Post by blackcrowheart on Oct 11, 2006 17:19:40 GMT -5
U.S. representatives take a tour of the Feather River Tribal Health
Center www.orovillemr.com/news/ci_4445032
<http://www.orovillemr.com/news/ci_4445032> Two federal
representatives toured the Feather River Tribal Health Center to observe
the programs and services engendered from the collaboration between
local tribes and agencies. Sharon Donnelson said the Tribal Community
Intervention Task Force was formed in July 1997 in response to a variety
of tribal community issues such as suicides, family violence, sexual
assault and lack of response from local agencies. "We have a model task
force, so that's why they (agency representatives) came up here,"
Donnelson said. The task force includes local tribes and county
agencies for public health, mental and behavioral health, social
services, child protection, fire and safety, law enforcement, schools
and education and youth recreation. Wednesday, Regina Schofield, United
States Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice, toured
the center asking about the programs provided at the facility on Fifth
Avenue in Oroville. Schofield, of the Office of Justice Programs, said
the justice department has a model task force of how tribes and agencies
can collaborate, and the local task force is similar. "I think this is
a terrific program through the collaboration of the tribes, the
intervention task force and the agencies," Advertisement Schofield
said. She said she was visiting to see how the task force worked and to
see how some of the programs the justice department funded worked to
benefit the community. She said you can't see how programs work if you
stay in your ivory tower in Washington. Schofield was especially
interested in programs that keep juveniles from cycling though the
justice system, saying from her observation you have to treat the whole
family in order to help the child. Rosalind Hussong, Ph.D., Behavioral
Health Services Director for Tribal Health, outlined some of the
programs. Connecting Circles of Care is a family driven program for
children with severe emotional disharmony. The center also offers
substance abuse counseling and other mental health services. Tribal
health is a non-profit agency that provides healthcare services to
Native Americans and the community within the service area of Butte,
Yuba and Sutter counties. The center is run by a board of directors
with elected members from Berry Creek, Mooretown and Enterprise
rancherias. The clinic also provides medical, dental and outreach
services. Clifford Angle, chairman of the board, said they provide
services to many MediCal and Medicare patients. Dr. Eric Broderick,
acting administrator for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
(SAMHSA), of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, also
toured the health center. "When I heard about the number of SAMHSA
grants in play, I wanted to tour the facility," Broderick said. Through
a federal SAMHSA grant (Children's Mental Health Initiative), tribal
health has partnered with Butte County Behavioral Health to provide
mental health services for the Drug Endangered Children (DEC) program,
which is under the Butte County District Attorney's Office, according to
information from tribal health. Debbi Tognietti, of Feather Falls
Casino, said the casino and task force collaborate with county agencies
to provide services to the community at Feather River Tribal Health and
through local public service, law enforcement public safety and many
other agencies. "It (Feather River Tribal Health) is an example of what
the tribe and casino has done by working closely with the county offices
and agencies," Tognietti said.
Center www.orovillemr.com/news/ci_4445032
<http://www.orovillemr.com/news/ci_4445032> Two federal
representatives toured the Feather River Tribal Health Center to observe
the programs and services engendered from the collaboration between
local tribes and agencies. Sharon Donnelson said the Tribal Community
Intervention Task Force was formed in July 1997 in response to a variety
of tribal community issues such as suicides, family violence, sexual
assault and lack of response from local agencies. "We have a model task
force, so that's why they (agency representatives) came up here,"
Donnelson said. The task force includes local tribes and county
agencies for public health, mental and behavioral health, social
services, child protection, fire and safety, law enforcement, schools
and education and youth recreation. Wednesday, Regina Schofield, United
States Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice, toured
the center asking about the programs provided at the facility on Fifth
Avenue in Oroville. Schofield, of the Office of Justice Programs, said
the justice department has a model task force of how tribes and agencies
can collaborate, and the local task force is similar. "I think this is
a terrific program through the collaboration of the tribes, the
intervention task force and the agencies," Advertisement Schofield
said. She said she was visiting to see how the task force worked and to
see how some of the programs the justice department funded worked to
benefit the community. She said you can't see how programs work if you
stay in your ivory tower in Washington. Schofield was especially
interested in programs that keep juveniles from cycling though the
justice system, saying from her observation you have to treat the whole
family in order to help the child. Rosalind Hussong, Ph.D., Behavioral
Health Services Director for Tribal Health, outlined some of the
programs. Connecting Circles of Care is a family driven program for
children with severe emotional disharmony. The center also offers
substance abuse counseling and other mental health services. Tribal
health is a non-profit agency that provides healthcare services to
Native Americans and the community within the service area of Butte,
Yuba and Sutter counties. The center is run by a board of directors
with elected members from Berry Creek, Mooretown and Enterprise
rancherias. The clinic also provides medical, dental and outreach
services. Clifford Angle, chairman of the board, said they provide
services to many MediCal and Medicare patients. Dr. Eric Broderick,
acting administrator for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
(SAMHSA), of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, also
toured the health center. "When I heard about the number of SAMHSA
grants in play, I wanted to tour the facility," Broderick said. Through
a federal SAMHSA grant (Children's Mental Health Initiative), tribal
health has partnered with Butte County Behavioral Health to provide
mental health services for the Drug Endangered Children (DEC) program,
which is under the Butte County District Attorney's Office, according to
information from tribal health. Debbi Tognietti, of Feather Falls
Casino, said the casino and task force collaborate with county agencies
to provide services to the community at Feather River Tribal Health and
through local public service, law enforcement public safety and many
other agencies. "It (Feather River Tribal Health) is an example of what
the tribe and casino has done by working closely with the county offices
and agencies," Tognietti said.