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SAMHSA Grant Awards By State FY 2006
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NORTH DAKOTA

Grantee: North Dakota Department of Human Svcs	Bismarck, ND
Program: State Mental Health Data Infrastructure Grants	SM56631
Congressional District: ND-00
FY 2006 Funding: $50,000
Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007
This project will continue the State's effort to build infrastructure to collect data and report the remaining Mental Health Block Grant Uniform Reporting System Developmental Measures. Grant efforts will focus on (1) local provider training to improve data quality, (2) implementation of web-based technology using DS2K + data standards to collect, report, and improve accessibility of data, and (3) strengthening internal and external database linkages. Project outcomes will include consistent data definitions, timely capture of data, improved measure of service outcomes and client change, improved data quality, and enhanced ability to analyze and report on developmental measures such as school attendance, school performance, and involvement with the criminal justice system. The project outcomes will be evaluated based on the ability to produce the data required for URS and other desired reporting. The project will also be evaluated in terms of its ability to produce data that is useful to and is used by system stakeholders.

Grantee: NORTH DAKOTA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH	Bismarck, ND
Program: Youth Suicide Prevention & Early Intervention - Cooperative Agreement State-Sponsored	SM57812
Congressional District: ND-00
FY 2006 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 09/29/2009
Targeting tribal and rural youth, the purpose of North Dakota's project is to reduce and sustain the reduction of youth suicide mortality in four of the six high-risk areas of North Dakota. Activities include: o Develop broad-based support for suicide prevention. o Expand data collection on completed and attempted suicides of ND youth ages 10 to 24. o Implement community-based programs in six areas of the state and one or more universities/colleges with high rates of youth suicide mortality. o Increase public awareness of youth suicide prevention in ND. o Provide training to 95,155 individuals (15% of North Dakota's population) for recognition of at-risk behavior and delivery of effective treatment or services.

Grantee: STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE	Fort Yates, ND
Program: Youth Suicide Prevention & Early Intervention - Cooperative Agreement State-Sponsored	SM57836
Congressional District: ND-00
FY 2006 Funding: $400,000
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 09/29/2009
The mission of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (SRST) Okolakiciye Unyukinipi ("Revitalizing our Societies") Youth Suicide Prevention & Early Intervention Program is to reduce suicide attempts and death by suicide among youth and young adults on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. The program will identify and increase referrals of suicidal youth to existing mental health resources; enhance access to services; decrease suicide risk factors; and increase youth protective factors. It will involve collaboration among service providers, community members, youth, and the faith community, and the implementation of a comprehensive tribal suicide prevention and early intervention plan.

Grantee: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA	Grand Forks, ND
Program: Campus Suicide	SM57856
Congressional District: ND-00
FY 2006 Funding: $75,000
Project Period: 09/30/2006 - 09/29/2009
The Americal Indian Suicide Prevention Program at the Univ of N. Dakota is a two-phase program that will develop a circle of care model for suicide prevention. The first phase will be development and integration and the second phase will be the application of the model to tribal colleges in N. Dakota. The circle of care model provides linkages to and from the reservations and the Univ, to exchange information with the suicide prevention coordinators and IHS mental health contacts. The tribal contracts will inform the crusis team of events that occur on the reservations to activate campus support services. The crisis team reciprocates by relaying incidents to the reservations so families can provide support. The Univ will offer unique cultural components to students who are in need of support. The project will be evaluated from three primary sources of data: interviews with program staff, self-reported data from students, and demographic records. The data collection and analysis of findings will be on-going throughout the years, and integrated within the standard functioning of the program.

Last Update: 9/24/2008