Thursday, November 21, 2024
11/21/2024
The Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest (NARA NW) was founded in 1970 to provide recovery services to the American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) population in the Portland Metropolitan Area. Since its founding, NARA NW has expanded its services to 10 clinical and non-clinical sites in order to provide integrated, culturally appropriate care to Native communities. NARA NW provides primary healthcare, dental care, behavioral health services, and outpatient and inpatient substance use disorder treatment; along with wraparound care from food boxes and transportation to housing placements. Since 2015, NARA NW has provided Supported Employment Programming with IPS fidelity model implemented in 2018. Currently, NARA NW serves 50 individuals with Supported Employment Services, and through its partnership with SAMHSA, will expand its reach 130 unduplicated individuals over the life of the five-year program. In addition, NARA NW will hire and retain additional staff to provide full spectrum Supported Employment Services to support individuals with SMI and COD using the IPS fidelity model already in use in our programs. The overall goals of the Supported Employment Program are: 1) provide a person with SMI or COD specialized assistance in choosing, acquiring, and maintaining competitive employment; 2) Continue to engage in annual fidelity reviews and collaborate with senior leadership and the OCESE reviewers to improve services and maintain fidelity to the model and 3) Build and maintain collaborative relationships with current and prospective employers in order to mutually benefit Supported Employment participants and the community. NARA NW will meet the above goals by continuing its relationships with community partners (employers, Education entities, and integrated health care programs) to advocate and support Supported Employment clients through their interactions with these entities. We will also build a program training plan to roll out a training schedule for all NARA NW staff to ensure that this program implements all CLAS standards and other training to ensure high fidelity and quality services.
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