Grantees - Wisconsin (TYP)

The Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin is a federally recognized Indian Tribe located within the counties of Brown and Outagamie. The Oneida Mentorship Program will provide approximately 100 juveniles, ages 10-18, each year, with prevention services to impact risk factors for delinquency, including alcohol and drug abuse prevention services. The goals of the program are to promote education and prevent truancy. Specific activities include tutoring, art and cultural activities, employment skills training, and the mentor/instructor "independent projects." The purpose of each project is to provide a creative outlet for students who are having problems with drugs and alcohol.

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Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin

Project Title: Red Cliff Families Together Project

Category: I

The Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians will provide prevention services for 144 youth from 8 to 17 years of age on the Red Cliff Reservation in Bayfield County , Wisconsin . The prevention program will build on existing inter-jurisdictional work which includes tribal courts, police, youth workers, and social services; county police, District Attorney, and youth workers; Bayfield School District personnel; and city of Bayfield police. Once the youth become involved with either the county or tribal court system the project will work with all agencies to propagate local data and information. The first year will be a planning year and will begin with developing a comprehensive plan of operation utilizing project staff, consultants and an advisory board of 22 stakeholders.

2005 Tribal Youth Program

Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, WI

Project Title: Lac du Flambeau Truancy Reduction Program

Category: I

The Lac du Flambeau Truancy Reduction Program will serve tribal youth from six to seventeen years of age, and reach approximately one hundred and forty youths each year. The project is based on the Lac du Flambeau reservation in northern Wisconsin , and coordinated at the Family Resource Center , a community based service site. The project activities involve court-referred youths, after-school tutoring programming, and group interventions for student behaviors that impact school attendance and academic performance. The project staff involved with the Truancy Reduction Program will be engaged in activities that involve youths and their families in reducing risk factors that contribute to truancy and other delinquent behaviors. This project involves centralized coordination of services and collaboration with local agencies serving the native population, with staff providing case management, data collection, and program evaluation.

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Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, WI

Project Title: Menominee Tribal Youth Program

Category: II

The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin will utilize Tribal Youth Program grant funds to continue a comprehensive graduated sanction plan for Menominee Youth charged in Tribal Court with Under Age Drinking and Curfew — Ordinance Violations. The Youth Development & Outreach (YD&O) department will continue to directly supervise the Tribal Youth Program within the Tribal structure. Menominee youth currently receive court-imposed intervention services when they commit ordinance violations and the program will continue the graduated sanctions program. Youth will continue to have opportunities to gain knowledge of the developmental effects alcohol has on the body through their involvement in the program. The continued graduated sanctions plan will continue to be enforced by the court through referral to YD&O office. Tribal Youth Program staff will then fully explain the expectations of the program to the adjudicated youth including participation in an alcohol education class, community service, opportunity to participate in the Fire Starter Project for Youth (White Bison Inc.) and alcohol assessment (for repeat offenders). The program will serve at least 50 Menominee youth. It is expected that early intervention and treatment options for Menominee youth will decrease their involvement in criminal activities on the Menominee Indian Reservation.

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Lac Courte Oreilles Tribe of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, WI

Project Title: Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Prevention Program

Category: I, IV

The Tribal Youth Program implemented by the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribe of Lake Superior Chippewa will support prevention programs to reduce the risk factors that contribute to delinquency along with providing drug and alcohol prevention through the services of The Boys and Girl Clubs of Lac Courte Oreilles. The program will serve 20 boys per year for the program "Passport to Manhood" for a total of 60 boys over the three year period. This is a year long program focusing on character and accountability. We will serve 20 girls and 20 boys per year in "The Virtues Project" for a total of 40 youth per year. This year long program focuses on the 52 virtues of living a healthy lifestyle. Both programs are intense, mentor based, and increase protective factors in youth. Both the "Passport to Manhood" and "The Virtues Project" will serve children ages 11-14. The location for both of the programs will be at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Lac Courte Oreilles. The program will also continue its SMART MOVES curriculum (a drug and alcohol abuse prevention program) at the local schools and at all three club sites. The program will serve another 60 youth per year ages 10-18 through the SMART MOVES program.

2003 Tribal Youth Program

Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians

Project: Boys & Girls Club Tribal Youth Program

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

The Boys & Girls Club Tribal Youth Program of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians targets services to children and youth ages 6 to 12 with prevention programs and also youth ages 13 to 16 with more specialized prevention programs. Overall, the program serves more than 360 youth, with approximately 175 receiving more focused substance abuse prevention education. Club youth participate in several community service learning activities such as the annual spring community clean up event, assistance to community elders, and participation in a school powwow. The Boys & Girls Club coordinates and collaborates with other tribal programs and agencies to increase and improve the quality and number of services available to young people.

2002 Tribal Youth Program

Ho-Chunk Nation

Project: Tribal Youth Program

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

The Ho-Chunk Nation Tribal Youth Program intends to meet the goal of reducing, controlling, and preventing youth crime and delinquency with five project objectives and outcomes. They focus on support for a traditional court and managing related resources, use of Black Water Falls Clan Mothers to conduct weekly sessions with youth, establishment of a Wisconsin Dells Clan Mothers organization, a 2-day retreat with traditional experts for youth participants who complete the program, and evaluation of program impacts. The program employs customary laws, traditions, practices, and organizations (Clan Mothers) to address problems, including crime and delinquency among Ho-Chunk youth. The program targets 11- to 17-year-old youth. Ho-Chunk mothers and grandmothers serving as clan mothers provide guidance and direction to troubled youth.

