December 7, 2022

In a Good Way

• Grantee Spotlight - Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Indians

Webinars and Events

• Customs and Traditions of Three Tribes in Different Regions - December 13, 2022
• Native Connections Learning Community-Webinar-Podcast Schedule

Resources:

• Traditional Foods as Medicine: A Regional Collection
• Digital Media Festival - May 8-12, 2023
• Navigating the Native Connections Resource Center (NCRC)
• TSLGBTQ 2023 Calendar
• 988 Implementation Guidance Playbooks

Funding Opportunities

• Cultural and Community Resilience - January 12, 2023
• 2023 Tribal Transportation Program Safety Fund - January 15, 2023
• Rural Communities Opioid Response Program - Overdose Response - January 19, 2023
• Native American Language Preservation and Maintenance - March 31, 2023

IN A GOOD WAY

Grantee Spotlight



Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Indians

Cohort 8 grantee, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Indians, have been hard at work in their community. Ani Williams, the NC Grant Coordinator, shared that Lac Du Flambeau has been running a women's beading circle twice a week, and will soon be offering it virtually. The program has assisted 22 young men in hand drum making and will teach an additional 24 at the local alternative education program, and works alongside jail staff and inmates regarding culture as prevention. For youth, the program hosts a weekly talking circle and assists with a youth pow wow once month. They are also working on getting a 988 billboard up designed by a local youth artist. Keep up the great work!

National Learning Community

Customs and Traditions of Three Tribes in Different Regions

December 13, 2022

National Learning Community (NLC) 32 will explore the customs and traditions of three tribes in different regions. The Tlingit and Haida Tribes of Alaska out of Juneau, AK; the Alaska Native Heritage Center out of Anchorage, AK; and the Marty Indian School from Marty, SD will share customs and traditions from their cultures. When doing prevention work, understanding that each community has its own ceremonies, customs, and traditions can help communities use culture as prevention. Please join us at 2 p.m. EST for another NLC and a chance to hear from other NC programs. Register using the button below.

Val Pingayak

Grantee Technical Assistant

Dr. Marvin Richardson

Grantee Technical Assistant

UPCOMING NATIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES

• Strengthening a Weak Strategic Action Plan - February 7, 2023
• Post Prevention Strategies - April 25, 2023
• Social Marketing and TSLGBTQ - June 27, 2023

UPCOMING WEBINARS

• A Roadmap for Success - December 27, 2022
• Stay on the Path - January 17, 2023
• Behavioral Health and Cultural Inclusion into the Therapeutic Process - January 31, 2023

UPCOMING PODCASTS

• 988: Working with Tribal Communities - December 28, 2022
• Strategic Planning: Goal Setting for your Program - January 25, 2023
• Engaging Youth: Making Social Media Effective - February 22, 2023

Traditional Foods as Medicine: A Regional Collection

The purpose of this project is to gather information, stories, and recipes on traditional foods from Native Connections (NC) grantees. Each community is unique, and through this collection we hope to provide more information and ideas to try and explore tradition with the youth in your program, using culture as the foundation for prevention. As NC grantees know, culture is a protective factor, and the goal if this project is to provide an additional resource for grantees. For more information on culture and protective factors, view the work product titled “Culture is Prevention.”

This project is a companion piece to the SAMHSA Native Connections “Traditional Foods as Medicine” webinar and "Traditional Foods as Medicine: Exploring the Possibilities" booklet.

View the dashboard and submit your recipe and story using the link below. By submitting your recipe and story, you agree that the SAMHSA NC Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Center may use the information provided and publish to the NC TTA Center website.

Native Connections Digital Media Festival - May 8-12, 2023

National Prevention Week is the second week of May 2023. To raise awareness during this week, NC will host the Digital Media Festival on May 8-12, 2023, showcasing grantees' creative media, specifically around prevention, including the use of culture as prevention. Categories of potential submissions can be found on the Digital Media Festival dashboard. The theme of this year's Digital Media Festival is What Do You See in the Stars? AI/AN communities traditionally used and continue to use storytelling to promote values, teachings, and cultural resilience. Our theme, What Do We See in the Stars? merges traditional oral histories and storytelling with modern facets of art. Through the medium of digital media, we are able to continue engaging in new ways of storytelling while celebrating culture as prevention.

The dashboard provides access to helpful resources, the Submission Form, the Media Release Form, previous digital media from grantees, and various platforms to access the festival, including the main platform called Gather, Smartsheet, and YouTube.

