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Navajo Nation Departments of Health, Education, Social Services and other programs regulate or provide preventive wellness and health education services, using a multi-systemic approach integrating western and traditional treatment and healing as part of culture-based patient-centered care. Medical care services are provided by the Indian Health Service and/or by "PL 93-638" tribal community corporation-managed facilities. 
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(Below are updates regarding Navajo Nation COVID public health and welfare resources. We may not have the latest updates. Our team is doing our best to gather them and post as soon as possible but there may be errors.)
​Education, Training & Resources for the Disabled
Vocational Rehabilitation
The Office of Special Education & Rehabilitation (OSERS) within the Navajo Nation Dept. of Diné Education provides transition from high school to career, home modifications, and employment and trainings to persons with disabilities, funded by a grant from the United States Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA). Applicants are assigned a counselor who helps develop an Individual Plan for Employment (IPE).

To apply, call 928-871-6338 for an intake interview. 
​Access to Services
The Navajo Nation Advisory Council on Disability (NNACOD) serves as an advocate for individuals with disabilities and their families, responsible for insuring that individuals with disabilities have equal access to employment, education, housing, public safety, communication, recreation, medical treatment, and socialization opportunities. Contact the NNACOD through OSERS.
​Early Childhood Matters
Early Intervention 
Growing in Beauty (GIB) within OSERS ​meets the needs of Navajo children with delays or suspected disabilities from birth to five years of age while honoring the unique culture and language of the Navajo people. GIB provides home visits, developmental screenings, referrals, and family circles. Growing in Beauty is an Arizona Early Intervention Program (AzEIP) contractor. To make an AzEIP referral, contact Raising Special Kids (RSK) at (888) 592-0140 or submit an online referral below. ​GIB Service Units:
Chinle   (928) 674-2188
Chinle   (928) 674-2159
Crownpoint (505) 786-2399/2413/2412
Fort Defiance   (928) 871-6477
Gallup   (505) 722-1783/1456
Ganado   (928) 674-2471
Kayenta   (928) 697-5686
​LeChee   (928) 283-3485
Pinon   (928) 674-2188
Red Mesa   (928) 674-2199
Shiprock   (505)368-1495/1509/1513
​Tohatchi   (505) 722-5975

Tuba City   (928) 283-3361
​Winslow   (928) 289-2341 ​ 
​Home Visits
Home visits for all ages are conducted by CHRs from the Community Health Representative (CHR) Program, by doctor referral only—includes follow-ups, seeing if medication is taken, checking on adequate home, even some chores if the family needs. 
Arizona CHR Offices
  • Across from Ft Defiance Field House/Gym 928-729-4014
  • Behind Chinle Health Care Facility 928-674-2282
  • Across from Dilkon Chapter House 928-657-8011
  • Modular Office next to Tuba City Navajo Area Aging Agency 928-283-3091
  • Inside Kayenta Health Center 928-697-4364
New Mexico CHR Offices
  • Across From Gallup Medical Indian Center 505-722-1528
  • Across From Shiprock Northern Navajo Medical Center 505-368-1340
  • Across From Crownpoint Medical Center 505-786-2196
Since 2018, Growing in Beauty, Navajo Nation First Things First through GIB's Individualized Family Service program has partnered with Northern Arizona University for GIB staff and student team members to visit remote homes of families, using coaching models to provide families with tools and information to address their child’s needs and implement intervention strategies. Grant funding is through the Navajo Nation Regional Partnership Council, an independent Arizona regional partnership council. The priorities of the Navajo Nation Regional Partnership Council include:
  • Improving the quality of child care and preschool programs
  • Scholarships for children to access high-quality early learning
  • Improving the quality of family, friend and neighbor care
  • Strengthening families through voluntary home visiting
  • Oral health screenings and fluoride varnishes
​Behavioral and Mental Health
The Navajo Nation Division of Behavioral & Mental Health Services (NNDBMHS) maintains 11 outpatient clinics and 1 residential treatment center, all offering prevention and early intervention services. On the AZ portion of the reservation, NNDBHS has 9 outpatient treatment centers in Chinle, Dilkon, Fort Defiance, Kaibeto, Kayenta, New Lands, Red Mesa and Tuba City. On the NM portion there are 2 outpatient centers at Crownpoint and Gallup, and one residential treatment center in Shiprock, NM. Note that none of these service sites offer medically managed intensive inpatient treatment. Recruitment, retention and state licensing/certification requirements (AZ, NM and UT) are ongoing concerns. 

