Grantees - Oklahoma (TYP)

Iowa Tribe of Okalahoma is a federally recognized tribe with a population of 6,220. The Tribe will utilize Tribal Youth Program funding to provide prevention services to impact risk factors for delinquency and to provide alcohol and drug abuse prevention programs. The program will serve youth ages 5 to 17 years in the area of Payne, Lincoln, and Logan counties. The goals of the program are to provide delinquency and substance abuse prevention services year-round for at-risk Native American youth. These services will address the risk factors associated with youth in the Iowa Nation tribal jurisdiction. Prevention activities will be implemented through this project to provide tutoring, mentoring, cultural and other structured activities designed to increase self-esteem, develop age-appropriate social and life skills, improve educational abilities, and encourage prevention of alcohol and substance abuse. The performance measures will be addressed using risk factor identification and resource assessments of parents, youth and community members and by conducting surveys during program activities

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Seminole Nation of Oklahoma

Project Title: Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Tribal Youth Program

Categories: I, IV

The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma is a federally recognized tribe which will utilize Tribal Youth Program funds to support and increase the tribal efforts to decrease juvenile delinquency and increase drug and alcohol awareness among tribal youth in Seminole County . The program will service all tribal juveniles between the ages of 8 and 17 years of age. The goal of the program is to promote a positive, enriching environment for all of the tribal youth and their families within Seminole County . All tribal youth in the program will receive education pertaining to drugs and alcohol, diversionary education (Gang Life, Anger and Stress Management, Bullying, Suicide Prevention, Life and Coping Skills), and other life skills to promote positive awareness of one's self while decreasing, controlling, and preventing crime and delinquency both by and against tribal youth within the local area. The Diversionary and Preventive Services will focus on promoting and living a positive lifestyle by educating the tribal youth and providing a positive after-school environment for the youth to participate in structured and positive activities in a caring, safe, friendly, and stable environment. The program will report on progress by identifying performance evaluation and measures and outcome indicators, development of forms and data collection instruments, and actually pilot testing the data collection process.

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Wichita and Affiliated Tribes

Project Title: Wichita & Affiliated Tribes Tribal Youth Program

Categories: III, IV

The Wichita & Affiliated Tribes is federally recognized tribe located in rural southwest Oklahoma. The program focuses on the following two program categories: 1) improve the juvenile justice system, and 2) provide alcohol and drug abuse prevention programs to area tribal youth. The program will serve tribal youth from the Comanche, Kiowa, Apache, Caddo, Delaware , Ft. Sill Apache, and Riverside Indian School who reside in Caddo County who are 9-17 years of age. The program goal is to provide year round case management services that include a risk factor identification system and advocacy representation within the local juvenile justice system. A substance abuse education program shall be developed to educate tribal youth identified as ‘at-risk' and will include an adolescent A.A./Al-Anon group for youth exiting detention or in-patient treatment. A community service program in collaboration with the District Attorney's shall be developed for tribal youth and two community awareness projects held annually that will focus on prevention of delinquency and substance abuse awareness. The program performance measures will include data collection on the following: number of program youth and/or families served, length of participation in Tribal Youth Program, improvement of case management techniques, percentage of program youth who relapse and rates of recidivism, and number of youth exiting detention or in-patient placement who need support group for case plan requirements.

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Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma

Project Title: Pa Nee<Koo Ku<u Ha<A: Pawnee Pride Project

Categories: I, III

The Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma a federally recognized tribe will serve youth ages 10-17 through its Juvenile Intervention Center (JIC). This project will service a population of 1,771 youth. The project will occur at the Pawnee Nation reserve in Pawnee, Oklahoma. The JIC provides a safe and secure facility for the temporary detainment of juveniles arrested by tribal and local law enforcement. This project will: (1) maintain services currently provided by the JIC, (2) develop a referral and service delivery system with tribal and community partners, (3) develop and implement a system of data collection, sharing, evaluation, and analysis, and (4) create culturally appropriate and year-round programming. The performance measures and process evaluation will include a comprehensive referral process including basic operations and procedures, standardized data collection and service referral form for each client. The instrument used will document client characteristics, services provided and treatment outcomes. Qualitative data will continue to be collected through service provider observation and documentation of client behavior as gained through individual cases.

