National Council of Urban Indian Health
1 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Suite 800-D
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202.544.0344
Reclaiming our Future
The Reclaiming our Future: Indigenizing Strategic Planning to Address Social Determinants of Health Community of Learning will provide Urban Indian Health Organizations’ (UIO), UIO leadership, behavioral health providers, and grant development staff the skills to help sustain current funding and secure new funding. Each session will incorporate didactic learning and engaging activities.
Seven Generation Focus: Building Special Programming for Youth Empowerment
October 27, 2022
In this session, participants will be learning the following objectives:
- Discuss best practices in assessing the needs of the general AI/AN populations with a focus on youth and wrap-around services through local and national funding
- Identify best practices to coordinate multiple funding streams for general AI/AN populations with a focus on youth empowerment.
- Learn innovative program design that infuses culture in planning and evaluating general AI/AN populations with a focus on youth empowerment
Presenters:
- Auna Castellon
College and Career Readiness Manager | NAYA Family Center - Becca Gruner (Citizen of the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians)
Culture, Education, and Wellness Manager | NAYA Family Center
Building Program Capacity to Support At-Risk Populations: The Role of Sanctuary Centers
November 9, 2022
In this session, participants will be learning the following objectives:
- Identify key factors to strategically plan for cultural wellness/substance abuse homeless programming
- Learn how to build and strengthen community and tribal partnerships to help secure funding for at-risk population programming
- Discuss best practices for coordination of care, and case management
Presenter:
- Diana Yazzie Devine, MBA
CEO / President | Native American Connections
Thriving Beyond Survival: Advancing MMIP/MMIW UIO Programming
January 20, 2023
In this session, participants will be learning the following objectives:
- Navigating the funder philanthropic sector by using a funding map to help identify MMIW/MMIP funding for your organization
- Understanding definitions, the impacts of MMIP, and how to address it
- Exploring promising practices for coordination of care, caseload management/time management for DVP programs that work with MMIW/P cases
Presenters:
- Yvonne Ito, DSW (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)
Public Health Manager | NCUIH - Sebouh Kouyoumjian, MPA/HSA
Public Health Associate | NCUIH