Building resilience and reducing the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on young people in American Indian and Alaska Native tribal communities is a challenge. To help, SAMHSA’s Circles of Care program is working to effect change. Read more . . .
Circles of Care Grantees . . .
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Taking a community approach, the Native American Health Center in Oakland focuses on prevention. A Circles of Care grantee from 1998 to 2001, the center developed a model program that addresses historical trauma.
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The San Felipe Pueblo maintains a traditional community. Learning to navigate between traditional and western cultures can be difficult for the pueblo’s young people. |
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The Pascua Yaqui Tribe used a Circles of Care grant to take a snapshot of what behavioral health services could help the tribe’s youth.
SAMHSA offers resources on American Indian and Alaska Native cultures and behavioral health issues.
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