FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ?????????????????????????????????????????????? OJJDP

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2001???? ????????????????????????????? 202/307-0703

?????? JUSTICE DEPARTMENT GRANTS TO HELP TRIBAL COMMUNITIES

??????????????? COMBAT JUVENILE CRIME AND DRUG ABUSE

??????? Additional Grants to Help Improve Tribal Youth Mental Health Services

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Thirty-eight American Indian and Alaskan Native tribal communities will receive nearly $8 million in grants to help prevent and control youth violence and substance abuse, the Justice Department?s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) announced today.? The Tribal Youth Program will support accountability-based sanctions, training for juvenile court judges, strengthening family bonds, substance abuse counseling and other programs.

OJJDP also announced that an additional six American Indian and Alaskan Native tribal communities will share nearly $1 million in grants to improve mental health services for tribal at-risk youth and juvenile offenders.? The Tribal Youth Program Mental Health Initiative awards will support services in homes, schools and the juvenile justice system.

?These grants illustrate our continued commitment to address youth violence in Indian country,? said OJJDP Acting Administrator John J. Wilson.? ?Mental health services are important both in helping to prevent delinquency and in effectively treating juvenile offenders.?

Tribal Youth Program funds may be used for activities involving juvenile crime and victimization prevention; interventions for tribal youth in the juvenile justice system; juvenile justice system improvements; and substance abuse prevention.

OJJDP selected the 38 grantees through a competitive review process from a pool of 69 applicants. Awards range from $73,352 to $498,475 depending on the tribal service population, and are for a three-year period. With OJJDP funding, American Indian Development Associates will provide training and technical assistance to the grantees.? Some grantees will participate in a national evaluation.

The Tribal Youth Program was created through the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act for 1999, P.L. 105-277.? The program is part of a joint Justice Department and Interior Department Indian Country Law Enforcement Improvement Initiative.

Tribal Youth Program Mental Health Initiative funds may be used for the same purposes as Tribal Youth Program funds, but the projects must have a significant mental health component.? Projects can include diagnostic screening and psychological treatment of juvenile offenders, mental health training for juvenile justice professionals and increased coordination

between existing mental health and substance abuse treatment programs.? Prevention-related projects can include anger management and family counseling.

The Tribal Youth Program Mental Health Initiative was created through the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act for 2000, P.L. 106-113 as a supplement to the Tribal Youth Program.? The initiative is part of the Mental Health and Community Safety Initiative for

American Indian/Alaskan Native Children Youth and Families, a joint effort of the Departments of Justice, Health and Human Services, Interior and Education.

?????? OJJDP selected the 6 grantees through a competitive review process from a pool of 21 applicants.? Awards range from $75,000 to $300,000.?

?Attached is a list of Tribal Youth Program grants and Tribal Youth Mental Health Initiative grants.? Copies of the Tribal Youth Program fact sheet, as well as information about other OJJDP publications, programs and conferences, are available through the OJJDP Website at ojjdp.ncjrs.org and from OJJDP's Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse, Box 6000, Rockville, Maryland 20857. The toll-free number is 1-800/638-8736.

Information about other Office of Justice Programs (OJP) bureaus and program offices is available at www.ojp.usdoj.gov.? Media should contact OJP?s Office of Congressional and Public Affairs at 202/307-0703.? ??

