What is the Access to Recovery Initiative (ATR)?
The Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, in partnership with eleven federally recognized tribes, was successful in competing for an Access to Recovery (ATR) grant from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The Anishnaabek Healing Circle Program is the grant funded, three year initiative to give vouchers to eligible people struggling with substance abuse problems in order to pay for clinical treatment and recovery support services.
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Who is Eligible?
The primary target populations eligible for the Anishnaabek Healing Circle Program are adults and adolescents who are enrolled members of the 12 federally recognized tribes in Michigan, and members of other federally recognized tribes residing in the service areas designated by the twelve tribes. Non-Native family members are also eligible for services.
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What Does it Cost?
There is NO cost to the individual for ATR services. There are no income guidelines. The grant provides a voucher to pay for substance abuse treatment and recovery support services, based on a clinical assessment and level of care assignment. However, any other avenues of payment available (insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, state block grant dollars, etc.) must be used first; ATR money can supplement, but not supplant other funding sources. The ATR dollars are intended to fill gaps in services and to expand or enhance existing services. There are annual limits to the amount that can be spent on an individual.
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What is Client Choice?
Once the individual has been determined to be eligible, registered for the ATR program, assessed, and a level of care assigned, the Inter-Tribal Council issues a service voucher. The individual is then provided with a list of service providers who are in the Anishnaabek Healing Circle Network. The individual chooses which provider(s) to go to, makes an appointment, receives services and is discharged after successful completion of the program. The electronic voucher reimburses the provider for services the client uses, based on their individual treatment and recovery support plan.
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About Primary Tribal Site Providers
The twelve federally recognized tribes in Michigan are collaborating with ITC to form the Anishnaabek Healing Circle, Access to Recovery Network. The tribes act as ATR Access and Care Coordination Centers and as clinical treatment and recovery support providers. Eligible people living within the designated service areas of the twelve tribes can receive services (see map in Section V). The collaborating tribes are:
Bay Mills Indian Community
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa/Chippewa Indians
Hannahville Indian Community
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa
Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Potawatomi
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
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About other Network Providers
Besides the twelve Primary Tribal Site Providers, other clinical treatment and recovery support providers, located throughout the region, guarantee that an individual will have choice of a full range of services to assist in their treatment and recovery. Other Network Providers are approved through an application process for inclusion in the Anishnaabek Healing Circle Network. They include secular, cultural and faith-based options for treatment and recovery management.
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Getting Started
If you, or someone you know is struggling with drugs or alcohol, go to For Individuals to find out how to join the Anishnaabek Healing Circle.
To become a provider in the Anishnaabek Healing Circle Network, go to For Providers.
To locate the nearest Tribal ATR Access and Care Coordination Center, go to Contact Us.
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