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Multnomah County Collaborative: The Native Future Generations Collaborative (FGC)

Multnomah County Collaborative: The Native Future Generations Collaborative (FGC). TERRY ELLIS HEATHER HEATER CHARMAINE KINNEY SARAH TRAN. Healthy Families. Healthy Babies. Healthy Moms. Healthy Communities. BACKGROUND. Substance use during pregnancy among Native women.

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Multnomah County Collaborative: The Native Future Generations Collaborative (FGC)

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  1. Multnomah County Collaborative: The Native Future Generations Collaborative (FGC) TERRY ELLIS HEATHER HEATER CHARMAINE KINNEY SARAH TRAN Healthy Families Healthy Babies Healthy Moms Healthy Communities

  2. BACKGROUND Substance use during pregnancy among Native women. CityMatCH application accepted! PROGRESS TIME Oct 2011 Oct 2012 “Do you realize the can of worms you’ve opened?”

  3. BACKGROUND Substance use during pregnancy among Native women. CityMatCH application accepted! PROGRESS TIME Oct 2011 Oct 2012 “Do you realize the can of worms you’ve opened?”

  4. BACKGROUND Substance use during pregnancy among Native women. CityMatCH application accepted! PROGRESS TIME Oct 2011 Oct 2012 “Do you realize the can of worms you’ve opened?”

  5. CHALLENGES Historical relationships between partner agencies. Bureaucratic barriers PROGRESS Lack trust Siletz grant: rejected TIME Oct 2011 Oct 2012 Native partners having to “code switch” Lack $$

  6. ASSETS Strong Native organizations Native partners ability to “code switch” Passion for and commitment to project Recognized the importance of language PROGRESS TIME Oct 2011 Oct 2012 Safe space for honest conversations

  7. ACCOMPLISHMENTS  Membership in FGC Created a community-based participatory planning process Adopted trauma-informed perspective in decision-making process Partners committed FTE to project PROGRESS Adopted relational worldview into our practice Invited to submit full proposal to $50k grant TIME Oct 2011 Oct 2012 Hired 2 staff MCHD invested $$ Renamed ourselves as Future Generations Collaborative MHASD invested $$

  8. FUTURE DIRECTIONS •  circle of influence •  hidden voices in the community •  funding • Implement culturally-specific practice-based evidence (vs. evidence-based practice) • Listen to community stories about healthy pregnancies • “Meaning making” meetings • Plan community actions • Organize community commitments PROGRESS TIME Oct 2011 Oct 2012

  9. FUTURE DIRECTIONS r > 0.7 PROGRESS TIME Oct 2011 Oct 2012

  10. 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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