Ethnic, Religious, Cultural Support

The New Mexico Human Services Department’s (HSD) Native American Liaison monitors state-tribal issues for the Department, assists in formalizing the Department’s government-to-government relations, and works with the Department of Indian Affairs. The Department works to achieve the goals and objectives of HSD’s Native American Initiative by liaising with tribal health and human services staff. Through outreach and communication, the liaison addresses tribal concerns and gathers input regarding Native American issues across multiple state and federal program areas.

The Native Health Database contains bibliographic information and abstracts of health-related articles, reports, surveys, and other resource documents pertaining to the health and health care of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Canadian First Nations. The database provides information for the benefit, use, and education of organizations and individuals with an interest in health-related issues, programs, and initiatives regarding North American indigenous peoples.

The Navajo Nation Growing In Beauty program (GIB) meets the needs of Navajo children with delays or disabilities from birth to five years of age while honoring the unique culture and language of the Navajo people. The Growing In Beauty staff provides service coordination and direct services. Services include receiving and processing referrals from pediatricians, health care professionals, and other service providers. Providing developmental assessment and evaluation for at-risk children along with GIB Partnership Program staff from Northern Arizona University-Institute of Human Development (NAU IHD), St. Michaels Association for Special Education (SMASE), and University New Mexico Center for Development and Disability (UNM CDD). GIB also makes referrals and ensuring that support and services are provided via a Team-Based approach by Early Intervention specialists, provides transition supports into appropriate early childhood settings or preschool programs, ongoing developmental screening and family support, and advocacy and training for families. Hozhóogo Jinoosééł -Growing In Beauty’s mission is to assure that all Diné children with a developmental delay or disability, between the ages of birth to five, grow into beautiful individuals. For other locations for please visit: http://www.nnosers.org/contact-us.aspx

Provides scholarships for Native American undergraduate students. Also, provide workshops and seminars, leadership training, youth outreach programs, community development, farming and gardening projects.

• Summer School Programs
• Scholarships

Offers a free, safe, and confidential helpline for American Indians and Alaska Natives affected by domestic violence and dating violence.; Provides peer to peer support, crisis intervention, assistance with personalized safety planning, domestic violence information and education, and referrals to local, culturally appropriate resources.

Provides quality education opportunities from early childhood through life in accordance with a tribe’s needs for cultural and economic well-being, in keeping with the wide diversity of Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages as distinct cultural and governmental entities. 

Indian Country Child Abuse Hotline: National 24 hour hotline to report instances of child abuse on Indian reservations. Reports are sent to appropriate Bureau of Indian Affairs or Tribal police departments nationwide.

Provides federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives.