Grantees - Wyoming (TYP)

The Eastern Shoshone Tribe will provide alcohol and drug abuse counseling (referral and treatment services). The project services will be available to the 497 Eastern Shoshone Tribal Youth ages 10 to 17. The project will be coordinated by the Eastern Shoshone Recovery Program, an outpatient treatment program. The Eastern Shoshone Recovery Program provides a continuum of health care services for chemical dependency. The program will provide services which will include intensive case management, services for co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders, drug testing and family counseling. It will also provide funding for referral services such as treatment center referrals, placement service and the development of a resource directory.

2004 Tribal Youth Program Grantee

Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River Reservation

Project Title: Arapahoe Tribal Youth Program

Category: I

The focus of the services to be provided by Northern Arapaho Tribal Youth Program Effort (TYPE) is to prevent and control juvenile delinquency by providing prevention services to impact risk factors for delinquency. The ages to be served are 6 to 17 year old. Two hundred (200) juveniles under the ages of 17 will be served by the project. Project activities will provide after-school services to students in the following schools: District #14, BIA School (St. Stephens Indian High, Middle, and Elementary Schools), and District #38 (Arapaho Charter, Middle, and Elementary Schools). Also schools in the surrounding communities of Fort Washakie , Riverton, and Lander that have a high number of Indian students which are at risk of becoming delinquent. The White Eagles Wings of the Northern Arapaho Tribe, which is to administer the grant, will implement the project activities, coordinate the collaborative effort among committed partnerships, provide training for project staff, tract the performance of the project, and provide the required written performance and financial reports.

2002 Tribal Youth Program Grantee

Northern Arapaho Tribe Boys & Girls Club

Project: RIC-Tribal Youth Justice Program

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

The RIC Program (Responsible, Included, and Contributing) focuses on children between the ages of 5 and 12 as well as youth up to age 18 and their families. Community needs assessments will be used to identify risk factors and strategies to help young people stay in school and off alcohol and drugs. Through the Focus on Families Resource Center (family and community support), the Expanded Learning Opportunities Center (afterschool tutoring and structured activities), and Generations (intergenerational community services and mentoring), the RIC Program reduces, controls, and prevents juvenile crime and delinquency. The Northern Arapaho Boys & Girls Club is focusing efforts on skills development and family and community bonding to assist children and families to become responsible, feel included, and contribute in positive ways to their communities. Parenting classes include outreach to teen parents.

2000 Tribal Youth Program Grantee

Eastern Shoshone Tribe of Wind River

Project: Wind River Youth Justice Project

Category: II. Intervention for Court-Involved Youth; III. Improvement to Tribal Juvenile Justice Systems

The Wind River Youth Justice Project provides services to juveniles on the Wind River Reservation, located in rural Wyoming and home to the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes. The program serves youth of all ages who are referred to the office of the Wind River tribal prosecutor and the Wind River juvenile court. The program addresses the problem of violent crime committed by reservation youth through the creation of a sentence accountability program; timely intervention in juvenile court cases; appropriate case resolution through the development of a culturally competent system and alternative dispute resolutions, and the promotion of continuity through development, adoption, and implementation of a comprehensive plan for juvenile services.