Support for youth, and access to drug treatment for adults are some of the services that Northwest tribes want to expand.
They just got a big push to do just that.
Last month, the U.S. Justice Department awarded $8.5 million in grants to eight Northwest tribes. Half the tribes got funding to focus on healing and support for their teenagers. And that’s notable according to the U.S. Attorney for Western Washington, Nick Brown.
“In years past you did not see such a concerted effort to fund programs...