§ 1665d. — Training and community education.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC1665d]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 18--INDIAN HEALTH CARE
SUBCHAPTER V-A--SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS
Sec. 1665d. Training and community education
(a) Community education
The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior,
shall develop and implement within each service unit a program of
community education and involvement which shall be designed to provide
concise and timely information to the community leadership of each
tribal community. Such program shall include education in alcohol and
substance abuse to political leaders, tribal judges, law enforcement
personnel, members of tribal health and education boards, and other
critical members of each tribal community.
(b) Training
The Secretary shall, either directly or by contract, provide
instruction in the area of alcohol and substance abuse, including
instruction in crisis intervention and family relations in the context
of alcohol and substance abuse, youth alcohol and substance abuse, and
the causes and effects of fetal alcohol syndrome to appropriate
employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Service, and to
personnel in schools or programs operated under any contract with the
Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Service, including supervisors of
emergency shelters and halfway houses described in section 2433 of this
title.
(c) Community-based training models
In carrying out the education and training programs required by this
section, the Secretary, acting through the Service and in consultation
with tribes and Indian alcohol and substance abuse prevention experts,
shall develop and provide community-based training models. Such models
shall address--
(1) the elevated risk of alcohol and substance abuse faced by
children of alcoholics;
(2) the cultural and multigenerational aspects of alcohol and
substance abuse prevention and recovery; and
(3) community-based and multidisciplinary strategies for
preventing and treating alcohol and substance abuse.
(Pub. L. 94-437, title VII, Sec. 705, as added Pub. L. 102-573, title
VII, Sec. 702(a), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4576.)
