Multnomah County Collaborative The Native Future Generations Collaborative
Multnomah County Collaborative: The Native Future Generations Collaborative (FGC) TERRY ELLIS HEATHER HEATER CHARMAINE KINNEY SARAH TRAN
BACKGROUND PROGRESS Substance use during pregnancy among Native women. City. Mat. CH application accepted! TIME Oct 2011 Oct 2012 “Do you realize the can of worms you’ve opened? ”
BACKGROUND PROGRESS Substance use during pregnancy among Native women. City. Mat. CH application accepted! TIME Oct 2011 Oct 2012 “Do you realize the can of worms you’ve opened? ”
BACKGROUND PROGRESS Substance use during pregnancy among Native women. City. Mat. CH application accepted! TIME Oct 2011 Oct 2012 “Do you realize the can of worms you’ve opened? ”
CHALLENGES PROGRESS Historical relationships between partner agencies. Bureaucratic barriers Lack trust Siletz grant: rejected TIME Oct 2011 Oct 2012 Lack $$ Native partners having to “code switch”
ASSETS PROGRESS Strong Native organizations Passion for and commitment to project Native partners ability to “code switch” Recognized the importance of language TIME Oct 2011 Oct 2012 Safe space for honest conversations
ACCOMPLISHMENTS PROGRESS Adopted traumainformed perspective in decision-making process Created a communitybased participatory planning process Adopted relational worldview into our practice Membership in FGC Partners committed FTE to project Invited to submit full proposal to $50 k grant TIME Oct 2011 Oct 2012 Hired 2 staff Renamed ourselves as Future Generations Collaborative MCHD invested $$ MHASD invested $$
FUTURE DIRECTIONS • • circle of influence hidden voices in the community funding Implement culturally-specific practice-based evidence (vs. evidence-based practice) PROGRESS 1. Listen to community stories about healthy pregnancies 2. “Meaning making” meetings 3. Plan community actions 4. Organize community commitments TIME Oct 2011 Oct 2012
PROGRESS FUTURE DIRECTIONS r > 0. 7 TIME Oct 2011 Oct 2012
Contact TERRY ELLIS Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest, INC. tellis@naranorthwest. org CHARMAINE KINNEY Multnomah County Mental Health and Addictions Services Division charmaine. kinney@multco. us HEATHER HEATER Multnomah County Health Department, Early Childhood Services heather. heater@multco. us SARAH TRAN Multnomah County Health Department, Community Epidemiology Services sarah. tran@multco. us
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