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Dena A Coy Program

Summary

Dena A Coy is a 14-bed facility providing trauma-informed care for women with co-occurring disorders, providing substance-use education, life skills development, family education, medication management, individual substance use treatment, and individual, group, and family therapy.

"Dena A Coy is a 14-bed facility providing trauma informed care for women with co-occurring disorders. The program provides substance-use education, life skills development, family education, medication management, individual substance use and individual, group, and family therapy. Children 3 and under can be considered for placement with their mother." The One Sky Center entry in Directory of Native Programs refers to a CSAT grant program to increase access to the facility's treatment through treatment capacity expansion and enhancement of outpatient programs. The primary goal of this project is to reduce alcoholism and drug abuse among Alaska Native and Non-Native women of childbearing age.

Retrieved from http://dhss.alaska.gov/dbh/Pages/ResidentialSUD/facilities/Dena-A-Coy.a…

Contact
Katie Johnson (907) 729-5070 kjohnson@scf.cc www.southcentralfoundation.org
Details

One Sky Center, http://www.oneskycenter.org/native-program/dena-a-coy-program/, indicates that evaluations have been performed but does not indicate their results. Dena A Coy’s evaluation efforts are described there as follows:

“The outpatient project evaluates the fidelity of the program by measuring the objectives set forth in the grant narrative. Two fundamental models used in program evaluation are the Utilization-Focused Evaluation and the Self-Adjusting Treatment Evaluation Model. These two models stress the importance of user friendly evaluation results and establish a continuous cycle of evaluation for ongoing adjustments and improvements. Semi-Structured interviews are also used to collect data for GPRA information. Once the information is obtained, it is coded and sent to an independent evaluator for review. Clients are offered a financial incentive to participate in the interviews every six months.”

Promising, not adapted
Family
  • Lack of access to prenatal support/Lack of social or parental pregnancy support
  • Low birth weight
  • Pregnancy or birth complications
  • Substance abuse
  • Access to health and social services
  • Concrete support for parents
  • Parental resilience
  • Self-efficacy
  • Strong parent/Child relationship
Access to services
Resource