The reservation community received an $817,000 award from the state Department of Health and Human Resources to fund a comprehensive, community-based prevention effort to reduce alcohol, tobacco and other drugs by reservation youths. Lead agency for the incentive program is the Boys and Girls Club of the Northern Cheyenne Nation in a partnership including Dull Knife Memorial College, the Northern Cheyenne Youth Task Force, St. Labre Indian School, Lame Deer and Ashland public schools, and the Northern Cheyenne tribal schools. The grant will “serve to dramatically strengthen and solidify the efforts of a dedicated core of entities in the greater reservation community committed to the effort,” said project director Brooke Gondara. Efforts will be directed at attaining a healthier community. The funds are a part of a three-year award to the state.
