Program areas at Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center
Nokomis endaad ("grandmother's place") outpatient treatment program providing strengths-based, culturally supportive co-occurring disorder treatment and healing for adult native women.clinical and traditional behavioral health services culturally responsive, trauma informed counseling services to children, adolescents, and adults. Licensed therapists balance contemporary evidence-based therapy models with native american values, cultural practices, and traditional methodologies for enhancing resilience and mind-body- socialspiritual health.
Wawokiye - sexual exploitation and anti-trafficking program including street outreach, crop-in crisis counseling and Resource referral, culturally grounded violence prevention/intervention/healing supports, and sexual assault advocacy for youth and adults who have experienced sexual violence and/or commercial sexual exploitation. Also includes healing journey, which provides case management and peer-led healing support for adult american Indian women living with complex trauma and chronic substance use challenges.
Community engagement & impact - programs designed to keep families safely together, and/or to reunite children with their families through life skills parenting, family group conferencing, family spirit home visiting, and infant mortality/unintended violence & injury prevention supports. The organization is also a provider of Indian child welfare act (icwa) court advocacy and foster parent/family caregiver services, and acts as a liaison with the tribal and county providers to ensure quality care for children in the child protection system.
Housing services - section 8 family supportive housing: thirteen 2- and 3br apartments provide stable affordable housing and a supportive environment for families with minor children. Housing navigation,homelessness prevention, and rapid rehousing services assist young adults and families who are unstably housed or homeless to access available shelter-based, transitional, and/or permanent affordable housing options.kinooamaage wi'gaming ("place of learning") culturally rich community and professional education programming for families, children, and adults includes onsite culture nights, traditional arts & crafts events, physical recreation opportunities such as the kwestrong Women's triathlon, and native american curriculum training for government and social services professionals who work with native populations.