ABOUT US
Diné Bá Álchíní Yił Ádaaní (Navajo Family Voices) is a program of Indian Country Grassroots Support, a nonprofit founded by retired Diné judges, peacemakers and law professors with deep tribal community roots and ongoing concern and commitment for future generations.
We are the Family Voices Affiliate Organization (FVAO) and Family-to-Family Health Information Center (F2FHIC) on the Navajo Nation.
Our focus is "Áłchíní hózhóójí bá Nahat'á" -- Planning for Our Kids in a Blessing Manner.
We are families of children and youth with extra health needs, supporting other families on the Navajo Nation. Our family crew live on the Navajo Nation and for generations have navigated limited healthcare resources and services, and diminishing traditional healthcare knowledge, to address needs of their own families.
We find resources & build partnerships among Diné families, health providers, schools, non-profits, and especially extended families.
For our Board of Directors and Team, as well as all our other programs, please go to Indian Country Grassroots Support,
We are the Family Voices Affiliate Organization (FVAO) and Family-to-Family Health Information Center (F2FHIC) on the Navajo Nation.
Our focus is "Áłchíní hózhóójí bá Nahat'á" -- Planning for Our Kids in a Blessing Manner.
We are families of children and youth with extra health needs, supporting other families on the Navajo Nation. Our family crew live on the Navajo Nation and for generations have navigated limited healthcare resources and services, and diminishing traditional healthcare knowledge, to address needs of their own families.
We find resources & build partnerships among Diné families, health providers, schools, non-profits, and especially extended families.
For our Board of Directors and Team, as well as all our other programs, please go to Indian Country Grassroots Support,
Áłchíní hózhóójí bá Nahat'á
Families and even health providers need assistance because healthcare on the Navajo Nation are more complex than in our surrounding states due to overlapping state, federal and tribal systems. Meanwhile, our rural conditions call for problem-solving that is specific to Diné culture, needs and challenges.
Our goal is sustainable and holistic information and support for the empowerment of Diné families of children with extra healthcare needs, that will keep our Diné kids, youth and families in their best health.
The Navajo Nation straddles the states of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, each with its own state-based set of resources for families as well as resources provided by tribal government and community groups. Achieving an integrated and easeful understanding of these resources and how they work together is fundamental to Nahat’á.
Nahat’á (planning) is fundamental to Diné thought. Diné k’ehgo nitsáhákees involves an understanding of holistic processes in order to achieve harmony, beauty, and balance, hózhó, akehi hozhoon. Nahat’á includes everyone involved in support and decision-making taking part in planning measures and solutions.
Raising our kids where our ancestors have lived for generations, familial terms such as mothers and fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers, each has specific Diné familial meanings that have no equivalents in any other society. When we fulfill our matrilineal roles, we each share fully the knowledge and skills that our Diné family must have for our children's protection. Our Diné family is the heart of order and harmony in k'é and ajoobá, kindness and readiness for each other that our kids need for their best health.
Positive, healthy planning involving children and youth with extra helathcare needs, and at-risk children, involves cultural sensitivity by service professionals and the input and involvement of children themselves. Áłchíní hózhóójí bá Nahat'á reinforces the holistic foundation for wellness planning that has been in existence among tribal families for generations, but which has faced tremendous challenges.
Our goal is sustainable and holistic information and support for the empowerment of Diné families of children with extra healthcare needs, that will keep our Diné kids, youth and families in their best health.
The Navajo Nation straddles the states of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, each with its own state-based set of resources for families as well as resources provided by tribal government and community groups. Achieving an integrated and easeful understanding of these resources and how they work together is fundamental to Nahat’á.
Nahat’á (planning) is fundamental to Diné thought. Diné k’ehgo nitsáhákees involves an understanding of holistic processes in order to achieve harmony, beauty, and balance, hózhó, akehi hozhoon. Nahat’á includes everyone involved in support and decision-making taking part in planning measures and solutions.
Raising our kids where our ancestors have lived for generations, familial terms such as mothers and fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers, each has specific Diné familial meanings that have no equivalents in any other society. When we fulfill our matrilineal roles, we each share fully the knowledge and skills that our Diné family must have for our children's protection. Our Diné family is the heart of order and harmony in k'é and ajoobá, kindness and readiness for each other that our kids need for their best health.
Positive, healthy planning involving children and youth with extra helathcare needs, and at-risk children, involves cultural sensitivity by service professionals and the input and involvement of children themselves. Áłchíní hózhóójí bá Nahat'á reinforces the holistic foundation for wellness planning that has been in existence among tribal families for generations, but which has faced tremendous challenges.
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This program is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) as part of an award that first totaled $96,750 in 2018; and which presently totals $89,140 in 2023. We are a small program, with other program costs further financed from state agencies and non-governmental sources. The contents of this website are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views or non-endorsement by HRSA, DHHS or the US Government. For more information please visit HRSA.gov.