Navigating the Native Connections Resource Center

The Native Connections Resource Center (NCRC) provides access to resources that have been developed specifically for the NC Program. Many of the resources on this site were developed by NC grantees to assist them with their grant requirements. Materials are categorized by type and topic. They have also been organized into sections of the NC Approach, so there are several ways to find resources. The NCRC can be found on Smartsheet (Smartsheet User Guide). The link below provides a more in-depth video walkthrough of the NCRC.

In addition to the NCRC, we encourage grantees to visit the Native Connections website for various resources and information. Here, grantees will have access to resources not found on the NCRC including webinars, publications and resources, and information about Training and Technical Assistance. Visitors to the website can also access related SAMHSA resources, including info about alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, mental and substance use disorders, prevention of substance abuse and mental illness, suicide prevention, and tribal affairs.

TSLGBTQ 2023 Calendar

988 Implementation Guidance Playbooks

In 2020, Congress designated the new 988 dialing code to be operated through the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. SAMHSA sees 988 as a first step towards a transformed crisis care system in America. SAMHSA, in co-sponsorship with NASMHPD, worked with partners across critical working sectors involved with 988 to develop 988 Implementation Guidance Playbooks (e.g., “playbooks”) for States, Territories, and Tribes; Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Providers; Lifeline Contact Centers; and Public Safety Answering Points. The following are the links to these playbooks:

• States, Territories & Tribes
• Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Providers
• Lifeline Contact Centers
• Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs)

Cultural and Community Resilience

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access is accepting applications for the Cultural and Community Resilience program. This program supports community-based efforts to mitigate climate change and COVID-19 pandemic impacts, safeguard cultural resources, and foster cultural resilience through identifying, documenting, and/or collecting cultural heritage and community experience. The program prioritizes projects from disadvantaged communities in the United States or its jurisdictions, and NEH encourages applications that employ inclusive methodologies.

2023 Tribal Transportation Program Safety Fund

Eligible projects described in section 148(a)(4) are strategies, activities, and projects on a public road that are consistent with a transportation safety plan and that (i) correct or improve a hazardous road location or feature, or (ii) address a highway safety problem. TTPSF emphasizes the development of strategic transportation safety plans using a data-driven process as a means for Tribes to identify transportation safety needs and determine how those needs will be addressed in Tribal communities. FHWA has identified four eligibility categories: transportation safety plans; data assessment, improvement, and analysis activities; systemic roadway departure countermeasures; and infrastructure improvements and other eligible activities as listed in 23 U.S.C. § 148(a)(4).

Rural Communities Opioid Response Program - Overdose Response

This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Overdose Response program. The Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) is a multi-year HRSA initiative aimed at reducing the morbidity and mortality of substance use disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD), in high-risk rural communities. This funding opportunity, RCORP-Overdose Response, will advance RCORP’s overall goal by supporting immediate responses to the opioid crisis in rural areas.

Over the course of a one-year period of performance, RCORP-Overdose Response recipients will address immediate needs in rural areas through improving access to, capacity for, and sustainability of prevention, treatment, and recovery services for substance use disorder (SUD). To achieve the purpose of the RCORP-Overdose Response program, applicants must select from a list of allowable activities. Please see Program Requirements and Expectations for additional information.

Applicants are encouraged to give special consideration to the needs of rural populations that have historically suffered from poorer health outcomes or health disparities, as compared to the rest of the rural population. Examples of these rural populations include but are not limited to racial and ethnic minorities, people who are pregnant, adolescents and youth, LGBTQIA+ individuals, veterans, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, the elderly, and individuals with disabilities.

Native American Language Preservation and Maintenance

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration for Native Americans (ANA) announces that it will be soliciting applications for the Native American Language Preservation and Maintenance program. This program provides funding for projects to support assessments of the status of the native languages in an established community, as well as the planning, designing, restoration, and implementing of native language curriculum and education projects to support a community's language preservation goals. Native American communities include American Indian tribes (federally-recognized and non-federally recognized), Native Hawaiians, Alaskan Natives, and Native American Pacific Islanders. 

If you would like to highlight and share your NC journey, have an article, resources, or other information to share with our NC team, please email Communication Coordinator Sarah Lake at s.lake@3stargov.com. The deadline for submissions is 3:00 PM (Eastern) every Monday.