NNDBMHS services promote recovery, independence, self-sufficiency, self-esteem and quality of life; reduce chemical dependency; support integration into communities; and encourage involvement in treatment planning. 
Arizona TRBHA
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NNDBMHS is a Tribal Regional Behavioral Health Authority (TRBHA)
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under an intergovernmental agreement with the State of Arizona. As a TRBHA, NNDBMHS manages AZ AHCCS (Medicaid) behavioral health services for tribal members, including those who are seriously mentally ill and require residential treatment. ​​
Clinical Services
Screenings/assessments; treatment planning; individual and group therapy; family therapy; adventure-based counseling; crisis counseling/intervention; follow-up; residential care; case management/case staffing/consultation; clinical supervision.
Diné ​Traditional Practitioner Services
Intake/assessment, case staffing/treatment plans, traditional/cultural orientation and curriculum, traditional diagnosis, ceremonial offerings such as Protection Way, Peyote, and Blessing Way ceremonies, and aftercare.
Outpatient Clinics
AZ: ​Chinle, Dilkon, Fort Defiance, Kaibeto, Kayenta, New Lands, Red Mesa and Tuba City
​NM: Crownpoint, Gallup
Residential Treatment 
Shiprock
​Nutrition & Health Promotion
Navajo WIC (Nutrition)
The Navajo Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program (Navajo WIC) (NNDOH) is independent from state WICs and provides nutrition services for pregnant, postpartum & breastfeeding mothers and newborns to age 5. It is funded by the USDA. Administered as a WIC Indian Tribal Organization (ITO) authorized under federal law, Navajo WIC sets eligibility requirements, based on Navajo Nation enrollment and residency without reference to state boundaries. Navajo WIC Clinics:
Chinle   (928) 674-2184
Crownpoint   (505) 786-2185
Farmington  (505) 327-995
Fort Defiance (928) 871-7894
Gallup   (505) 722-4767
Ganado   (928) 755-5940
​​Kayenta  (928) 697-5507
Pinon  (928) 725-3755
Shiprock  (505) 368-1135
Tsaile  (928) 724-2200
Tuba City  (928) 283-3181
Winslow  (928) 289-3219
​Health & Personal Development for Ages 14-21
The Office of Diné Youth within the Dept. of Workforce Development nurtures and educates Diné youth through presentations and various programs and special events providing recreation, parenting skills, scholarships, tutoring, counseling, sports, camps, and job preparation. 
Health and Physical Fitness Promotion 
The Navajo Special Diabetes Project (NNDOH) promotes healthy lifestyles through 9 Wellness Centers for diabetes prevention  education and management. It also identifies  individuals  who  are  in  pre-diabetes. Services include hapter-based community work outs, marathons, hikes, health fairs, and Headstart Physical Fitness Days.
Family Self-Sufficiency
​(New Dawn) 
Navajo New Dawn Program (NNDOH) promotes self-sufficiency among families, based upon the principle of enabling people to help themselves, by educating individuals, families and communities on or near the Navajo Nation with quality, adequate, culturally acceptable support, assistance and services to achieve and maintain self-sufficiency with respect to nutrition, exercise, education, horticulture techniques, food production and increase the availability of high quality, fresh and nutritious. ​Offices:
  • ​Tuba City   (928) 283-3217
  • Window Rock   (928) 729-4279
  • Chinle   (928) 674-2281
  • ​Crownpoint   (505) 786-5543
  • ​Shiprock   (505) 368-
​Data, Studies, & Health Information
Health Data
The Navajo Epidemiology Center (NEC) (NNDOH) manages the Navajo Nation's public health information data and systems, investigates diseases, and responds to public health emergencies.
Environmental Exposure of Uranium & Other Toxicants 
The Navajo Birth Cohort Study investigates the effects of environmental exposure of uranium and other toxicants on pregnancy outcomes and early child development on the Navajo Nation. The study, a collaboration among many partners including NNDOH, began in 2013 and continues through 2023, following pregnant mothers and children through age 5. It recently came under the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program of the NIH.
​Family Welfare Services
Navajo Nation Department of Family Services
​Title IV-E Foster Care Plan
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