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Project Name: American Rescue Plan Act – Pediatric Mental Health Care Access New Area Expansion (U4A)
Applicant Title: RED LAKE BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS
Abstract Text: Title: Expanding and Enhancing Pediatric Mental Health Care to Native American Communities: An Indigenous Health Toolkit Pilot Applicant: Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Address: 15484 Migizi Dr., Red Lake, MN 56671 Director: Laurelle Myhra Phone: xxx-xxx-xxxx Email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx Grant Program: HRSA-21-122 Pediatric Mental Health Care Access – New Area Expansion The Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, together with our partners, submit our proposal entitled, "Expanding and Enhancing Pediatric Mental Health Care to Native American Communities: An Indigenous Health Toolkit Pilot". This is in response to the Pediatric Mental Health Care Access – New Area Expansion request for proposals. The overarching goal of this project is to expand access and enhance mental health care for those who suffer the greatest disparities, are at greatest risk, and who have historically been underserved in the area of mental health - Native American children and adolescents in both urban and rural tribal communities across Minnesota. The use of telehealth and teleconsultation for psychiatry and behavioral health therapy has become increasingly accepted and successful among many Native American clients since the pandemic; this model has the ability to greatly increase our reach. We will leverage this model with our partners’ services PrairieCare's Psychiatric Assistance Line (PAL) and inpatient services, and Native American Community Clinic's primary care, behavioral health, and dental services. We will also hire a small behavioral health trained team to support the launch and deliverables of this grant which will be housed out of the Mino Bimaadiziwin Wellness Clinic in Minneapolis (newly built and owned by Red Lake). Furthermore, this funding will also help us to improve referral processes, communication, and collaboration across pediatric care providers within the state. A key component of the success of this project is to train pediatric providers and professionals using the Indigenous Health Toolkit (IHT), aimed at reducing provider bias and increasing cultural responsivity through education and experiential activities. With the support from our Pediatric Advisory Board we will tailor the IHT to be used with the pediatric provider group. We will video record the seven module IHT training to be used for future training purposes. Additionally, we will collaborate with the Minnesota Department of Maternal and Child Health to maximize the effectiveness of our program and theirs. Our evaluation will consist of tracking and monitoring the success of our referrals and collaboration with partners (e.g., # of children and adolescents who received telepsychiatry), addition of more partnerships, and we will also measure the effectiveness of the Indigenous Health Toolkit. The provider pre- and post-survey measures self-reported bias, their ability to perform effective cultural care, and their experience of burnout using an online survey, Redcap. At the same time, patients will be surveyed about their satisfaction with services, the degree to which they received culturally appropriate care, and their experiences of bias while receiving care.