Monday, May 19, 2025
5/19/2025
Domestic Violence Prevention - Indian Health Board of Minneapolis, Inc. (IHB) is a full service medical, dental and mental health community health center, established in November 1971 to serve the urban American Indian population in the Phillips neighborhood of Minneapolis, MN. IHB’s personalized and collaborative approach to health care is supported by the best scientific medical knowledge. Our Counseling & Support (C&S) Center provides professional therapeutic services including individual, family, and group psychotherapy, and psychological assessments. C&S also provides support groups and social work services, including referrals for housing, shelter, and other community-based services. In addition, we provide comprehensive health programs, educational classes and resources focused on healthy lifestyle choices, preventative and management care. Our services are focused on American Indian (AI) because they experience some of the greatest health disparities. Many of our clients reside in the Phillips and surrounding neighborhoods of Whitter, Powderhorn, and Central. However, IHB’s target population is the urban American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) community of Minneapolis and other underserved populations; our service area in concentric circles from our central location to surrounding neighborhoods and census tracts. The entire Phillips community is a federally designated Medically Underserved Area, as are many of the census tracts bordering the neighborhood (Whitter, Powderhorn, and Central). In addition, research shows American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) women are at an increased risk for lifetime violence, childhood abuse, domestic violence/intimate partner violence (DV/IPV), and sexual abuse. AI/AN women, when compared to other racial and ethnic groups, experience the highest rates of violence. Traumatic events in childhood or adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are linked to negative health outcomes such as violence, interpersonal violence, mental and emotional health, substance abuse, obesity, and risky sexual behavior abuse, IPV, parental separation, and substance abuse, mental illness or incarceration in the household. The Indian Health Service Domestic Prevention grant would allow IHB to pay for a program coordinator and supervisor to meet the goals and objectives of this grant that include establish a community coordinated response team, deliver community education, staff training, advocacy services, improve clinical screening measure, and host cultural groups to support emotional health and wellness.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).