Community Opioid Intervention Prevention Program

The Indian Health Service Behavioral Health Programs consists of several funding programs designed to help Tribes, Tribal Organizations, and Urban Indian Organizations (UIO) assist American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations achieve and realize the highest possible level of physical, mental, social and spiritual health through addressing health concerns and delivery systems with behavioral components. The objective of the Community Overdose Intervention Prevention Program is to address the opioid crisis in AI/AN communities by the following three things: first, developing and expanding community education and awareness of prevention, treatment and recovery activities for opioid misuse and opioid use disorder; second, increase knowledge and use of culturally appropriate interventions and to encourage an increased use of medication-assisted treatment/medications for opioid use disorder (MAT/MOUD); and third, support Tribal and Urban Indian communities in their effort to provide prevention, treatment, and recovery services to address the impact of the opioid crisis within their communities.