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Causes: Mental Health, Substance Abuse Treatment
Mission: To provide culturally appropriate education, physical & mental health services, and substance abuse treatment to american indians, alaska natives, and other vulnerable people.
Programs: Residential treatment center-located at 17645 nw st helens highway, the residential treatment center provides addiction treatment services to american indian and alaskan native families and others needing services. The schedule includes individual and group counseling, life skills training, anger management, cultural education activities, medical services, mental health services and introduction to self-help groups such as alcoholics anonymous, narcotics anonymous, and al-anon. The child development program at the residential facility serves children from infancy to age five. Program activities include early childhood education, fetal alcohol syndrome/fetal alcohol effect early intervention services, parenting skills training, and family counseling. A satellite primary care clinic is located on-site that provides medical care and health education to the clients and families residing in the program.
outpatient treatment center - located at 1631 sw columbia street, the outpatient treatment center provides addiction treatment services to american indian and alaskan native men and women, people involved with the criminal justice system, and others needing services. Services include outpatient counseling, aftercare support, peer and recovery support mentors, duii diversion program, supportive employment services, housing and energy assistance services, and educational assistance. Treatment activities include group and individual counseling, women's support groups, talking circle meetings, mental health counseling, cultural education activities, anger management groups, community resource advocacy, and referral services.
indian health clinic and prevention center - located at 15 n morris and 12360 e burnside, both locations provide primary health care to the urban indian community and others needing services. In addition to primary care, pediatric services, including well baby/child care, women's health care such as a breast and cervical cancer early detection project, mental health counseling, substance abuse counseling, diabetes prevention program, pregnant families program, laboratory and pharmaceutical services are offered.