History

National Indian Women’s Health Resource Center “NIWHRC”, is a national non-profit organization. In 1993, the Director of Indian Health Service assembled a group of Indian women, recognized as leaders in the health field, to serve on a Steering Committee and to advise IHS on the health needs of Indian women. We envision American Indian and Alaskan Native people living in balance within the sacred circle of life. 

Mission

Our mission is to engage, educate, and empower the people of Native territory to live healthy lives.

The Goal

Our goal is to be an alliance of community leaders dedicated to a national network that promotes: ADVOCACY, EDUCATION, MENTORING, TRAINING, PREVENTION, HEALTHY LIFESTYLES, RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATION.

Here at National Indian Women’s Health Resource Center (NIWHRC) we are committed to developing prevention programs:

Many Paths is a Native Connections project aiming to define the need for services and the gaps between needed and available mental health and substance abuse services.  This project identifies barriers to trauma-informed suicide and substance abuse prevention. Focusing on early intervention activities for American Indian youth and emerging adults at risk, or currently experiencing issues that may lead to suicide. This project delivers QPR Training (Question, Persuade, and Refer) for area businesses and community groups to educate staff on suicide prevention and response. Also, delivered through this project, is the Alcohol Literacy Challenge Class, Testimonials, Mental Health Activities, and Outreach Events. This project is funded by SAMHSA.

Safe Path is a MHAT grant with a purpose to expand and enhance efforts to promote mental health awareness, establish referral linkages, more readily identify persons with mental illness, employ de-escalation techniques, and educate the community with available resources. This project is funded by SAMHSA.