The Native American Training Institute also provides technical assistance for organizations working with Native American children and families. The types of technical assistance provided vary according to need.
Tribal funding access for Title IV-E and medicaid reimbursement NATI provides on-site technical assistance to agencies considering entering into a state agreement to collect Title IV-E and Title XIX medicaid reimbursement for their child welfare or mental health services. NATI can help your tribe weigh the advantages and disadvantages of these agreements, as well as helping to identify tribal infrastructure needs to execute the agreements. These agreements have allowed many Tribes across the country to bill for allowable existing tribal services. NATI has an established track record of the many facets involved with collecting these federal reibursements through the state. Click here to ask for more info about this service!
Program Planning NAT has experience in facilitating statewide taskforce meetings to develop a comprehensive state plan for addressing alcohol/meth and other drug use on or near reservation. The planning approach NATI uses involves a community based model that includes identifying the key stakeholders affected by the program and its services. The planning utilizes the input during the planning meetings to formulate models. Click here to ask for more info about this service!
Community Strengths Discovery NATI can provide assistance in conducting community strengths discovery. This process involves working with local communities to identify intervention and healing strategies helpful for work with the wraparound and family group decision making process. The benefit of conducting a community strengths discovery is increasing the options available in tribal communities, which often offer few professional or other support services for children and families. By conducting a community strengths discovery, this situation often viewed as a weakness in tribal communities can be reframed into a strength. Click here to ask for more info about this service!
Systems of Care Implementation Click here to ask for more info about this service!
Conference Planning
NATI provides planning and coordinating statewide conferences (e.g. North Dakota Native American Foster Parent Association, North Dakota Indian Child Welfare Conference). Click here to ask for more info about this service!
Tribal Child Welfare Policy Development Click here to ask for more info about this service!
Parenting Click here to ask for more info about this service!
Institutional Review Board (IRB) Infrastructure Development Click here to ask for more info about this service!
Strategic planning Click here to ask for more info about this service!
Other examples of technical assistance
conducting regional input forums to gather information regarding compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act
assisting in the development and writing of new tribal court procedural codes
researching and writing a reference manual about the Tribes of North Dakota
providing Native American and cultural input into various statewide initiatives in early childhood, mental health/wellness, aging and disability services, and others
providing liaison services for state-tribal partnerships in tobacco abuse prevention
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