Great Plains Tribal Opioid Response Program

 

Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board (GPTLHB) was awarded the SAMHSA Tribal Opioid Response Grant. The program supplements current activities focused on reducing the impact of opioids and will contribute to a comprehensive response to the opioid epidemic. The program aims to address the opioid crisis in tribal communities by increasing access to culturally appropriate and evidence-based treatment, including medication-assisted treatment (MAT), using one of the three FDA-approved medications to treat opioid use disorder (OUD). In addition to focusing on OUD, recipients may also address stimulant misuse and use conditions, including cocaine and methamphetamine. The intent is to reduce unmet treatment needs and opioid overdose-related deaths by providing prevention, treatment, and recovery support services for OUD and, if so desired, stimulant misuse and use disorders. The communities that the GPTLHB has partnered with are the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and the American Indian community of the He Sapa (Pennington County, South Dakota).

Learn more about the impacts of opioid addiction. 


Opioid Resources

There are also several available resources for communities and organizations to fight back against America’s opioid problem.

SAMHSA

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors

Prevent & Protect


Staff 

  • Staci Eagle Elk, Program Manager 
  • Larry Archambeau, Program Coordinator - Ft. Thompson 
  • Delnita Traversie, Program Coordinator - Rapid City  
  • Cameron Ducheneaux, Program Coordinator - Rapid City

*Funding for this project was made possible by award number 1H79TI087894 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government

 

Great Plains Preventing Youth Overdose Program

The PYO program is designed to increase access and improve local awareness among AI/AN youths of risks associated with fentanyl, increase access to medications for opioid use disorder (OUD), and train healthcare providers, families, and school personnel on the best practices for supporting youth with OUD and those taking medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD).We coordinate prevention, treatment, and recovery support services with a PYO Navigator to help youth and young adults with OUD and co-occurring disorders access, educate, and navigate community resources.We offer monthly training sessions to healthcare providers, families, and school personnel and offer an annual accredited training opportunity on pediatric MOUD prescription to healthcare providers and prescribers.

CRITERIA TO ENROLL IN THE PROGRAM

  • American Indian youth ages 10 – 24 years of age
  • Reside within Pennington County, SD
  • Have Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)and/or co-occurring disorders.

SERVICES OFFERED

  • Transportation to PYO activities
  • Transport participants to opioid treatment and withdrawal management services, screenings, assessments, substance use monitoring, treatment planning, relapse prevention and recovery support services, and counseling services.
  • Coordinate medication management and counseling services with Oyate Health and Behavioral Health.
  • Provide transportation to required activities, health services, treatment, and follow-up and mentor participants.
  • Provide naloxone education and distribute harm-reduction kits to participants and their support systems.
  • Facilitate group recovery activities and link participants to specific recovery and healing services that are culturally appropriate.
  • Medication pick-up and drop-off services for participants, encouraging medication compliance.
  • Provide transportation to treatment centers outside of Rapid City (within driving distance).

*Funding for this project was made possible by award number 1H79TI086987-01 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Extension Program is funded by Indian Health Service.

Published in: Great Plains Tribal Opioid Response Program

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Member Tribes

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe

Flandreau Sioux

Flandreau Sioux

Lower Brule Sioux

Lower Brule Sioux

Crow Creek Sioux Tribe

Crow Creek Sioux Tribe

Oglala Sioux Tribe

Oglala Sioux Tribe

Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate

Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate

Yankton Sioux

Yankton Sioux

Rosebud Sioux Tribe

Rosebud Sioux Tribe

Meskwaki Nation

Meskwaki Nation

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

Trenton Indian Service Area

Trenton Indian Service Area

Santee sioux nation

Santee sioux nation

Standing Rock Sioux

Standing Rock Sioux

Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Nation

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Ponca Tribe of Nebraska

Ponca Tribe of Nebraska

Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska

Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska

Spirit Lake Tribe

Spirit Lake Tribe

Omaha Nations

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