Thursday, April 10, 2025
4/10/2025
Mino Bimaadiziwin Wellness Clinic Expansion - Behavioral and Chemical Health - The Mino Bimaadiziwin Wellness Clinic Project seeks to address the overdose crisis for Native Americans (NAs) living in Minneapolis/St. Paul urban areas (including all surrounding suburban areas) by further developing our culturally responsive continuum of services, including prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery support services for stimulant misuse, opioid use disorder (OUD), and co-occurring substance use disorder through the development and expansion of behavioral health integration, expanding community education & awareness of prevention activities. NAs in MN have the highest rate of death due to drug poisoning (compared to Whites); and experience overdose deaths at seven times that of White counterparts (MHD, 2019). NAs also experience disparities in mental health disorders, and lack access to and drop out of mental health treatment at high rates. Native American Community CLinic and Red Lake Nation’s Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) programs, established in 2016, prescribes FDA-approved oral Suboxone for the treatment of OUD. In order to enhance the continuum of care and help to better stabilize clients, we will add housing case management, mental health assessment and case management, and a cultural coordinator to embed cultural activities into expanded programming and ensure cultural responsibility through ongoing training. To address the goal of, “Increase and enhance the culturally responsive prevention, harm reduction, and recovery services to NA community members to reduce overdose deaths in the Minneapolis/St Paul area”, four objectives have been identified: Objective 1. Within the first 6 months, launch new recovery services facilitated by Case Managers and/or Cultural Coordinator. Objective 2. In year 1, provide mental health support to individuals impacted by SUD. Objective 3. Collaborate with Native American Community Clinic to increase access to harm reduction services onsite. Objective 4. Integrate cultural programming and enhance culturally responsive care throughout the spectrum of services. Key activities include but are not limited to: Create recovery support community, expand telehealth access, increased mental health support, provide overdose prevention education and Narcan supplies, coordinate cultural competency training, and document and share culturally responsive promising practices. We will serve 50 people in year one and 55 in year two for a total 105 unique individuals.
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