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Ponca Tribe of Indians

Project Title: Ponca Tribal Youth Program

Categories: I, V

The Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, a federally recognized tribe, will utilize Tribal Youth Program funds to prevent and control delinquency and to provide mental health program services for crisis intervention, intake assessments, therapeutic services, referral services and placement services of youth. The program will serve 50 juveniles, ages 10-17 in White Eagle, Oklahoma. The setting is a recreation program as well as a mental health program operated by the White Eagle Health Center. The program will develop partnerships with Edwin Fair Mental Health, Northern Oklahoma Youth Services, PanOK Area Prevention Resource Center, Oklahoma Smart Start Initiative, Oklahoma Safe Kids, ARM (Adult Role Model) Mentoring Group, and Ponca City Schools. The current juvenile delinquency prevention program has had success dealing with 40 youth on a part time basis and these youth would be recruited into the Ponca Tribal Youth Program.

2005 Tribal Youth Program Grantees

Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, OK

Project Title: Two Stars Tribal Youth Program

Category: I, II

The Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma will provide Mental Health prevention and intervention for AI/AN youth at risk of delinquency; and provide Mental Health interventions for court-involved high risk Tribal Youth. The programs will serve 1,750 juveniles ages 12-17; 200 youth will participate in after school tutoring and recreation, over 1,500 youth will receive school-based drug prevention, and 50 court-involved youth will receive diversionary services rather than a juvenile "record". This project will allow Native American juveniles to receive prevention education, life skills, drug counseling, mental health services and individual or family counseling services. A major goal is that these interventions will give Native American youth the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to transition into responsible adulthood.

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Kaw Nation, OK

Project Title: Kaw Nation Tribal Youth Program

Category: I, II

The Kaw Nation will provide prevention and intervention services for Native American youth adjudicated delinquent or at-risk of delinquency. The program will service 25-50 youth per year, ages 5-17 for the prevention program, and ages 10-17 for the intervention program. The Kaw Nation TYP will provide each at-risk youth in our program with a supportive network, assisting targeted youth with safe, culturally relevant connections to school, community, and family. Youth will participate in a minimum of two hours per week of activities directed at individual needs. Group interaction, including schoolwork assistance, sports, life skills, and family involvement will supplement individual tutoring/mentoring and/or counseling services. The TYP Director will provide follow up on tribal court-ordered treatment plans with juveniles and their families. Goals of the program include reducing the risks of truancy, school dropout, drug/alcohol abuse, out-of-home placements, depression, suicidal tendencies, personal and family issues.

2004 Tribal Youth Program Grantees

Muscogee (Creek) Nation

Project Title: Muscogee Tribal Youth Program

Category: III

Muscogee (Creek) Nation proposes to establish a Juvenile Delinquency Prevention and Services Program to provide prevention services to impact risk factors for delinquency and improve its juvenile justice system. The Nation's proposed project will promote delinquency prevention by providing intervention and education, resource, and support activities to tribal youth identified as at-risk; provide advocacy to tribal youth entering the state juvenile justice system; and develop and implement juvenile probation services. During the three year project period, the Nation will provide the following: delinquency prevention services, including individual/family needs assessment, service plan development, and individual/family home-based counseling, to at least seventy-five 12-17; advocacy to at least thirty (30) youth under the age of 17 entering the State of Oklahoma juvenile justice system; and probation services, including home visits, community service, and case management, to between 10-15 youth under the age of 17, who are identified as delinquent by the Nation's District Court.

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Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma

Project Title: Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribal Youth Program

Category: I, IV

The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma intend to develop a program that will reduce the high incidence of violence among the Tribal Youth that reside within the eight county service area through a community-based approach. The project will be developed in order to prevent the widespread use of alcohol and drugs through the use of education awareness, recreational activities, and tradition/cultural activities by developing on-site classes and on-site activities in the four target communities during the summer months for the tribal youth, ages 6-17. The other objective of this grant shall be to reduce the high incidence of school truancy, the high percentage rate of dropouts from the local school system through increased awareness of the importance of a formal education from the local school districts. The project will work with the whole family unit by providing a Mentor within the communities that will strive to increase the self-esteem of the Cheyenne and Arapaho students, and to reduce the incidence of child neglect, teen pregnancy, through the use of Parenting Skills Training and Sex Education classes.

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Citizen Potawatomi Nation

Project Title: Citizen Potawatomi Tribal Youth Mental Health Initative

Category: I, II, V

Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma. The Citizen Potawatomi Nation is the 10th largest federally recognized Indian Nation in the United Stated with 25,000 members. This project will implement The Soaring Eagles program which will offer a variety of youth and family programs that will include after school tutoring and recreation for over 1,500 youth ages 12 to 17. The program will provide school-based drug prevention, diversionary program services for court involved youth and a year round recreation program. This project will highlight prevention education, life skills, drug counseling, mental health services and individual or family counseling. Individual mental health treatment will be provided by the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Tribal Clinic, Behavioral Services Department.

