U'S' Department of Health and Human Services DHHS

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(DHHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA)
Native Aspirations Our children are the songs of
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Montana Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council May 27,
2006 Presented by Paulette Running Wolf,
Ph.D. Project Manager
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Topic Guide
Topic Guide

• What is Native Aspirations?
• Kauffman Associates, Inc. (KAI) Who we are
• Overview of Project
• Community Selection
• Inventory of Evidence-Based Interventions
  (EBIs)
• Project Flow Chart
• Project Participation
• Project Oversight Panel
• Technical Assistance
• Project Evaluation
• Benefits and Obligations to Project Participation
• Next Steps
• Project Contact Information

• What is Native Aspirations?
• Kauffman Associates, Inc. (KAI) Who we are
• Overview of Project
• Benefits and Obligations to Project Participation
• Planning in Indian Country
• Resources for Planning Native Aspirations Model
• A glance at sustainability
• Ten Recommendations to Tribal Leaders
• Project Contact Information

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What is Native Aspirations?

• A national project to address youth violence,
  bullying, and suicide prevention through
  evidence-based interventions and community
  efforts.
• Working with nine American Indian and Alaskan
  Native (AI/AN) communities.
• SAMHSA contracted with Kauffman Associates,
  Inc. (KAI) to implement this national project.

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KAI - Who we are

• KAI is a SBA certified 8(a), HUBZone,
  woman-owned, and American Indian-owned business
  enterprise under contract with SAMHSA to
  implement Native Aspirations.
• KAI has a 16-year track record of providing
  high-quality management and research consulting
  services.
• KAI is built upon a culture that values
  commitment to and passion for our work, with the
  understanding that our work can improve the
  health, wellness, and potential of those we
  serve.
• KAI has waived any profit Important work!

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Community SelectionTwo-Step Process

• Quantitative Analysis of national data sets to
  select the three highest risk IHS regional
  service delivery areas.
• Regional Stakeholder Nominations were conducted
  to determine the three communities most in need
  of project services in each IHS Area.

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Quantitative Analysis

• Based on this analysis, the following IHS
  regional areas were selected
• Aberdeen Area
• Alaska Area
• Billings Area

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Regional Stakeholder Nominations

• Purpose of nominations to identify three
  communities within each IHS Area.
• Stakeholders from the Aberdeen, Alaska, and
  Billings IHS Areas were asked to nominate the
  communities most in need of project services.

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• Aberdeen IHS Area
• Pine Ridge
• Crow Creek
• Cheyenne River
• Billings IHS Area
• Fort Belknap
• Fort Peck
• Wind River
• Alaska IHS Area
• Alakanuk Native Village
• Savoonga Native Village
• Noorvik Native Village

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Evidence-Based Interventions Inventory (EBIs)

• American Indian Life Skills
• Project Venture
• Olweus Bullying Prevention Program
• Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Gatekeepers
  Training
• Reconnecting Youth
• Signs of Suicide (SOS)
• Yellow Ribbon
• Only AI/AN Evidenced Based in SAMHSA registry

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Native Aspirations PLAN (Sept 15, 2005 March
15, 2007)
PHASE II
PHASE I
PHASE III
Identify EBIs and PBIs (January 5-8, 2006)
EBI Inventory, Research, and Literature Review
Site Visit -Communities (March 2006)
TOT for Community Reps (Seattle, WA April
2006)
Community Selection

• Community Planning
• Supervisory Panel
• Coordinated Team
• Consolidate Resources

9 Community Mobilization Planning Sessions
(April-May, 2006)
Community Implementation (April 2006-March 2007)
KAUFFMAN ASSOCIATES, INC.
Evaluation Design
Evaluation Reporting
Evaluation Implementation
Final Project Report
Data Security/ IT
Project Monograph
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Project Participation

• Resolutions and/or support letters
• Selection of a community to participate
• Identification of lead tribal/Alaska Native or
  school contact
• Identification of oversight panel

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Project Oversight Panel

• Suggested Oversight Panel members
• Tribal/Alaska Native administrator (1)
• School administrator (1)
• School counselor, teacher, or coach (1)
• Community member (1-2)
• Youth (1)

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Oversight Panel Suggestions

• Keep the panel relatively small
• Meet frequently
• Designate a tribal or village council member to
  whom the panel can report
• Imperative that two or more tribal or village
  council members participate in the Community
  Mobilization and Planning event

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Oversight Panel Responsibilities
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Technical Assistance

• CMP Event
• Community Plan
• Cross Agency
• Collaboration

• Centralized TOT
• EBI/PBI Training
• High Risk Youth Issues
• Prepare for CMP

• Project Evaluation
• Evaluation Design
• IRB Application
• Data Collection
• Online Reporting

• Project Implementation
• Assist Oversight Panel
• Identify Resources
• Tracking
• Media Response

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Benefits and Obligationsto Project
Participation

• Development of a written community plan for
  Suicide, Violence, and Bullying Prevention!
• Project Resources
• TOT travel and honorarium for three participants
• CMP Expert trainers, food, and facility costs
  (1,000.)
• Implementation budget (15,000.)
• Cross-agency collaboration

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Benefits and Obligations (continued)

• TA Support
• Respond to evaluation objectives
• Community Readiness Pre/Post Assessment Report
• Evaluation Report
• Identify additional resources
• Project Monograph

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Native Aspirations Formula
GONA Process Team Building
Community Readiness Assessment
Prevention Curricula Support for Culture Based
Intervention
High Risk Youth Issues Strategies
Knowledge Transfer
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Multiple Roads to Planning

• Provider Driven IHS tribal providers
• Education Driven Public Tribal Schools
• Tribal Community Driven Grass-roots community
  members
• Youth Driven Student councils, Native Hope

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Joining hands in the battle!

• Why join hands? Sustainability
• What happens if you dont join hands?
• Territorialism continues
• Resources not managed efficiently
• Planning is reactive vs.- proactive
• Focus on intervention vs.- prevention

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Ten Recommendations

• Community driven plans supported by service
  providers schools MOA
• Ground planning in cultural/spiritual values
  beliefs
• Develop multi-agency referral systems with
  existing resources systems of care!

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Recommendations Continued

• Implement screening process
• Establish/Improve Management Information systems
  data collection
• Provide community wide gatekeeper screening
  training (on-going)

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Recommendations Continued

• Form Crisis Response Teams (historical response)
• On-going evaluation of plans
• Tribally driven research to establish evidence
  for tribal/culture based interventions!
• Collaborate with the state in addressing youth
  issues (e.g., state educational policies)

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Project Contact Information
Jay LaPlante, Community Coordinator Phone (509)
747-4994 jay_at_kauffmaninc.com Gloria Guillory,
Assistant Project Manager Phone (509)
747-4994 gloria_at_kauffmaninc.com Brenda Bruun,
SAMHSA Project Officer Phone (240)
276-1838 brenda.brunn_at_samhsa.hhs.gov
Jo Ann Kauffman, KAI President Phone (509)
747-4994 joann_at_kauffmaninc.com Paulette Running
Wolf, Project Manager Phone (406)
732-4240 paulette_at_kauffmaninc.com Susie
Amundson, Director of Research Phone (509)
747-4994 susie_at_kauffmaninc.com
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Kauffman Associates, Inc. 165 South Howard
St., Suite 200 Spokane, WA 99201Phone (509)
747-4994 Fax [phone] www.kauffmaninc.com