SAMHSA Provides $2.2 Million in Health Services Funding to Choctaw Nation
What happened
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is providing $2.2 million in health services funding to the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. This funding will support three programs: trauma-informed services in schools, tribal behavioral health substance use prevention, and support for 988 tribal response cooperative agreements.
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Why it matters
The federal funds will allow the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma to hire a prevention-based peer recovery support specialist. Additionally, the funding supports Project Aware, which aims to enhance behavioral health infrastructure within the tribe's school services.
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Who's involved
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services AdministrationProviding $2.2 million in health services funding to the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
Who could feel it
Possible knock-on effectsThese are possibilities Brind reasoned out, not predictions, and not advice. Most are not stated in any report.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration might see changes in its grant funding distribution to tribal health services.
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The entities involved
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services