Grantees - Montana (TYP)

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, located on the Flathead Indian Reservation are a federally recognized tribe in Montana. The Flathead Indian Reservation is home to 27,197 people, of which 4,203 are enrolled tribal members. The program will serve approximately 613 tribal youth between ages 10-17. The Flathead Indian Reservation is rural in character and located in the northwest region of Montana covering approximately 2,400 square miles and extending into four counties. The Refocusing Our Youth Program will provide a combination of age appropriate intervention and prevention programs, including Minor In Possession (alcohol) and truancy intervention classes at community facilities. Prevention activities include working with schools in truancy prevention efforts and working with Tribal Law Enforcement in identifying youth using alcohol. This program aspires to give youth the needed skills to become productive citizens of the Flathead Indian Reservation.

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Northern Cheyenne Tribe

Project Title: Northern Cheyenne Tribal Youth Program

Categories: I, II

Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Montana is identified as a federally recognized tribe and will be administering the tribal youth program under the following program categories: provide prevention services to impact risk factors for delinquency serves ages 6-17, and improve the tribal juvenile justice system serves ages 12-17. The program will serve 550 youth and 25 juveniles plus their families age 17 and younger. The project will be conducted at the Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Cheyenne Nation facilities and at the Northern Cheyenne Youth Service Center (detention center). Program goals will focus on prevention, after-school, court-involved youth, including risk factor identification, anti-gang education, truancy prevention programs, after-school programs, and parenting education programs. Including developing and implementing indigenous justice strategies, tribal juvenile codes, advocacy programs, and gender-specific programming and enhancing juvenile probation services and reentry programs. During the first planning year, the performance measures will be designed to assess the achievement of the program's main goals and objectives to determine if they are being met. The evaluation coordinator will facilitate the collection of quantitative and qualitative data relevant to the completion of the goals and objectives.

2005 Tribal Youth Program

Blackfeet Tribe, MT

Project Title: Blackfeet Tribal Youth Program

Category: III

The Blackfeet Tribe will implement a program to provide services to 50 Blackfeet youth (under the age of 17) annually who are placed within the White Buffalo Youth Detention Center . The program's goal is to combat and control juvenile delinquency on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. The target juveniles are Blackfeet youth who are remanded to the White Buffalo Youth Detention Center for juvenile violations or who have been court ordered to the center. The Blackfeet Tribe will utilize the White Buffalo Youth Detention Center which is under the auspices of the Blackfeet Law Enforcement Services to provide support services to Blackfeet Youth who commit juvenile violations who are in need of an intake assessment for on-going services and who are placed on probation for a period of 6 months to 1 year. This program will include a "case" plan for each child and will include family involvement.

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Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, MT

Project Title: Rocky Boy Juvenile Drug Court

Category: II, III

The Chippewa Cree Tribe will work to improve its tribal juvenile justice system and serve at least 40 court involved youth (under the age of 18) annually. The program's goal is to reduce the crime rate on the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation by improving the effectiveness of the juvenile court process and initiating a coordinated, comprehensive anti-crime and delinquency strategy geared at increasing the capacity of current service delivery systems. The program's strategy includes reducing, controlling, and preventing crime and delinquency both by and against tribal youth by conducting a comprehensive needs assessment as a planning tool to design appropriate and effective service delivery plans. The program also aims to improve tribal juvenile justice systems through the implementation of a tradition-based model of restorative juvenile justice linked with resources to improve youth services and by the adoption of a model juvenile justice code.

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Crow Tribe of Montana, MT

Project Title: Crow Tribal Youth Program

Category: I, IV

The federally recognized Crow Tribe of Montana in association with the Crow Tribal Housing Authority, located in Crow Agency , Montana , will address the following two OJJDP Program Categories (1) provide alcohol and drug prevention programs; and, (2) provide prevention services to impact risk factors for delinquency. The project will potentially serve all Crow youth on the Crow Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana . The total estimated number of Crow juveniles potentially served by the proposed Crow Tribal Youth Program during the three-year Project Period is 1,500, ages 7-17, but will specifically target fifty (50) Crow youth attending the Lodge Grass Schools, Lodge Grass, Montana, and one hundred (100) Crow youth residing in the six Tribal Legislative Districts. The primary settings utilized will include after school activities, and the proposed annual Cultural Summer Youth Camp, including the following: (1) schools; (2) boys and girls clubs; (3) recreation programs; (4) annual cultural summer youth camps; (5) youth centers; (6) tribal ranches, and others.

The prevention program will be provided by referral to a wide variety of existing After School Programs provided by over fourteen Partnering Organizations that are members of the established, "Healing to Wellness Team" , a committee of community elders, parents, educators and organizations. The project is designed with an emphasis upon traditional Crow cultural models merged with other best practices from the mainstream to serve the area youth designed to reduce drug and alcohol abuse and subsequently reduce Juvenile Delinquency among Crow Youth.

