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Healing Our Communities Dena’ Nena’ Henash • Our Land Speaks Vol. 40, No. 3 A REPORT TO THE MEMBER TRIBES OF TANANA CHIEFS CONFERENCE MARCH 2016 Healing OurCHAP Communities Training Center Opens in Fairbanks On February 1st 2016, TCC opened The patient care/clinical portion of Faith Walsh, a nurse and the training the doors to the only Community training will be done at Chief Andrew center manager said, “There is such Health Aide Training Center in Interior Isaac Health Center. Our hope is to a huge wait list to get into health aide Alaska. Mariah Bifelt of Hughes, overlap the health aides in training training statewide and with this center Rochelle Bifelt of Nenana, Karissa as much as possible with providers we will partner with the field training Carroll of Ruby, and Eva Thomas of from the Primary Care Teams that department to coordinate ongoing Northway were the first four students cover their village. This will begin training and build better relationships.” to begin their education inside the to establish the essential working “Community Health Aides are often new facility. relationship with CAIHC providers the only health care provider in our Health aides will attend the and health aides they work with every villages and they have to be prepared classroom portions of training in the day. This training collaboration is an to deal with every medical situation or state of the art renovated classroom exceptional opportunity not offered emergency you can possibly think of,” of 1st floor Al Ketzler Senior Building. at any other health aide training site. said Jacoline Bergstrom, Executive Continues on page # “I’m excited to start seeing patients and to be able to carry my weight back at my clinic in Nenana.” -Rochelle Bifelt In This CHAP Training Land Into Trust YRI-T Fish Key Coalition Center Opens Commission Issue: Page 3 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Dear Tribes and Tribal Members, MISSION STATEMENT Tanana Chiefs Conference provides a This year’s Annual Convention promises to be a strong unified voice in advancing sovereign tribal one that will provide our Tribes and Tribal members with governments through the promotion of important information as well as promote open discussion physical and mental wellness, education, on topics affecting our region. Topics covered will include socioeconomic development, and culture out migration, education, fisheries and climate change – just to of the Interior Alaska Native people. name a few. Tribal leaders, TCC staff and other guests will share the successes and challenges they’ve had while addressing these important issues. VISION This past month, the Executive Board met with our Health Advisory Board, Healthy, Strong, Unified Tribes staff and others to discuss how we can increase access to Behavioral Health Services and jump start the Reclaiming Our People initiative (War on Alcohol). Additionally, the Executive Board and management met with the Doyon Board to discuss Land into Trust (see more on page 6). TCC management and our Executive Board continue to review and update our 2015-2020 Strategic Plan to ensure that it remains in alignment with the needs and concerns of our tribes. This year TCC departments and programs made huge strides toward accomplishing our 2015 objectives. Here are just a few of TCC EXECUTIVE our achievements from the past year: BOARD MEMBERS • In June, we hosted and organized a potlatch and celebration on the 100- Donald Honea Sr./Ruby year anniversary of the historic meeting between the Tanana Chiefs and 1st Traditional Chief Judge James Wickersham. Trimble Gilbert/Arctic Village • The CAIHC Radiology Department received a 3 -year Mammography re- 2nd Traditional Chief accreditation, where images and equipment were inspected to ensure quality. Congress has mandated that facilities receive this accreditation to Victor Joseph/ Tanana lawfully perform mammography. TCC President • The CAIHC Lab successfully passed a COLA accreditation, meaning they passed over 300 regulations were surveyed and passed, ensuring Julie Roberts-Hyslop/Tanana accurate results are being delivered to our patients served. Vice President • We began the implementation of a Wellness and Prevention Department Pollock ‘PJ’ Simon, Jr. /Allakaket which will oversee programs such as tobacco prevention, suicide prevention Secretary/Treasurer and the community health outreach program. Donald Adams/Tetlin With Doyon board elections quickly approaching and the U.S. Presidential Upper Tanana elections in November, I want to stress the importance of practicing our right to vote. Elected positions are important, as they are the people who have Nick Alexia Sr./Nikolai influence on many of the issues affecting our region. I encourage you to stay Upper Kuskokwim up to date on who is running in the upcoming elections and I hope you utilize Nancy James/Fort Yukon your right to vote. Yukon