The Sahtu Secretariat Incorporated

Published purpose

This project will strengthen community resilience and capacity for responding to and preventing overdoses through culturally appropriate and evidence-informed activities, such as: providing access to overdose prevention kits (for example Naloxone) educating community members on overdose risk, recognition of signs of opioid overdose, and training on the administration of Naloxone facilitating access to trauma-informed, therapeutic support for community members experiencing substance use disorders hiring a Program Coordinator to oversee the administrative functions of the program and Mobile Mental Health and Addictions Counsellor to provide comprehensive therapeutic services tailored to the needs of community members.