Tribal Behavioral Health: Suicide Prevention

For program and eligibility questions:

Kathleen Burkhart
240.276.1313
NativeConnections@samhsa.hhs.gov

For financial and budget questions:
240.276.1940
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For grant review process and application status questions contact:
Sara Pecoraro
240.276.1693
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The Tribal Behavioral Health: Suicide Prevention program is designed for the prevention of suicide, suicide attempts, and deaths by suicide among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) young people up to the age of 24. This program aims to reduce the impact of suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and deaths from suicide through community-wide suicide prevention activities that incorporate Indigenous knowledge and healing methods that reduce risk and support wellness. AI/AN community members should be involved in all grant activities, including planning, program implementation, and evaluation. At a minimum, community members should include youth, family members, tribal leaders, and spiritual advisors.

Required activities include:

• Establish or maintain a project workgroup
• Conduct a community needs and readiness assessment
• Develop a tribal strategic action plan that includes universal, selective, targeted, and indicated prevention strategies
• Develop/revise and implement "postvention" protocols that reflect the traditions and culture of the community while also addressing coordination of care and intervention among youth-serving agencies for both immediate and follow-up care for AI/AN youth
• Incorporate AI/AN traditional approaches into all project grant activities

Eligible applicants are federally recognized American Indian or Alaska Native tribes, tribal organizations, Urban Indian organizations, and consortia of Tribes or tribal organizations.

Estimated award amount: $350,000 per year
Project period: 5 years
Estimated number of awards: 44
Estimated total program funding: $15,381,824

Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and the online application process are available through grants.gov.