Southern Plains Tribal Health Board Foundation

The SPTHB-RCORP-OR Initiative implement the following strategies and activities to support the overall goal of the one-year RCORP HRSA initiative: Strategy 1: Provide funding, support, and sustainability to the established SPTHB SovereignME Harm Reduction Initiative. This strategy provides an immediate response to the opioid crisis in rural tribal communities. Activity 1(1): Purchase and distribute naloxone, fentanyl test strips and other relevant, harm reduction supplies within the target population noted above. Activity 2 (9): Establish services to reduce transmission of infectious disease, such as, but not limited to, hepatitis A and B vaccinations, pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV, hepatitis C treatment, etc. Activity 3: SPTHB will work with KAT Media to create an anti-stigma and marketing campaign for the SovereignME Harm Reduction Initiative. Strategy 2: Improve the quality and sustainability of rural SUD/OUD health care services by supporting and training rural, tribal peer recovery support specialists, other behavioral healthcare staff, and medical healthcare providers. Activity 1 (5): Training peer recovery support specialists and coordinating placements and partnerships in and with relevant local tribal facilities and other SUD/OUD service delivery sites (e.g. emergency departments, primary care, jails/prisons, behavior health care clinics, etc.). Activity 2 (8): Provide Continuing Education Units (CEU) and Continuing Medical Education Units that are recognized by the respective boards by offering a culturally competent safer prescribing training. Strategy 3: Address the immediate needs of tribal rural communities by improving access to and capacity for treatment and recovery services for SUD/OUD. Activity 1 (12): Establishing social services to support individuals in recovery, such as childcare services during doctor's appointments, transportation to treatment and counseling, connections to recovery friendly employment opportunities, etc.