Flats Now that spring has arrived there are a lot of events happening in our villages, which means more travel between our communities. I hope you have a safe Eugene Paul/Holy Cross and happy carnival season. Lower Yukon Ana Bassee’, Frank Thompson/ Evansville Victor Joseph Yukon Tanana President of Tanana Chiefs Conference Leo Lolnitz/Koyukuk Yukon Koyukuk We’ve Gone Mobile! Search for ‘2016 TCC Convention’ in the App Store or Google Play Peter Demoski/Nulato Store to download our FREE app for our 2016 Annual Convention & Full Elder Advisor Board of Directors Meeting. • Watch the Livestream • Download important documents Gerald Patsy/Nulato • Access our Agenda • Receive alerts on updates and opportunities • Learn about our speakers • See photos from Convention Youth Advisor 2 TANANA CHIEFS CONFERENCE • THE COUNCIL NEWSLETTER continued.... CHAP Training Center Opens in Fairbanks Director of Health Services, “The lack breaks up each of the four levels of community and give back.” Once she of training capacity for the community training with several months between completes the program Carroll will be health aides in the State has been a each session and depending on the only Health Aide in her community, challenge and frustration for years. training capacity and availability of “There were three,” she said “but the So, it’s really exciting that we are now students it could be a year or more other two resigned.” able to train our aides ourselves and between some of the sessions and 5 Another student who waited to get that we are able to fast track their years to reach the highest level. TCC into the program, Rochelle Bifelt says training through the use of technology. will pilot a fast track training program she knows the importance of having It will give our villages more access to taking level I students through to Health Aides in the villages, “I’m trained health aides who can provide a level IV in a 12 month time frame. excited to start seeing patients and to higher level of care in their community The intention is to rapidly teach and be able to carry my weight back at my because of the trainings we are now re-enforce all skills the health aide clinic in Nenana.” able to provide.” may be called on to use. By having In 2014 CHA/Ps provided 5,800 Previously Health Aides who were all facets of the training, we envision direct patient care visits, that number accepted into the program would health aides being more comfortable was increased by nearly 200 more have to travel to Anchorage, Nome with the variety of medical skills they than previous years, a number that or Bethel to complete parts of their will need to perform at any given time continues to grow. Health Aides are training. However, Nome and Bethel’s for any type of patient. tasked with anything from emergency training centers quickly fill up with “It is an incredible honor to be care to every day administrative work student from their region, leaving little entrusted to train our own health to keep their offices running. They if any room for health aides from the aides so they are ready to care for remain the primary access to health interior. Crystal Stordahl says she is patients in their community,” said care in rural Alaska including 24/7 thankful to the TCC Executive Board Crystal Stordahl, Director of TCC’s emergency medical response. “Health for funding the program despite we Community Health Aide Program. Aides are the backbone to our rural receive no additional I.H.S. funding for Many Health Aides have waited health care system,” TCC President running training center. The board’s years to get into the program. “Growing Victor Joseph said, “there has been commitment to fund this program up I always wanted to be a nurse but a need for a training location in our sends a strong message of support I thought it would take too long,” said region and we are happy to provide to grow our own and support the rural Karissa Carroll, “when I heard about that place so our tribal members can clinics,” Stordahl said. this position it sparked my interest have access to quality care.” Traditional health aide training because I want to be able to help my STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE: The CHAP Training Center was identified as a priority for the tribes in TCC’s 2015-2020 Strategic Plan. The new facility allows CHAs access to essential medical tools and a partnership with providers at CAIHC for clinical training. TANANA CHIEFS CONFERENCE • THE COUNCIL NEWSLETTER 3 2016Agenda Annual Convention at-a-Glance& Full Board of Directors Meeting MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY MARCH 14TH, 2016 MARCH 15TH, 2016 MARCH 16TH, 2016 MARCH 17TH, 2016 Call to Order Call to Order/Reconvene Call to Order Call to Order/Reconvene 8:15 a.m. 8:15 am 8:15 am 8:15 am Welcome Address Education Credential Committee Report Resolutions Committee Report 8:30 a.m.
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