Indigenous Peoples Task Force

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2012 to Jun 30, 2013

Signed

Nov 19, 2013

Return Version

2012v2.1

Gross Receipts

$1,130,872

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Peer and health education: address issues relevant to adolescents and aids through the following five areas. Pow-wow leadership program teachs women to be hiv peer educators. The participants are trained in hiv and are women who attend pow-wows. They in turn share risk reduction measures and encourage women in their social network to get an hiv test. 46 women were trained and completed the program during 7/1/2012 to 6/30/2013, with 551 risk reduction conversations documented. Participants were tested during the pol training and at reunion events, and these participants were asked to bring in people to get tested, and these numbers are included under cdc's ctr totals.community promise is a program targeted to american indians in alcohol and drug treatment centers in north western minnesota. The individuals create role model stories which are printed on cards and distributed by peer educators; encouraging risk reduction measures and promoting hiv rapid testing. 184 people participated in this program between 7/1/12 to 6/30/13, 1,080 people reached by peer advocates with role model stories. Participants were tested during the community promise training and at community testing events, and these participants were asked to bring in people to get tested and all of these numbers are included under cdc's ctr totals.counseling and testing for hiv is a program that is offered at reservations throughout minnesota, and wisconsin to people at risk for hiv. Each person is provided with a rapid hiv test and offered incentives and referrals for other services. 1,328 people were tested last year across all agency programs. Of these, five people tested positive for hiv and were linked to care, a .38 sero-positivity rate. Testing was conducted in over two-dozen sites across the state of minnesota.the ikidowin program is aimed at prevention of teen pregnancy , hiv/aids and sti's among american indian youth. Between 7/1/2012 and 6/30/2013, there were 22 youth who participated in the ikidowin program. 276 people, were tested under funding from the ikidowin program. The ikidowin program and its participants approximately 125 people during fy 2013, through performances of prevention-themed plays. Mdh program: the mdh hiv program shifted emphasis between the period from 7/1/2012 to 12/31/2012, from when it was targeting hiv testing and prevention efforts to two-spirit american indians, and the period from 1/1/2013 to 6/30/2013 when the program targeted high risk heterosexual native people in the urban areas. In the first half of the fiscal year, 27 two-spirit american indians were tested, of which 3 were positive. In the second half of the year efforts focused on testing injecting drug users and other high risk individuals, and 89 persons were tested, with no positives found. Omh/mytep: this program is targeted at preventing the use of commercial tobacco among american indian youth/young adults, and helping those who use commercial tobacco to quit. The program adapted and implemented a culturally-based curriculum, formed an advisory committee to guide the program, and enlisted partners to pilot the curriculum. Between july, 2012 and june 2013, 87 participants completed the program. Ana/first medicines program was funded as of 9/30/2012. The purpose of the program is to prevent american indian youth from using commercial tobacco, and to teach them about the traditional medicines and lifeways used by natives to maintain good health for millennia. The program is guided by a council of elders that ensure the traditional knowledge is protected and respected, and a first medicines sharing network, who are guiding the dissemination of and sharing of knowledge, products, and other goods. In this first year of the project, a curriculum was developed and pilot tested with seven 8-12 year olds, an urban teaching garden developed, and wild-gathering field trips piloted with seven youth. Approximately 3,000 individuals were served in 2012-13 at health fairs, pow-w

Activity 3

Mayanidoowahdak odena housing: 14-unit permanent housing program for families living with hiv operated as leasehold cooperative. The housing project incorporates aspects of tribal/community living allowing residents to share resources, tasks, and household chores to maximize their energy and live their lives with dignity.

Filer

EIN

36-3617906