2003 Tribal Youth Program Grantees

Kaw Nation of Oklahoma

Project: Kaw Nation Tribal Youth Program

Category: I. Prevention Services To Impact Risk Factors for Delinquency; II. Intervention for Court-Involved Youth State: OK

The Kaw Nation of Oklahoma has a Tribal Youth Program that is in its third year of successful operation. This current TYP project is an effort to add graduated sanctions to the existing program, to expand services, and to examine, update, and formalize TYP policies and procedures. The objectives of the Kaw TYP includes screening and prevention services, an expanded afterschool program, establishing a Kaw TYP Web site, and developing transportation services. Several project partners assist with the achievement of these objectives, and an advisory committee guides processes to formalize program polices and procedures and present them to the Kaw executive committee for approval and adoption. The advisory committee is also involved in the development and adoption of a graduated sanctions program. The Kaw Nation has the technology infrastructure to support the program.

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Osage Tribe of Oklahoma

Project: Juvenile Delinquency Prevention

Category: I. Prevention Services To Impact Risk Factors for Delinquency; IV. Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Programs

The Osage Tribe’s Juvenile Delinquency Prevention program provides services to youth ages 13 to 18 to prevent their involvement in juvenile delinquency and/or using alcohol and drugs. Although the program is for all, special efforts are directed at young males to prevent their involvement in gangs and violence. The program is family focused and provides cultural activities and family counseling. Other components include outreach counseling, family outreach, academic support, and criminal justice liaison services.

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Osage Tribe of Oklahoma

Project: Adolescent Treatment Center

Category: I. Prevention Services To Impact Risk Factors for Delinquency; IV. Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Programs

The Osage Tribe’s Adolescent Treatment Center provides a continuum of early prevention to tertiary and residential treatment services to youth ages 13 to 18 to address risk factors associated with juvenile delinquency and substance abuse. The program focuses on health education and substance abuse prevention education and incorporates cultural activities as an alternative to alcohol and drug use and to improve self-identity. Treatment includes individual, group, and family counseling and skills building to solve problems. The program collaborates with the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention program and other tribal programs to provide a coordinated prevention education and service delivery system to support family recovery activities.

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Wichita and Affiliated Tribes

Project: Juvenile Services and Delinquency Program

Category: I. Prevention Services To Impact Risk Factors for Delinquency; II. Intervention for Court-Involved Youth; III. Improvement of Tribal Juvenile Justice Systems

The Wichita and Affiliated Tribes’ Juvenile Services and Delinquency Program serves tribal youth from the Wichita Tribe and nearby tribes. Through a needs assessment, the program identifies risk factors affecting youth in the service area and the need for new or ongoing services. Over 100 youth receive services for court advocacy services, truancy prevention, and probation services. The program also provides alternative education services to youth at risk of school failure or dropping out of school. Two caseworkers coordinate prevention activities and the court advocacy program. In collaboration with other tribal programs and local schools, the program identifies at-risk youth to implement early intervention for truancy and for youth involved in minor crime and delinquency. A youth panel helps provide guidance and support for tribal youth participating in the program.

2002 Tribal Youth Program Grantees

Cherokee Nation

Project: Family Court Planning

Category: II. Intervention for Court-Involved Youth

The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma is using this project to plan a juvenile justice system and to implement processes that are missing or not working. The Family Court Planning project will educate non-Indian agencies and court systems about the needs of Cherokee and other native youth residing in the Cherokee jurisdictional area and establish juvenile policies and procedures. The project, which includes planning for a culturally relevant family court that involves Cherokee community groups, is operated under the Judicial Appeals Tribunal of the Office of Juvenile Justice. The project includes working with county and state agencies to improve service delivery involving Cherokee youth by developing case management protocols with the outside agencies, establishing an information management system, training personnel from outside agencies in laws affecting Cherokee youth and protocols for working with the Nation and the Cherokee youth, and developing a family court within the Cherokee Nation through revision and development of a juvenile code and implementation of case management standards.

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Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Project: Community Resources Intervention Model for Enhancement Strategies: CRIMES

Category: I. Reduce, Control, and Prevent Indian Juvenile Crime

The Choctaw Nation Tribal Youth Program includes a community assessment, development of a resource guide, and models for intervention with native youth for use in non-Indian agencies. The CRIMES Project is administered by the Chi Hullo Li Treatment Center. The Center provides inpatient services for substance-abusing mothers with children and provides a number of ancillary services to clients. The CRIMES Project includes four major areas of emphasis: a comprehensive community assessment; development of a community resources manual and community database; identification and development of culturally appropriate interventions and strategies for both court-involved and at-risk Indian youth; and dissemination of information about identified intervention strategies and resources through establishment of a collaborative network of court and youth services agencies for native youth.

