Tribal Local Opioid Coalitions – State Opioid Response 4 List

To address the opioid crisis in California Tribal communities through multisector, interagency partnerships of community members, stakeholders and service providers who work together to reduce and eliminate opioid and stimulant-related impacts of opioid and stimulant use in Tribal communities. For any questions related to this project, please contact the California Rural Indian Health Board (CRIHB.org).

American Indian Changing Spirits

Los Angeles County
$178,500
To distribute educational materials and supplies, engage with local powwows and cultural events, and maintain partnerships with local agencies to serve local community.

Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians

Mendocino, Lake, and Humboldt County
$178,197
To develop and distribute culturally appropriate educational materials, establish new and continuing relationships with providers to ensure patient access for recovery care, and provide outreach including trainings on overdose and naloxone use.

Cahuilla Band of Indians

Riverside County
$176,004
To provide substance use resources to families and community members, while starting conversations related to drug treatment resources and harm reduction in these rural communities.

Greenville Rancheria

Tehama, Shasta, and Butte County
$178,500
To distribute naloxone throughout service area, conduct a community-specific needs assessment focused on opioid and stimulant use, and provide culturally responsive, trauma informed, and evidence-based approaches to align with AI/AN community needs.

Kee Cha-E-Nar Corporation

Del Norte and Humboldt County
$178,500
To create and distribute educational materials at outreach events and on social media, maintain existing relationships with service providers with a goal of developing new relationships to increase access to tribal members, and distribute naloxone.

K’ima:w Medical Center

Del Norte and Humboldt County
$178,500
To distribute naloxone and educational materials and provide outreach opportunities including naloxone trainings and harm reduction material distribution.

Mathiesen Memorial Health Clinic

Tuolumne County
$178,500
To provide educational opportunities and distribute educational materials, naloxone, and harm reduction materials in community outreach efforts.

Native Dads Network

Sacramento, Yolo, and El Dorado County
$178,500
To utilize well-established Wellness Tour model to serve as mobile coalition engagement events focused on harm reduction education, naloxone distribution, and traditional healing. Will also lead the formation and coordination of a multi-sector Tribal Local Opioid Coalition by convening tribal partners, service providers, law enforcement, spiritual leaders, and youth advocates.

Northern Circle Indian Housing Authority

Mendocino, Sonoma, Lake, Glenn, Butte, and Sacramento County
$178,500
To mitigate and prevent opioid overdose in Tribal Communities by creating capacity building, education, and collaboration opportunities through “Hope, Healing, and Housing”.

Round Valley Indian Health Center

Mendocino County
$178,500
To create and distribute educational material, distribute naloxone and other harm-reduction supplies, develop an outreach and evaluation plan, and incorporate harm reduction strategies and traditional healing practices.

Tribal Treatment LLC

San Diego, Riverside, and San Bernardino County
$178,500
To plan outreach events, provide community naloxone training, community outreach, and SUD resource/ educational materials distribution.

United Indian Health Service

Humboldt County
$178,500
To support clients and surrounding communities by providing life-saving medication to areas neighboring each clinic site and promote the practice of cultivating and keeping cultural knowledge and traditional practices that has proven to keep tribal members safe from opioid use disorder and stimulant use.