The American Indian Center of Arkansas Inc. announced today that it received a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to quell the opioid epidemic’s impact on the state’s Native American communities.
“Our enduring mission at the American Indian Center has been to continually enhance the quality of life for our Native community,” the center’s director Star Jackson said. “With this funding, we’re not only reaffirming our commitment but setting a new trajectory for actionable, positive change in the face of the opioid crisis.”
Based in Little Rock, the American Indian Center of Arkansas was established in 1977 with a mission to offer “job training and placement, elder employment and training, mental health outreach, and robust education initiatives, all delivered with a keen sense of cultural competency” to the state’s native Americans and Alaska natives.
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