2003 Tribal Youth Program

Chippewa Cree Tribe

Project: Rocky Boy Healing to Wellness Tribal Youth Program

Category: I. Provide Prevention Services To Impact Risk Factors for Delinquency; II. Intervention for Court-Involved Youth; III. Improvement of Tribal Juvenile Justice Systems; IV. Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Programs

The Rocky Boy Healing to Wellness Tribal Youth Program is a juvenile drug court that serves the Rocky Boy Indian reservation in north central Montana. A TYP Healing to Wellness coordinator and part-time counselor provide services to youth offenders ages 13 to 18. The court uses deferred prosecution to get youth into a 9-month, four-phase program in which each program participant must complete the requirements of one phase before moving to the next. The Healing to Wellness Tribal Youth Program relies on cooperation and collaboration with a number of agencies in the community for ancillary services and participation in the Healing to Wellness TYP team. The objectives are to deliver comprehensive and effective services to 40 youth offenders per year; implement a management information system that will establish an accurate method of collecting critical information; establish partnerships with human services agencies, community-based organizations, and traditional tribal leaders to address the health, education, and social needs of the participants; and reduce the rate of drug abuse through effective and appropriate adjudication of juvenile offenders.

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Crow Tribe

Project: Crow Tribal Housing Authority Health Education and Prevention Service Agency

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

The Crow Tribal Housing Authority Health Education and Prevention Service Agency (the Agency) Tribal Youth Program goals are to establish the Agency using Crow cultural and mainstream models for counseling, prevention, awareness, physical fitness, cultural renaissance, language, and afterschool programs; network and collaborate with other agencies such as the Crow Tribal Health Program, Crow tribal courts, and Little Bighorn College to develop programs to achieve goals; develop Crow cultural resources related to language, cultural practices, history, and other traditional practices to support prevention and healthy lifestyles; and work with the Crow tribal court to develop individual intervention and rehabilitation services to be offered directly through the Agency or in collaboration with other agencies or programs.

2002 Tribal Youth Program

Blackfeet Tribal Business Council

Project: White Buffalo Youth Detention Center

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

Because of high rates of juvenile crime, repeat offending, alcohol use, substance abuse, and family violence, the Blackfeet Tribe supports a comprehensive approach to controlling juvenile repeat offenders. The White Buffalo Youth Detention Center manages this project. Its specific goal is to research, develop, implement, and evaluate a home-based electronic monitoring system for repeat offenders who have been court ordered to home detention. The monitoring system ensures proper security and assists in case management. Other activities include the design and development of a comprehensive system to address the needs of court-involved youth.

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Fort Belknap Indian Community

Project: Tribal Youth Program

Category: III. Improvement to Tribal Juvenile Justice Systems; IV. Prevention Programs Focusing on Alcohol and Drugs

The Fort Belknap Indian Community Tribal Youth Program is designed to enhance the tribe's comprehensive strategies to reduce and control community crime, youth delinquency, family violence, and dysfunctional behavior by integrating all components of the tribal judicial system to implement well-coordinated and multidisciplinary, culturally responsive services. The program provides direct services and training to court personnel and law enforcement and improves appropriate court responses by revising laws, policies, and protocols. The project serves youth under age 18 by providing education on alcohol, chemical substance abuse, and drug abuse prevention; anti-gang education to reduce the attractiveness and influences of gang involvement; and age-appropriate prevention skills development using culture-based approaches and activities. The family court counselor monitors all youth placed on probation, in community service, or under any other stipulated order by the court.

2001 Tribal Youth Program

Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes

Project: Youth Prevention Program/Youth Community Service Program

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

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) is subcontracting with the Boys & Girls Club to provide prevention programs. The Boys & Girls Club is using programs that are already designed by the national Boys & Girls Clubs: SMART Girls, Passport to Manhood, and Family Advocacy Network. CSKT itself is creating a youth community service program. Under this part of the project, CSKT is hiring a community service coordinator to work with the Tribal Probation/Parole Office to provide disposition alternatives and community service alternatives for juveniles involved with youth court or traffic court. The community service coordinator is responsible for developing a tracking system to monitor the community service participants.

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Fort Belknap Indian Community

Project: Teen Suicide Prevention and Intervention

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

The Fort Belknap tribal court system, with the help of the Teen Suicide Prevention and Intervention program and through prevention and intervention activities and support groups, tries to minimize youth problems that lead to suicide attempts and suicide. The Suicide Prevention project includes extensive training on suicide assessment for a crisis response team who will then train community members about how to respond to youth with suicidal intentions. Four cultural activities per month are planned for the teens, including a 7-day camp out. One of the activities during the camp out is preparation of a traditional lodge. The cultural activities included in the program ensure the maintenance and preservation of the culture and traditions of the community.

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Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes

Project: Tribal Youth Cultural Diversion Program

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

The Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes seek to enhance their ability to divert youth from formal adjudication or potential criminal activity by supporting positive alternatives. Through this project a central intake officer is being hired to direct juveniles to various treatments, corrections, and other options under the juvenile justice system and options for care in the community. A cultural diversion worker will be developing and implementing components that reflect the traditional cultural values of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes. A major emphasis of the cultural diversion program focuses on involving youth in meaningful cultural events such as powwows and feasts that encourage them to interact with people in the community. A horsemanship program provides young people with a history of the horse and how it was used traditionally in the community. Students are learning about the culture and having a sense of respect and pride for being native (Assiniboine or Sioux).

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Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes

Project: Fort Peck Tribe Mental Health Project

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

The Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes Mental Health Project increases the capacity of the tribes to detect and diagnose youth with mental health problems when they first enter the court system. The youth receive medical and suicide screenings and are tested if it is suspected that the youth are under the influence of alcohol and drugs. The project also provides effective mental health and other treatment services to youth through individual treatment plans and referrals. Finally, the project is trying to reduce the juvenile delinquency and crime rates by 15 percent by the end of the year and maintain an incident-free status for 50 percent of the youth who are treatment and consultation clients during the project period.