Catalog of Programs | Center for Native Child and Family Resilience

The programs found in this section are the result of an Environmental Scan done with the intention of capturing the diversity of programming that exists in Indian Country. Through these efforts we identified important community-level research and demonstrations of innovative cultural- and practice-based prevention and intervention efforts that are improving the lives of Tribal families and children within Indian Country.

Program	Focus Area
Pudu Momo'o Home Visiting Program — The Pudu Momo'o Home Visiting Program is intended to help develop and strengthen the health and well-being of AI/AN families through education on traditional ways such of homemaking and child-rearing, while expanding the evidence base around home visiting in the Tribal community.
Qungasvik Toolbox Model — The Qungasvik Toolbox Model is, at its heart, a community-driven process that engages Elders, parents, other adults, and youth to deliver culturally centered activities that protect the young person from suicide and alcohol misuse.
Rock n' the Rez — Rock n' the Rez is a 6-week Summer Day Camp, conducted by the Coeur d' Alene Tribe that provides summer activities for Tribal youth ages 5-12 years.
Safecare — SafeCare is an evidence-based, parent-training curriculum for parents who are at risk or have been reported for child maltreatment with a child from birth to age five.
Siletz Home Visiting Naytlh-'a (We Carry the Children) — This Siletz home visiting program adapts the Family Spirit model to address the needs of children through age three. The program aims to prevent child injuries, abuse, neglect, and maltreatment;improve maternal and newborn health;and reduce Emergency Room visits.
Storytelling for Empowerment — Storytelling for Empowerment is a school-based, bilingual (English and Spanish) intervention for teenagers at risk due to living in impoverished communities with high availability of drugs and limited health care services;it uses cognitive decision-making, positive cultural identity (cultural empowerment), and resiliency models of prevention as its conceptual underpinnings.
Sweetgrass Method of Bullying Prevention — The Sweetgrass Method prevents bullying among Native American Youth by bringing together the parent and community, student, and school as the three main team members in the reduction of bullying behaviors.
Traditional Youth Leadership Initiative — The American Indian Institute's community-based Traditional Youth Leadership Initiative builds and strengthens the foundations of traditional cultural heritage for the youth.
Tribal Coaching Leadership Academy for Middle Managers (Tribal Coaching LAMM) — The Tribal Coaching LAMM uses a facilitated coaching format to applying National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) leadership skills in Tribal child welfare in order to prepare middle managers to lead meaningful change in their tribal agency's ability to serve vulnerable children, youth, and families.
Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts: Case Management — The Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts: Case Management resource (Case Management) is designed to provide Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts (Wellness Courts) and their staff a guide to effective case management and the case manager role.
Tribal Personal Responsibility Education Program — Tribal PREP programs target youth, ages 10-19, who are the most high-risk for pregnancies, including (but not limited to) youth in or aging out of foster care, homeless youth, youth with HIV/AIDS, pregnant and/or parenting youth who are under 21 years of age, and youth who live in areas with high adolescent birth rates.
Tribal REDI Pilot Study — The Head Start REDI (Research-based, Developmentally Informed) intervention is an enriched version of the traditional Head Start early childhood education program that targets three- to five-year-old children from socioeconomically disadvantaged households.
Tribal STAR – Successful Transitions for Adult Readiness — Tribal STAR is a technical assistance and training program that offers training services to child welfare social workers, court personnel, attorneys, judges, tribes, Indian services agencies, and Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) advocates.
Txin Kaangux̂ Initiative — The Txin Kaangux̂ Initiative (TKI) is a holistic healing and wellness program for families on St. Paul Island, Alaska, and members of the St. Paul Island Tribe who live off the island, with the goal of better addressing the root causes of child maltreatment. The program was established, in part, to integrate Tribal Government programs, services, divisions, departments, and their employees that provide for the health, welfare and safety of the Tribe’s membership and community.
Wakanyeja Ta Wiconi Ki Awayang Kuwapi - Rosebud Sioux Tribe's Defending Childhood Initiative (RST DCI) — This program attempts to prevent children's exposure to violence, reduce it's negative impact and, increase public awareness of such by implementing an approach based in Lakota values and managed by culturally competent and trauma-informed service providers.
White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT) Surveillance System — Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC) is a prevention-based service that pairs a mental health consultant with families and adults to help improve child rearing.
Women & Children's Center for Inner Healing and Cultural Enhancement — This program is designed to address the needs of adult women suffering from addiction and trauma by providing gender-specific substance abuse treatment in the context of the family unit.
Yéil Koowú Shaawát (Raven Tail Woman) Curriculum — The Yéil Koowú Shaawát (YKS) curriculum is a family-focused, culturally based counseling and treatment model for Native women that addresses domestic violence, child maltreatment exposure, unresolved grief, and intergenerational trauma.
Zaagichigaazowin Home Visiting Program — The Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa's Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program enhances the Parents as Teachers (PAT) home visiting model by incorporating Ojibwe teachings about the Four Hills of Life and by embedding a doula program within its home visiting program.
Zuya Yuha O’mani Program — The Oglala Lakota Children’s Justice Center’s (OLCJC) developed the Zuya Yuha O’mani Program (Walking everywhere in spiritual strength/defense of the children) to provide comprehensive and holistic advocacy for Native children and families who have been traumatized by sexual, physical, and emotional abuse. The program conducts forensic interviews and provides culturally appropriate counseling and case management while integrating Lakota language, customs, traditions, and ceremonies to assist children and families with healing.