Native American
Technical Assistance Provider
California Reducing Disparities Project, Phase 2
IN THE NEWS
Two Feathers Native American Family Services Monthly Newsletter: The Weaver (July 2021)
Two Feathers is producing a monthly newsletter focusing on its activities. It uses the ISSU platform to display the newsletter.
Cultural Connectedness Scale is a strengths-based way to assess Indigenous wellbeing.
The authors (King, Masotti, Dennem, et al., 2019) adapted the 29-item Cultural Connectedness Scale (CCS), developed in Canada, to be appropriate for California’s multi-tribal communities. The resulting new Cultural Connectivity Scale – California (CCS-CA) was developed by urban AI/AN people for urban AI/AN people
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research – 5/18/2021
The Culture is Prevention Project: Measuring Culture as a Social Determinant of Mental Health for Native/Indigenous Peoples.
The authors (Masotti, Dennem, Hadani, et al., 2020) assess the validity of the CCS-CA, a 29-item instrument that measures connection to Indigenous/Native culture and includes three sub-scales: i) Identity ii) Traditions iii) Spirituality. Using the Herth Hope Index and with a diverse sample of AIANs in California, the authors demonstrated a positive link between cultural connectedness and mental health/well-being.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research – 5/18/2021
Just published: Carrie L. Johnson, Cynthia Begay, and Daniel Dickerson article on NADDAR.
Behavior Therapist, Vol. 44 No. 4, pp. 198-203 – 5/17/2021
Resilience: MICOP and other Indigenous healing projects during COVID-19.
Blue Zones – 6/24/2020
For tribes, coronavirus becomes barrier to critical gatherings.
Oregonian – 6/2/2020
Indian Health Council REZolutions evaluator Dr. Deborah Morton on the epidemiology of COVID-19.
California State University, San Marcos – 4/16/2020
Native American Health Center/GONA Collaborative team publish rigorous, open access journal articles about their local evaluation work.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research – 4/8/2020
Two Feathers’ Native American Family Services with Harvard Professor Dr. Joseph P. Gone.
Two Feathers Native American Family Services – 4/2/2020
tIMELINES/DEADLINES
Final Local Evaluation Report Due Nov. 1, 2021
NATAP PIRE STAFF
Roland Moore, PhD
TTA Director, Berkeley, CA
Juliet Lee, PhD
TTA Assistant Director, Berkeley, CA
Elizabeth Waiters, PhD
TTA Specialist, Berkeley, CA
Claradina Soto, (Pueblo, Diné), PhD
TTA Specialist, USC, Los Angeles, CA
Emily Haozous (Fort Sill Apache), PhD
TTA Specialist, Albuquerque, NM
Cathleen Willging, PhD
TTA Specialist, Albuquerque, NM
TA EXPERT GROUP
CONSULTANTS
Territory Acknowledgment: We would like to acknowledge that at Prevention Research Center’s Berkeley office we work in unceded Huichin Ohlone territory.
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CALIFORNIA REDUCING DISPARITIES PROJECT PHASE 2
Overview
The California Department of Public Health’s Office of Health Equity has rolled out the California Reducing Disparities Project (CRDP), Phase II. The Mental Health Services Act of 2004 funded CRDP to reduce or eliminate mental health disparities and improve mental health for five populations in California: African American; Asian Pacific Islander (API); Latino/a; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning (LGBTQ) and Native Americans (Native Californians and other American Indians and Alaska Natives).
As Native American Technical Assistance Provider (NATAP), The PIRE team primarily works with the seven pilot projects with community-defined effective practices (CDEPs) that support California American Indian and Alaska Native communities. We work intensively with the pilot projects to promote strategic planning, effective implementation, rigorous evaluation, successful scaling-up, and ongoing sustainability.
Native American Grantees
- United American Indian Involvement – Los Angeles
- Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley
- Friendship House San Francisco
- Indian Health Council – Valley Center
- Native American Health Center – Oakland
- Sonoma County Indian Health Project – Sonoma
- Two Feathers Native American Family Services, Big Lagoon Rancheria