Tribal Listening Sessions

Tribal Listening sessions provide an opportunity for SAMHSA to hear from Tribal behavioral health providers and Tribal Leaders.

Past Sessions

June 26, 2024 | Seeking Cultural Wisdom: Promoting Suicide Prevention Among Service Members, Veterans, and their Families

Hosted by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

This listening session seeks input from American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Service Members, Veterans and their Families (SMVF), and community leaders serving this population.

Listening Session Goals:

• Better understand the views and concerns of tribal communities and find ways to build a strong tribal program for suicide prevention
• Ensure representation and elevate indigenous knowledge throughout all aspects of program planning and implementation

March 5, 2024 | SAMHSA Client-Level Performance Management Tools

This listening session series provided an opportunity for SAMHSA to hear from Tribal Leaders and Tribal Behavioral Health professionals about how to decrease burden and increase data quality to streamline reporting for grants. This information helps inform the redesign of the client-level performance management tools.

• Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality Office of Evaluation Listening Sessions Executive Summary (PDF | 85 KB)
• Tribal Grantee Listening Session Summary (PDF | 230 KB)

February 29, 2024 | SAMHSA Client-Level Performance Management Tools

This listening session series provided an opportunity for SAMHSA to hear from Tribal Leaders and Tribal Behavioral Health professionals about how to decrease burden and increase data quality to streamline reporting for grants. This information helps inform the redesign of the client-level performance management tools.

• Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality Office of Evaluation Listening Sessions Executive Summary (PDF | 85 KB)
• Tribal Grantee Listening Session Summary (PDF | 169 KB)

January 4, 2024 | The 2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (NSSP)

This listening session provided an opportunity for SAMHSA to share information about the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention and engage with Tribal Leaders and Tribal Behavioral Health professionals on critical issues related to suicide prevention among American Indian and Alaska Natives they would like to see represented in the new strategy.

• Listening Session Executive Summary: The 2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (NSSP) (PDF | 25 KB)
• Dear Tribal Leader Letter: The 2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (PDF | 279 KB)

November 13, 2023 | Use of High Dose Buprenorphine for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder

The session provided an opportunity for SAMHSA to hear from providers treating opioid use disorder in Tribal clinical settings about the need for practical experience with higher dose (24mg+) buprenorphine. This information helps inform federal guidance and activities on buprenorphine dosing in the context of fentanyl.

• Drug Overdose Deaths by Selected Sociodemographic and Social Determinants of Health Characteristics 2019–2020
• Buprenorphine After Nonfatal Opioid Overdose: Reduced Mortality Risk in Medicare Disability Beneficiaries
• Buprenorphine Dose and Time to Discontinuation Among Patients With Opioid Use Disorder in the Era of Fentanyl

November 9, 2023 | Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorder Resources Native Americans Grant Program (Part 2)

The listening session provided an additional opportunity for SAMHSA to share information about the statutory requirements and engage with Tribal Leaders and Tribal Behavioral Health professionals on the development of this program.

• Listening Session Executive Summary: Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorder Resources for Native Americans Program (PDF | 123 KB)
• Listening Session #2 Executive Summary: Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorder Resources for Native Americans Program (PDF | 96 KB)

August 29, 2023 | Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorder Resources for Native Americans Grant Program (Part 1)

The listening session provided an opportunity for SAMHSA to share information about the statutory requirements and engage with Tribal Leaders and Tribal Behavioral Health professionals on the development of this program.

• Dear Tribal Leader Letter: Invitation to the Tribal Listening Session (PDF | 255 KB)
• Tribal Listening Session Framing Paper: Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorder Resources for Native Americans Program (PDF | 255 KB)
• Listening Session Executive Summary: Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorder Resources for Native Americans Program (PDF | 123 KB)

March 27, 2023 | Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act with Tribal Educators

SAMHSA and DEA seek views and perspectives from tribal educators on key opioid use disorder and other substance use disorder training elements to inform guidance related to the implementation of the MATE Act.

• Dear Tribal Leader Letter: Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act Listening Session (PDF | 255 KB)

March 23, 2023 | Updating the National Tribal Behavioral Health Agenda (TBHA)

SAMHSA has heard from Tribal Leaders that an update to the TBHA, including lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, is needed to ensure its priorities and strategies continue to be reflective of tribal behavioral health.

• Dear Tribal Leader Letter: Updating the National Tribal Behavioral Health Agenda (PDF | 348 KB)
• TBHA Community Convening Report (PDF | 324 KB)

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