Tribal Home Visiting Success Stories

Current as of:
Two girls

 

The success stories celebrate the innovations, achievements, and outcomes of high-quality, culturally driven Tribal Home Visiting services. 


A Full-Circle Journey: How Tribal Home Visiting in Lake County Fosters Healing, Culture, and Leadership

This success story highlights the inspiring journey of a former Lake County Tribal Health Consortium home-visiting participant who transformed her life through the support of the program and a renewed connection to her culture. Her experience demonstrates the long-term impact of home visiting, illustrating how consistent guidance, support, and cultural engagement can empower participants to build resilience and confidence.

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Fatherhood is Brotherhood: Supporting Fathers Through Community and Camaraderie

This Tribal Home Visiting success story describes how the Native American Health Center Home Visiting program embraced an opportunity to create Fatherhood is Brotherhood. This new parenting opportunity supports fathers in helping them find their inherent value and strengths, sowing seeds for a healthy future for their children and families.

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Growing In Beauty Sees Program and Families Prosper through Continuous Quality Improvement

This Tribal Home Visiting success story describes how the Navajo Nation, Growing in Beauty Home Visiting team implemented a continuous quality improvement system with intentionality. This system intentionally embraces a combination of partners, cultural and mainstream teachings, and practices.

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NATIVE HEALTH Home Visiting Celebrates Graduation

Graduation culminates months or years of home visiting lessons, relationship building, and growth. On the one hand, it is a cause to celebrate: What a beautiful way to close one chapter and begin another! On the other hand, this change can be difficult.

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Preserving Elders' Wisdom to Support Home Visiting Families

Through the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI Nurse—Family Partnership1 (NFP) Elder Interview project...

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Two Tribal Visionaries Lead Transformative Home Visiting Collaboration Efforts

In 2019, Terri Rattler, Tiospa Unyunsutapte Hehan Wasaguyusapte Tribal Home Visiting Program Manager of the Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board...

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Partnering with Parents to Improve Program Success

Native American Parent Professional Resources, Inc. (NAPPR) has a 30-year history of supporting families, particularly those with young children.

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A Mother's Journey to Healing

The South Puget Intertribal Planning Agency in Shelton, Washington has been implementing Tribal Home Visiting since 2012...

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Making Young Children a Priority in the Choctaw Nation

Early childhood programs in the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma work together for young children and their families. 

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Finding Stability and Moving Forward

The Confederated Tribe of Siletz Indians Naytlh-’a, translated "We Carry the Children," program has been implementing Tribal Home Visiting since 2014...

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Two First-time Parents Growing their Confidence

The Tiwa Babies Home Visiting Program has been implementing Tribal Home Visiting since 2011...

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A Strong Partnership Guides Evaluation Leaning and Investment

The Fairbanks Native Association (FNA) Tribal Home Visiting (THV) Program in Alaska is one of thirty-two grant programs...

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Creating Memories One Community at a Time

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) sit on the Flathead Reservation in western Montana...

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The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe: Agency Collaboration Empowers Staff and Supports Community Healing

The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe (PGST) in Washington State has established strong, collaborative partnerships...

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Building a Strong Team to Support Tribal Families

In a typical week, Parent Partners travel hundreds of miles to meet with families...

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Connecting Cultural Experiences with Early Learning

The Partnership for Anishnaabe Binoojiiyensag Tribal Home Visiting Program is dedicated to...

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Tribal Early Learning Initiative (TELI) Grantees Reflect on Successes and Plan for the Future

On March 22 - 23, 39 participants gathered for the Tribal Early Learning Initiative (TELI) grantee meeting in Chicago.

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Connecting Families and Programs Through Child Passports

For the past 5 years, Project Katishtya Eh-wahs Valued Always (KEVA) Tribal Home Visiting Program has provided parenting education and...

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Promoting Safe Sleep to Prevent Infant Deaths

Wyoming’s Wind River Indian Reservation has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the state...

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Empowering Families through Homes of Their Own

The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians in Oregon sponsors a home visiting program called Family Spirit...

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Restoring Cultural Traditions to Strengthen Family and Community

The Yerington Paiute Tribe in Nevada strives to give their young children a good start in life and prepare them to be future leaders.

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Weaving Programs Together to Better Serve Families

Two federal programs have joined forces to give all children in Rolette County, North Dakota, a good start in life. 

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The Power of Good Role Models

Cheyenne Gould learned about the Strong Families home visiting program when she was pregnant with her first child.

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Native Health Center Recognized for its Efforts in Promoting Food Security

Native Health in Phoenix, Arizona, understands the importance of food security for the families they serve. 

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Motherhood, Marriage and the Military: One Woman’s Story

Lake County Tribal Health works to improve the physical, mental, spiritual, emotional, and social health status of...

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Building Resilience and Hope among Cherokee Parents

Many families learn to "turn lemons into lemonade" as they transform challenges into opportunities.

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Family Shares Lessons in Love

Jenna and Matt Pebworth feel blessed to have each other and their two beloved children.

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Laying Groundwork for Success

After many months of planning, the staff of the Shared Waters Home Visiting Program opened their doors to families...

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Tiwa Babies Home Visiting Program

Tiwa Babies home visiting program empowers young Taos families. 

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Developing Cultural Resources for Families and the Community

The Cook Inlet Tribal Council (CITC) has served Alaska Native and American Indian people in Anchorage and the Cook Inlet region since 1983. 

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