Citizen Potawatomi Nation Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program

The FY 2007 Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program allows American Indian and Alaska Native communities to plan and implement activities that will reduce and control crime associated with the distribution and use of alcohol and controlled substances in tribal communities. Through this program, the recipient will develop new or enhance existing strategies that prevent, interdict, and treat alcohol and drug use by tribal members. Awards will be used to develop a project activity team; identify, apprehend, and prosecute those who illegally transport, distribute, and use alcohol and controlled substances; prevent and reduce the number of alcohol and substance-abuse-related crimes (with a priority on methamphetamine), traffic fatalities, and injuries; develop and enhance collaborations with federal, state, tribal, and local criminal justice agencies; integrate tribal and non-tribal services for offenders and their families; and make available culturally appropriate treatment and other services.

The Citizen Potawatomi Nation (CPN) will use these grant funds to develop their tribal justice strategy for addressing crime issues related to the increasing methamphetamine and other substance abuse problems in Indian Country. The proposed CPN Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program will provide a coordinated effort of interdictions, arrests, prosecutions, and treatment in Indian Country for persons who are using or trafficking in illegal drugs, particularly methamphetamine. The objectives of the CPN Program include establishing a multi-disciplinary advisory team, thereby increasing coordination among all levels of Tribal government; apprehending and prosecuting individuals who illegally transport, distribute, and use controlled substances in the Tribal community through the multi-jurisdictional drug task force; preventing and reducing substance abuse related crime; and, integrating and increasing appropriate treatment for offenders and their families. The CPN Program will coordinate with other tribal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, as well as, have inter-departmental coordination among the Tribal Police Department, Tribal Court, Tribal Treatment providers, and supportive services. The CPN will evaluate their program through both a process-oriented evaluation and a project baseline and outcome-oriented evaluation.

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