In order to highlight pockets of excellence across the country, the NNED selects a partner organization to highlight once a month. Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council, has been selected as the Partner of the Month for January.
The Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council mission is to preserve the homelands, defend rights of the Indian Treaties with the United States, speak in a unified voice, offer support to the Indian people, offer a forum in which to consult each other and enlighten each other about peoples, and to otherwise promote the common welfare of all of the Tribal people of Montana, Wyoming and Idaho.
The programs and services that are currently offered:
- Tribal Epidemiology Centers (RMTEC) – Tribal Epidemiology Centers provide various types of support and services due to the variation of the TECs organization structure, divisions, Tribal populations, and their mission and goals. There are currently 12 Tribal Epidemiology Centers in the United States.
- Good Health & Wellness in Indian Country (GHWIC) – GHWIC’s goal is to support a coordinated, holistic approach to healthy living and chronic disease prevention, reinforce the work already underway in Indian Country to make healthy choices and lifeways easier for American Indians and Alaska Natives.
- Public Health Workforce Expansion in Indian Country (PHWEIC) – The purpose of the Public Health Workforce Expansion in Indian Country program to help Tribal Public Health workers play a critical role in closing the gap among the Indian population and move toward health equality.
- Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) – The goal is to increase access to culturally appropriate and evidence-based treatment services to reduce the unmet treatment need and opioid overdose-related deaths through prevention, treatment, and recovery support services.
- All Nation Youth Partner for Success (ANYPS) – ANYPS’s primary goal is to reduce underage drinking and marijuana use among Native American youth (ages 9 – 20) by increasing access to cultural activities and ceremonies.
Learn more about the Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council, and their vision to build healthy, prosperous and strong Tribal communities for the Tribal people living in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho; and their goal to create an environment conducive to change within the communities by cultivating positive collaborative efforts with a sense of purpose by building strong, healthy societies where respect and honor is a way of life.
View a list of previous NNED Partners of the Month.
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