Thursday, April 3, 2025
4/3/2025
Kenaitze's Wellness Department Diabetes Programming - Kenaitze Indian Tribe (Kenaitze, “the Tribe”) is a Federally recognized tribal government reorganized in 1971 under the statutes of Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, as amended for Alaska in 1936. Kenaitze serves 1,906 enrolled Tribal Members, who are Kahtnuht’ana Dena'ina (Kenaitze) Athabascan; and approximately 4,410 Alaska Native/American Indian (AN/AI) residents of the central Kenai Peninsula. The term un’ina is the Dena’ina word meaning “those who come to us”; the Tribe uses this term to refer to all Kenaitze Tribal Members, AN/AI, and other community members who seek services from Kenaitze programs. Tribal health programs are consolidated at the Dena’ina Wellness Center (DWC), a state-of-the-art facility operated by Kenaitze in partnership with the Indian Health Service (IHS). The DWC adheres to the Dene' Philosophy of Care, which integrates medical, dental, behavioral health, chemical dependency, wellness activities including Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT), physical fitness training and classes, tobacco cessation, local harvesting and gathering activities, arts and crafts, physical therapy, pharmacy support and traditional healing services. Kenaitze’s proposed Wellness Department Diabetes Programming in response to the Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) funding solicitation utilizes diabetes-related education as its best practice. While this program is housed in Kenaitze’s Wellness Department, it is administered within the DWC’s holistic framework with key personnel drawn from multiple departments in order to promote a multi-faceted approach to diabetes prevention and treatment. Kenaitze’s Diabetes Team therefore features staff from across the breadth of the DWC’s services including dentistry, optometry, pharmacy, medical case management, nutrition, personal training, and traditional healing with featured programming including diabetes prevention and management classes and activities, nutrition education, tobacco cessation and fitness.
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).