Prior YOR Grantee

Project Name: ‘The Plants that Nourish Us’

Lead Agency: ‘The Plants that Nourish Us,’ a DreamMaker Project of the Ink People Center for the Arts

Project Description: Our project empowers native youth with positive traditional culture experiences, traditional ecological knowledge, and outings to traditional homelands. Our community activities are designed to encourage resiliency, self-respect, knowledge, skills, and abilities. The connection we make between native youth, plant knowledge, and native languages provides culturally relevant, healthy alternatives, and relief from the pressures of stimulant, opioid, and other substance misuse. We revitalize youth participation in traditional activities, art, and science. Food sovereignty, health, self-worth, cultural appreciation, and expression all disrupt and counter the physical and mental health issues linked with substance misuse and addiction. We focus on youth of the Round Valley Indian Tribes.

Primary Contact:
Name: Perry Lincoln
Position: Founder
Agency: ‘The Plants that Nourish Us’ a DreamMaker Project of the Ink People Center for the Arts
Email: plantsthatnourishus@inkpeople.org
Phone: 530-382-5840

Website: www.inkpeople.org/dreammaker-data/plants-that-nourish-us

Project Name: Marin YOR

Partner Agencies (Subcontractors): Marin County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services, Marin County Office of Education, Tamalpais Union High School District, RxSafe Marin

Project Description: Our project involved conducting a needs assessment with community stakeholders to assess the feasibility of using high schools in Marin County as access points for identification and connection to services for OUD, anxiety, and depression.

Primary Contact:
Name: Robby Franceschini
Position: Director of Policy
Agency: BluePath Health
Email: robby.franceschini@bluepathhealth.com
Phone: (650) 823-4084

Summary: BluePath Health Project

Project Name: Urban Strategies Council – “Youth On The Rise”

Project Description: The Urban Strategies Council implemented  a robust, engaging, and impactful youth-development and youth-led opioid disorder education and collaboration building initiative targeting African American youth (ages 12-24) in Alameda, Contra Costa, and Solano Counties. The target group of young people are from families and communities that are disproportionately impacted by opioid misuse and disorders. The program goal is to strengthen the capacity of young leaders to reduce opioid use among their peers. The Council is trained peer leaders (Council Fellows in Residence) to implement community outreach and education activities. The Council convened a network of service providers to strengthen and increase connections with underserved and at-risk youth.

Primary Contact: (public facing)
Name: Teri Carlyle
Position: Director of Operations
Agency: Urban Strategies Council
Email: teric@urbanstrategies.org
Phone: 707-235-5704

Website: www.urbanstrategies.org