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Sac and Fox Nation

Project: Tribal Youth Substance Abuse Treatment Program

Category: II. Intervention for Court-Involved Youth; IV. Prevention Programs Focusing on Alcohol and Drugs

The Sac and Fox Nation Tribal Youth Substance Abuse Treatment Program is reducing the number of delinquent acts committed by tribal youth because of alcohol and substance abuse problems, and encouraging and supporting a chemical-free, prosocial lifestyle. This is accomplished by providing alcohol and substance abuse interventions for court-involved tribal youth who are referred from the tribal court, schools, and families. Prevention services focus on education and early assessments and include a family strengthening component. The Sac and Fox Health Services Program under the direction of the Behavioral Health Manager manages the program. The program includes several components: development and improvement of basic treatment and prevention services delivery, establishment of a first-offender program, establishment of a family strengthening program, and establishment of a tribal youth council.

2001 Tribal Youth Program Grantees

Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma

Project: Tribal Youth Project

Category: I. Reduce, Control, and Prevent Indian Juvenile Crime; IV. Prevention Programs Focusing on Alcohol and Drugs

Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes program goals are to eliminate the high incidence of violence among tribal youth that reside within the tribal communities, to reduce the high incidence of truancy by 75 percent, and to reduce the dropout rate from the local school system by 50 percent. The project is helping to eliminate the high incidence of violence by engaging youth in education awareness, recreational activities, and traditional/cultural activities. The project is conducting four onsite classes and activities in four target communities during the summer months for 100 tribal youth ages 10 to 18. The project is also helping to reduce the truancy and dropout rate by providing mentors who will educate 50 tribal families on the importance of formal education. The project is developing activities to increase the self-esteem of Native students. The project is also focusing on strategies to reduce the high incidence of child neglect by 50 percent through an awareness of parenting skills.

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Chickasaw Nation

Project: Tribal Youth Delinquency Prevention Program

Category: I. Reduce, Control, and Prevent Indian Juvenile Crime; III. Improvement to Tribal Juvenile Justice Systems

The Chickasaw Nation is improving the tribe's capacity to comprehensively address issues of juvenile crime, violence, substance abuse, and gang violence by implementing community-based programs that enhance community awareness of the problems and the impact of youth violence. The project is doing this by expanding community violence prevention programs that bring together local and state level agencies to coordinate services for tribal youth. The project is also assessing the impact of juvenile delinquency and youth violence and developing a database to enable planning and evaluation. The database will assess the scope of juvenile delinquency within the service area of the Chickasaw Nation. Finally, the project is initiating a juvenile justice system and improving juvenile justice practices for court-involved tribal youth. This will ensure that tribal youth receive the services they need through local and state agencies and that immediate intervention and sanctions goals for tribal youth are being met.

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Citizen Potawatomi Nation

Project: Soaring Eagles Tribal Youth Program

Category: I. Reduce, Control, and Prevent Indian Juvenile Crime; II. Intervention for Court-Involved Youth; IV. Prevention Programs Focusing on Alcohol and Drugs

The Citizen Potawatomi Nation is providing a first-offender diversionary program to reduce, control, and prevent crime and delinquency by Indian youth who are arrested in Potawatomi County and their families. Services to be provided include parenting and discipline skills, dropout prevention, antigang education, conflict resolution, and gun violence reduction. The Nation will also provide intervention services for children in foster care, including tutoring, recreation, and cultural and self-esteem activities using young adult and teens as mentors. The Nation is conducting prevention programs based in the schools and community that is coordinating and integrating prevention services from multiple organizations. Preventive services being provided include family nights, a summer day camp, and development of a referral system to better coordinate prevention activities.

2000 Tribal Youth Program Grantees

Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma

Project: Toh’-deh-goon Chee’-ching-eh The Children Are Our Future

Category: IV. Prevention Programs Focusing on Alcohol and Drugs

The Iowa Tribe proposes a viable prevention program for youth that focuses on alcohol and drugs. This project allows youth to come together for peer counseling groups and life coping skills groups and to participate in positive recreational activities. The target ages are 4 to 18 for this program.

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Kaw Nation

Project: Kaw National Intervention and Prevention Program for Native American Youth

Category: I. Reduce, Control, and Prevent Indian Juvenile Crime; II. Intervention for Court-Involved Youth; III. Improvement to Tribal Juvenile Justice Systems

The Kaw National Intervention and Prevention Program for Native American Youth is designing intensive case management and prevention activities for Native American juvenile offenders and prevention activities for Native American youth. The project will serve as a resource and referral program for tribal and state court systems interested in providing innovative and creative community service programs for youthful offenders.