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Lac du Flambeau of Lake Superior Chippewa

Project: Tribal Youth Program

Category: I. Reduce, Control, and Prevent Indian Juvenile Crime; II. Intervention for Court Involved Youth

The Lac du Flambeau Tribal Youth Program implements the M.A.R.T.Y. (Multi-Agency Response for Tribal Youth) Project to reduce Indian youth crime and delinquency. The tribe understands that youth crime and delinquency are multifaceted problems requiring a unified and collaborative response. This project engages key agencies serving Indian youth to form a collaborative and coordinated referral and service delivery system. Working as a team, the program will implement an early intervention component to identify at-risk youth, a community service component, a case management system to help youth with school attendance and prevent repeat offending, and an information management system for collecting program data to use for reporting and tracking youth progress.

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Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

Project: Lac Courte Oreilles Mental Health Counseling Program

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

The Lac Courte Oreilles Mental Health Counseling Program targets services to youth ages 10 to 17 adjudicated under Wisconsin state laws. The program provides mental health counseling services that include diagnosis and design of individualized treatment plans for youth and families. The project intends to hire a mental health counselor with AODA certification. The major goal is to reduce and control the number of native youth involved in the juvenile justice system of Sawyer County. The project provides counseling and followup services to 10 youth weekly who are referred by the Sawyer County juvenile court intake workers. Culturally responsive service plans will be developed for each referred client. The project coordinates with other tribal and local resources to increase the awareness of alcohol, drug use, and family violence and uses community forums and the radio to communicate healthy messages.

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Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin

Project: Youth Intervention Project

Category: III. Improvement to Tribal Juvenile Justice Systems

The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Youth Intervention Project serves 30 youth ages 12 to 17 found guilty of underage drinking and curfew violations. The project is under the supervision of the juvenile court counselors who monitor a graduated sanctions program to provide immediate interventions and services. Participants will be involved in a 5-week education course on alcohol and drug dependency, family involvement, development of personal action plans, and beliefs, attitudes, and values clarification. Treatment referral will be provided to youth in need.

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Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin

Project: Tribal Youth Program

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

The Oneida Tribal Youth Program is implementing a mentorship project, which enables the Oneida Nation School System to plan afterschool and school-based programs year round. One program component focuses on matching 5th to 12th grade students with mentors to engage in structured activities. A second component is a collegiate sports initiative, which pairs student athletes with college athletes to introduce younger students to college sports and academia. A third component is an employment skills program, which partners Oneida youth with tribal businesses and departments so the youth can acquire employment skills and explore careers. The program includes training for mentors and is a collaborative partnership among the Oneida Nation High School, the Oneida tribal programs and enterprises, and St. Norbert College.

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Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

Project: Anishinaabek Juvenile Justice System Development Project

Category: II. Intervention for Court-Involved Youth

The Anishinaabek Juvenile Justice System Development Project is a community empowerment approach to implementing a 3-year, three-phase project to develop and adopt a comprehensive juvenile justice code and to build the capacity of the tribal court and the Red Cliff youth services network to fully implement the code. The project is working to secure approval from the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior and petition the state of Wisconsin to retrocede tribal jurisdiction over juvenile crimes. In phase I, community input will be obtained to determine needs and wants, identify Anishinaabek philosophies and principles for the juvenile code, and to review other codes.

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St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin

Project: Tribal Youth Program

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

The St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Tribal Youth Program expands on the goals and objectives of the TYP Mental Health Project, which is designed to give low-level juvenile offenders an opportunity to heal themselves, their victims, and the community through participation in the diversion program. The project diverts juvenile offenders ages 12 to 17 from the juvenile justice system to the Tribal Youth Program. Tribal youth will be screened for eligibility and receive treatment plans based on indigenous restorative justice strategies.

2001 Tribal Youth Program

Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

Project: Ziibi Quest Youth Prevention Coalition

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

The Bad River Family Preservation and Family Support Program provides opportunities for multiple-risk Indian youth, ages 13 to 16, to participate in cultural and environmental education through river trips. In support of experiential education, mentors from the Bad River community conduct sessions with the multiple-risk youth four times a month. The sessions include individual and group sessions. The group sessions include family preservation and cultural and leadership activities. The primary focus of the program is cultural education, specifically tribal cultural and spiritual foundations. Participants undergo pre- and posttests for knowledge about alcohol and drugs, water safety, outdoor skills, and problem solving.

2000 Tribal Youth Program

Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

Project: Boys and Girls Club of Lac Courte Oreilles

Category: IV. Prevention Programs Focusing on Alcohol and Drugs

The Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation of Lake Superior Ojibwe is located in northern Wisconsin. The Boys & Girls Club of Lac Courte Oreilles serves approximately 500 youth ages 6 to 18 at three sites within the reservation boundaries. The program’s strategy is to involve youth in the development of their own positive self-identity, help them discover competencies, involve them in the community, encourage healthful activities, and guide them in the discovery of their own personal moral compass. The program focuses on prevention and intervention programs that encourage youth to look at alternatives to the drug and alcohol use/abuse that leads to crime in the community.

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Stockbridge-Munsee Tribe

Project: Delinquency Prevention Through Intervention

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

The Stockbridge-Munsee Tribe has chosen to develop a project targeting youth who exhibit signs of at-risk delinquent behavior, including habitual truancy and poor academic performance. The Stockbridge-Munsee tribe proposes to engage two part-time tutors at the Bowler Middle School. The tutors will provide a special format of intensive, one-on-one tutoring to Native American students in core courses.