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FY 2000 AWARDS

State	City	Grantee	Amount	Contact	Phone #
AK	Anchorage	Cook Inlet Tribal Council	$165,504*	Viann Nations	907/265-5911
AK	Fairbanks	Tanana Chiefs Conference, Inc.	$498,475*	Beverly BadHorse	907/452-8251
AK	Hydaburg	Hydaburg Cooperative Association	$ 75,000*	John Carle	907/285-3666
AK	Wasilla	Knik Tribal Council	$100,000*	Carol M. Theodore	907/373-7991
AZ	Fountain Hills	Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation	$ 75,000*	Paul Cervenka	480/816-7107
AZ	Sacaton	Gila River Indian Community	$467,470*	Bertha Gladden	520/562-1983
CA	Chico	Mechoopda Indian Tribe	$ 75,000*	Cynthia Philips	530/899-8922
CO	Ignacio	Southern Ute Indian Tribe	$ 99,966*	Dedra Millich	970/563-4517
ID	Lapwai	Nez Perce Tribe	$100,000*	Thomas E. Idol	208/843-2253
KS	Mayetta	Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation	$ 99,361*	Veronica N. Zerrer	785/966-4075
MI	Brimley	Bay Mills Indian Community	$ 75,000*	Kathy Adair	906/248-5524
MI	Suttons Bay	Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians	$ 79,054*	Jolanda Murphy	231/271-3538
MN	Onamia	Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians	$100,000*	Bonnie Stromvall	320/532-7586
MN	White Earth	White Earth Reservation Tribal Council	$233,000*	Jeff Shaumann	218/983-3285, ?ext. 290
MT	Harlem	Fort Belknap Indian Community	$100,000*	Terry Healy	406/353-8394
MT	Pablo	Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes	$492,159*	Jeannine Padilla	406/675-2700, ext.1009
MT	Poplar	Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes	$250,000*	Rita Weeks	406/768-5558
ND	Belcourt	Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians	$492,963*	Charles J. Trottier	701/477-0470, ext. 49
ND	Fort Yates	Standing Rock Sioux Tribe	$249,999*	Duane Silk	701/854-7210
NM	San Felipe	Pueblo of San Felipe	$100,000*	Bruce D. Garcia	505/867-3381
NV	Owyhee	Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation	$100,000*	Kyle Prior	775/757-3211
NV	Reno	Reno-Sparks Indian Colony (RSIC)	$100,000*	Carol Pinto	775/329-2936
NY	Hogansburg	St. Regis Mohawk Tribe	$100,000*	Heather McDonald	518/358-4516
OK	Ada	The Chickasaw Nation	$498,170*	Lisa Blackman	580/436-2603
OK	Concho	Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma	$250,000*	Myrcine Mosqueda	405/262-0345, Ext. 130
OK	Shawnee	Citizen Potawatomi Nation	$497,566*	Janet Draper	405/878-4831
OR	Burns	Burns Paiute Indian Reservation	$ 75,000*	Joanne Riley-Human	541/573-7132, Ext. 230
OR	Coos Bay	Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians	$ 75,000*	Francis Somday	541/888-9577
OR	North Bend	Coquille Indian Tribe	$ 75,000*	Edward Forbes	541/756-0904
SD	Eagle Butte	Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe	$470,617*	Dani Cudmore	605/964-8344
SD	Lower Brule	Lower Brule Sioux Tribe TEAM Program	$100,000*	Lita J. Pepion	605/473-5566
SD	Rosebud	Rosebud Sioux Tribe	$471,017*	Carmen Hicks	605/747-2278
TX	El Paso	Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo	$ 74,719*	Patricia Riggs	915/860-7449
WA	Sequim	Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe	$ 75,000*	Liz Mueller	360/683-1109
WA	Shelton	South Puget Intertribal Planning Agency	$ 99,974*	Amadeo Tiam	360/426-8251
WA	Spokane	The Healing Lodge of the Seven Nations	$162,317*	John Beck	509/533-6910
WA	Usk	Kalispel Tribe of Indians	$ 73,352*	Kathy Jensen	800/377-8883
WI	Odana	The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa/ Bad River Family Preservation and Support	$171,498*	Eugene Bigboy	714/850-7263

Total:??? $7,897,181

* Award amounts are subject to final budget review.

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?????????????????????????????????????????????? FY 2000 AWARDS

State	City	Grantee	Amount	Contact	Phone #
AK	Anchorage	The Chugachmiut, Chugach Region of Alaska	$ 99,999*	Mark Nelles	907/562-4155
AK	Anchorage	Southcentral Foundation(Anchorage At Large)	$300,000*	Katherine Gottlieb	907/729-4955
MI	Wilson	Hannahville Indian Community (Potawatomi Band)	$ 75,000*	Carol Begquist	906/466-2959
MS	Philadelphia	Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians	$200,000*	Kathyrn LeLaurin	601/389-6290
Poplar	Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes	$199,999*	Rita Weeks	406/768-5558
NV	Nixon	Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe	$ 99,539*	Jon M. Pishion	775/574-1000

Total:????? $974,537

* Award amounts are subject to final budget review.