our partners
State-Based Family-to-Family Health Information Centers
The Navajo Nation straddles the states of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, an area of 27,413 square miles with our families frequently moving between these states within the reservation. Below are our partners who provide state-based F2F HIC services. Please go to their websites for support, training and resources in their states.
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Arizona – Raising Special Kids (RSK) is the Arizona F2F HIC which has started providing services on the Arizona side of the Navajo Nation. It is a non-profit that provides support and information for parents of children, from birth to age 26, with a full range of disabilities and special health care needs in Arizona. Programs are offered at no cost to families, and are available in English and Spanish. They provide trainings and workshops on the Navajo Nation especially in the area of school bullying.
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Utah – Utah Parent Center (UPC) is an award-winning training and information center founded in 1983 by parents of children and youth with all disabilities to help other parents facing similar challenges throughout Utah. The caring and competent staff of the UPC utilizes a proven, effective parent-to-parent model to help many thousands of parents annually.
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Parents Reaching Out (PRO) is the New Mexico F2F HIC. They are a non-profit organization that works with parents, caregivers, educators, and other professionals to promote healthy, positive and caring experiences for families and children.
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National Family Grassroots Organizations
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Navajo Family Voices is the Navajo Nation tribal Family Voices Affiliate Organization (FVAO) of the national network, Family Voices (FV) which began as a grassroots organization, staffed by family-member advocates for health care services and provides information for families with children and youth with special health care needs.
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Title V Block Grant Programs
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New Mexico Children's Medical Services (CMS) is the go-to for families who have a child or youth with special health care needs younger than 21 years old and experiencing a moderate to severe medical condition. Near the Navajo Nation, CMS operates out of Public Health offices in Farmington and Gallup. They provide:
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Diné Community Councils
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Our program supports Diné Introspective in implementing young Father's, Mother's and Family Circles that integrate adolescent parents with experienced parents, and families with special health care needs with families of their larger communities. The goal is to increase holistic quality of life, mutual awareness and understanding as well as provide sharing and wellness support to family caregivers according to traditional Diné values passed from older generations.
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The Shiprock Food Access Coalition is an active coalition of community stakeholders working together to improve access to healthy food and water that will build sustainable food systems change and will improve generational health outcomes for the Northern Navajo community. Northern Navajo Medical Center, COPE, UNM extension agents, Restoring and Celebrating Family Wellness, many other community groups and our program are part of the coalition. Present focus include healthy traditional recipes, growing leafy vegetables, and nutrition initiatives enabled under the Healthy Diné Nation Act.
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Diné-Centered Research and Evaluation (DCRE) is a circle of learned traditional teachers and mentors engaged in teaching professionals and communities the foundational principles, or Diné bitsé sileÍ, as well as aiding in the engagement of communities in identifying, measuring (using community-based measures), and resolving community health problems. Our program works with Dr. Vincent Werrito of UNM TREE Center, the primary funder, in supporting DCRE activities.
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Our program and the grassroots San Juan Collaborative for Health Equity (SJCHE), coordinated by Hazel James, jointly engage in a number of initiatives including to increase the capacity of Diné families to plan and decide in a blessing manner for family members with special healthcare needs, strengthen the cultural identity of Diné children and youth with parents through food, agriculture and animals, and address issues with community land use. Funding is provided by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, New Mexico.
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School Systems
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The New Mexico Public Education Department Secretary's Family Cabinet is a group of volunteer parents, foster parents, grandparents, and legal guardians of K-12 public school students that partners with the NMPED to learn and share information about K-12 public education in New Mexico. Our program's family mentor, Elvira Dennison, is a 2018-2019 NMPED Family Advisory member representing New Mexico school districts on the Navajo Nation. If you have a school-related issue you would like raised at the Family Cabinet, please contact us by phone or email.
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Genetics Services
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Mountain States Regional Genetics Network (MSRGN) is one of seven regional networks covering the nation and covers an eight state region that includes Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah and Wyoming. Its mission is “to ensure that individuals with genetic disorders and their families have access to quality care and appropriate genetic expertise and information through facilitating a professional network of genetics clinics, key primary care practices, consumer advocates, and state health department resources.” A priority is linkage of medically underserved populations to genetic services. Beverly Maxwell from our program serves on the MSRGN team.
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