Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan Receives Access to Recovery Grant
Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan Receives Access to Recovery Grant
Anishnaabek Healing Circle, Access to Recovery Program
The Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan Inc. has been awarded an Access to Recovery grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The ATR III grant is in the amount of $13,119,440 over four years; $3,352,000 for year one.
The federally funded ATR initiative is designed to provide client choice among substance abuse clinical treatment and recovery support service providers. Target population are eligible adults and adolescents who are enrolled members of the twelve federally recognized tribes in Michigan, members of other tribes, and non-Native family members and descendants living within the designated service areas of the twelve tribes and one urban Indian center. As the grantee, the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan will implement the program through partnership with twelve collaborating tribes, and by the recruitment of non-Native clinical treatment and recovery support providers. The project will serve 8752 clients over the four year project beginning on September 30, 2010 and ending on September 29, 2014.
The goal of the Anishnaabek Healing Circle is to provide a full continuum of care, in a cost effective manner, to the largest number of people, in a culturally-competent, respectful manner to clients who have a genuine, free and independent choice of providers. The program will reimburse a full array of treatment and recovery support services using an electronic voucher system for services management.
ATR III Objectives:
* Increase the eligible population on/near reservation by three-fold by including household members and members of other tribes living in the area.
* Expand the service array from outpatient only to a full continuum of clinical treatment and recovery support, by recruiting providers into the network.
* Increase the overall capacity of the tribal network system to provide a full range of recovery support services by collaboration with un-represented providers under tribal “umbrellas.”
* Ensure genuine, free and independent choice to clients.
The Inter-Tribal Council is just completing a three year, ATR II grant, which served 5221+ clients. The current vouchered services system will expand for ATR III in the following ways: 1) Expand geographic reach, 2) Expand the age range, 3) Expand outreach to under-served Native American populations, 4) Enhance care coordination, 5) Enhance cultural interventions and grassroots community engagement, and 6) Enhance provider selection.
Collaborating tribes with the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan are:
Bay Mills Indian Community
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa/Chippewa Indians
Hannahville Indian Community
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
Little River Band of Ottawa
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa
Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Potawatomi
Nottawaseppi Huron Band Potawatomi
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
American Indian Health and Family Services Urban Center
Information on how to access the Anishnaabek Healing Circle is available by calling 1-888-945-7332, or by contacting a tribal behavioral health department.
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