Enacted March 31, 2011 (no funding) Established: Statewide - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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www.honoringnativelife.org

UNM Center for Rural and Community Behavioral Health

CRCBH http://hsc.unm.edu/som/psychiatry/CRCBH

• Enacted March 31, 2011 (no funding)
• Established:
• Statewide Clearinghouse intended as a resource for

agencies/communities to access technical assistance, training & support for prevention/intervention/post-vention

• 3 Culturally-based NA Youth Suicide Prevention Initiatives

intended to support a continuum of prevention, intervention, and post-event assistance to NA individuals, families and tribes, nations and pueblos living with suicide.

• Total of $450,000 requested ($150K Clearinghouse,

$300K pilot sites) however appropriations were removed from final legislation

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• 2012 legislation to appropriate $150,000 to the

Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico to fund Clearinghouse and Technical Assistance program and provide culturally appropriate suicide prevention, intervention and post-event assistance statewide to NA individuals and families and tribes, nations and pueblos living with suicide.

• Approved for FY 13 at $100,000 for Clearinghouse
• No appropriations requested for culturally-based

Youth Suicide Prevention Initiatives

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• Although SB 417 was enacted without an

appropriation, State and other partners requested that the Clearinghouse be based within the Native American Behavioral Health Programs at the Center for Rural & Community Behavioral Health (CRCBH)

• CRCBH FY12 activities included the following:
• Created Clearinghouse Staff
• Program Manager
• AmeriCorp VISTA volunteer
• Community-based Research Specialist
• Consultants
• Website developed: www.honoringnativelife.org
• Initiated community outreach efforts

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• Enhancements to websites including:
• Suicide Prevention, Mental Health, Protective

Factors/Resiliency

• Resource Directory of Programs and Initiatives (NM ,

Tribal and National)

• Resource Library of Scientific Journal Articles
• Resources for Youth
• Resources for Community Coalition Building
• Community Outreach and Engagement

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• Albuquerque-Area IHS-Behavioral Health Training
• Albuquerque Area Inter-Tribal Council on Substance Abuse
• Albuquerque-Area IHS MSPI Regional Meeting
• Albuquerque Indian Center
• All Indian Pueblo Council
• Acoma Behavioral Health Clinical leadership
• Circle of Life-Eight Northern Pueblos Inc.
• Dine Ba’ Hozho Coalition-Shiprock, NM
• Five Sandoval Indian Pueblos Inc.
• MSPI Grantee-Navajo Nation
• Mescalero Apache
• NM State Suicide Prevention Strategic Planning Workgroup
• Project TRUST Workgroup
• Pueblos of Cochiti, Nambe, Sandia, Santo Domingo, San Felipe, San Ildefonso, Zuni
• Sandia Pueblo provider Dr. Thomas Carey
• Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center
• Statewide Epi and Outcomes Workgroup (SEOW)
• Thoreau Community Center Board and Community
• UNM: AGORA Crisis Center, LGBTQ Group, CNAH, Clinical Trials Network

Southwest Node

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• Stigma and other cultural barriers
• Awareness of warning signs
• Access to mental health

supports/services

• Substance abuse issues
• Potential unique aspects related to

historical trauma, cultural/community identity, or isolation

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• Creating statewide advisory board/committee
• Supporting statewide youth and family coalition-

building and momentum for suicide prevention

• Continued coordination of scarce behavioral health

resources using available expertise

• Provide culturally appropriate regional statewide

training for tribes on suicide prevention

• Support efforts to coordinate inter-agency data

management to advance prevention efforts

• Grant-writing technical assistance and support

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UNM Psychiatry’s Center for Rural and Community Behavioral Health Sheri Lesansee slesansee@salud.unm.edu Doreen Bird, MPH dbird2@salud.unm.edu Utahna Belone ubelone@salud.unm.edu 505-272-6238