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In 2022, the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE)— in collaboration with ACF’s Tribal Home Visiting Program and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) —contracted with James Bell Associates (JBA) and the Centers for American Indian Alaska Native Health (CAIANH) at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver. The resulting project, the Center for Indigenous Research Collaboration and Learning for Home Visiting (CIRCLE-HV) , will fund Research-Practice Partnerships in which participants pursue their own research aims; it will also partner closely with home visiting programs serving Indigenous families to pursue a Cross-Site Study. To inform these activities, the project team set out to develop knowledge on fundamental principles of Indigenous methodologies and to identify past examples of braided Indigenous and Western research approaches.

This brief describes how the VHT-NC projects used culture as a resource, which we define as using or integrating cultural values, beliefs, traditions, and activities into various project strategies and services offered. We explore how the projects incorporated culture within four programming areas: (1) project staffing, (2), education and training, (3) outreach, and (4) case management and supportive services. 

This brief describes how culturally responsive and participatory approaches (e.g., Tribal study approval, community engagement) were incorporated into the VHT-NC Formative Evaluation.

The Demonstration Grants to Strengthen the Response to Victims of Human Trafficking in Native Communities (VHT-NC) Program: Final Report of the Formative Evaluation summarizes the implementation of the six VHT-NC projects funded in September 2020, including their challenges and strengths. The report describes the VHT-NC projects’ (1) community context, (2) structure and approaches, (3) partnerships, (4) outreach and identification strategies, (5) case management and service delivery, and (6) community training. 

This brief provides a description of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on VHT-NC program implementation between 2020-2023.

The Demonstration Grants to Strengthen the Response to Victims of Human Trafficking in Native Communities (VHT-NC) Program: Interim Report describes the first two years of implementation of the six VHT-NC projects funded by the Administration for Children and Families’ (ACF) Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP). The report highlights common barriers, project strengths, and key successes.

There is little national data about the need for early childhood and health services for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children. This brief summarizes existing data to create a national picture of the AI/AN population of young children and their families, and their access to and participation in early childhood services using the 2010—2014 American Community Survey.