New Dawn-Warrior Women – A New Project to Increase Access to Culturally-tailored Healthcare for Indigenous Women

SIROW’s Brenda Granillo and Josephine Korchmaros and partners were recently awarded a $1.125 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for their New Dawn – Warrior Women project. New Dawn – Warrior Women is a coordinated effort of SIROW, The Haven, and the Pima County Health Department. The overall purpose of New Dawn – Warrior Women is to enhance and expand the provision of comprehensive substance abuse and co-occurring disorder recovery supportive services to women. In particular, New Dawn – Warrior Women will enhance and expand the provision of culturally-tailored treatment and services for Indigenous women by advancing The Haven’s Native Ways program. The New Dawn – Warrior Women harm reduction services include the provision of the SIROW sexual and relationship health intervention with HIV/STI testing, counseling, and treatment in collaboration with the HIV/STI Program at the Pima County Health Department.

Read more about this project in a recent University of Arizona News story.

Please contact Brenda Granillo (bgranill@arizona.edu) for more information.