region VIII = 21 grantees @ $18,145,917)
Substance Abuse Prevention
o Crow Creek Sioux Tribal Council
o Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council
o Oglala Lakota College
o Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes
o Oglala Sioux Tribe
o Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
o Rosebud Sioux Tribe
o Oglala Sioux Tribe
Circles of Care for Children’s Mental Health
o Northern Arapaho Tribe
o Boys & Girls Club Northern Cheyenne
Suicide Prevention
o Sinte Gleska University (Rosebud Sioux Tribe)
o Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council
Access to Recovery
o Candeska Cikana Community College
o Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council
o Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes
o Great Plains Tribal Chairmen's Health Board
o Chippewa Cree Tribe
o Oglala Sioux Tribe
o Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
SAMHSA Tribal Technical Assistance
 Tribal Technical Assistance Center (TTAC)
www.samhsa.gov/tribal-ttac
 American Indian/Alaska Native Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC):
[email protected]
 Collaborative for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT)
http://captus.samhsa.gov/about-us
 GAINS Center for Behavioral Health & Justice Transformation
http://gainscenter.samhsa.gov/
 National Child Traumatic Stress Network
http://nctsn.org/
SAMHSA: Prescription Drug Abuse Resources
 Provider and Patient Education/Publications:
o Opioid Brief Guide
o Opioid Overdose Toolkit
o Physician Clinical Support System for Opioids (PCSS-O)
o Physician Clinical Support System for Buprenorphine (PCSS-B)
 Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)
 PDMP-EHR Integration and Interoperability Expansion Grants
 National Drug Take-Back Day: Drug Enforcement Agency
SAMHSA: Suicide Prevention and Intervention Resources
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Cooperative Agreements for Tribal Behavioral Health ‘Native Connections” – Tribal grants to prevent and reduce
suicide and substance abuse and promote mental health among American Indian/Alaska Native young people
Garrett Lee Smith Suicide Prevention Program – State/Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention
Program, and Campus Suicide Prevention Program.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - 1-800-273-TALK (8255) - a free, 24-hour hotline available to anyone in
suicidal crisis or emotional distress.
o National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention
www.actionallianceforsuicideprevention.org
o National Indian Child Welfare Association
www.nicwa.org/YouthSuicidePreventionToolkit
o Indian Health Services
www.ihs.gov/behavioral/index.cfm?module=BH&option=Suicide
o Veterans Crisis Line
www.veteranscrisisline.net
Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator – a directory of mental health and substance abuse treatment
facilities in the United States and U.S. territories.
Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) - provides technical assistance, training, and materials to
assist states, tribes, campuses, organizations, and providers to develop suicide prevention
programs, interventions and policies.
Preventing Suicide by American Indian and Alaska Native Youth and Young Adults “To Live to Meet the Great Day that Dawns”
SAMHSA: Trauma Resources
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Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale (BRSS TACS) - Funding to support policy guidance,
technical assistance, and training to help states and providers, including peer providers,
adopt and implement best and emerging practices in recovery supports, services, & systems
 Access to Recovery - Funds states, tribes and tribal organizations to carry-out voucher
programs for substance abuse clinical treatment and recovery support services.
 Mental Health Transformation Grant (MHTG) Program: Transforming Lives through Supported Employment.
Enhances state and community capacity to provide evidence-based supported employment programs to adults
with serious mental illnesses including persons with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders.
 Resource Center to Promote Acceptance, Dignity, and Social Inclusion - Enhances acceptance and social
inclusion by ensuring that people with mental health problems can live full, productive lives within communities
without fear of prejudice and discrimination
SAMHSA: Homelessness Resources
 Homelessness Resource Center - An interactive community of providers, consumers, policymakers, researchers,
and public agencies at federal, state, and local levels.
 Grants for the Benefit of Homeless Individuals (GBHI) - Funding to expand and strengthen treatment services, as
well as community infrastructure, for persons who are experiencing homelessness, who also have M/SUDs
 Services in Supportive Housing (SSH) – Funding to support mental health and supportive
services, through evidence-based practices, to individuals and families who live in permanent
housing and who have M/SUDs and histories of chronic homelessness.
 Cooperative Agreements to Benefit Homeless Individuals (CABHI) – Funding to support development and/or
expansion of local implementation and community infrastructures that integrate treatment and services for
people with M/SUDs with permanent housing, and other critical services.
SAMHSA Regional and National Contacts
SAMHSA Regional Administrator, Charles Smith, PhD, (303) 844-7873, [email protected]
SAMHSA Senior Advisor, Tribal Affairs, Sheila Cooper, (240) 276-2005, [email protected]
SAMHSA, Director, OIASA,
Rod Robinson, (240) 276-2497, [email protected]