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PIIKANI HEALTH AND WELL BEING CONTINUED...
From January 2021 to June 2021:
PLHI and MSU staff developed and delivered opioid and meth educational modules to 327 people and are now conducting outreach into Tribal schools in every Tribal Nation in the State of Montana.
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PLHI and the Tribe offered (29) 45-minute trainings on mental health/suicide for middle school and high school students, serving 850 students within the Blackfeet Nation.
PLHI and MSU staff conduct outreach and education related to opioid use and misuse on a weekly basis, thus far reaching 197 individuals.
During COVID, PLHI staff and the Tribe delivered ‘pop-up camps’ which consisted of 402 cultural camp participant days and 38 participant days for on-the-land wellness.
As part of its efforts to expand care for youth who fall into the deadly grip of addiction, PLHI has been asked by the community to initiate the creation a family-style in and out-residence treatment living center towards providing a safe healing space for vulnerable young people who are increasingly lost to overdose, suicide, and outside predation.
Such a facility does not exist in the immediate region or is not accessible to Tribal members due to cost and/or availability. PLHI plans to work with partners to pursue federal and state funding to create this safe home for families.
