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How can the Safe Babies approach work in tribal communities?
The Indian Child Welfare Act helped reduce the disproportionality of native children being removed from their homes, but there is still work to do.
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Tribal Home Visiting: Supporting Native Families
Tribal Home Visiting Resource Institute for Excellence (THRIVE) is an evidence-based program that assists Tribal Home Visiting (THV) Program grantees serving tribal communities. THV supports families in an effective and culturally appropriate manner.
Parenting is difficult enough without added adversity, and home visiting helps new parents overcome obstacles caused by geographic and social isolation, stress, poverty, language barriers and other factors. These visits provide support for parents and their babies during the critical 0-3 years. Home visiting is an effective way to offer information, support and guidance directly into families’ homes.
About THRIVE (Formerly PATH)
Our Tribal Home Visiting Resource Institute for Excellence (THRIVE) team supports Tribal Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting grantees by increasing their capacity to implement high-quality home visiting programs within tribal communities and develop integrated early childhood systems serving American Indian and Alaska Native families.
Tribal Home Visiting Video: Laying the Foundation for a Brighter Future
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THRIVE helps grantees and their communities by providing technical assistance, resources and support to Tribal Home Visiting programs. Thousands of families across the country have received support from these programs and visits are a valuable resource to families as they navigate the complex journey of parenthood. Regular home visits provide a strength-based approach to building relationships with families and supporting them through learning, challenges and celebrations.
This relationship provides early childhood support in tribal communities and empowers families with help, resources and a safe environment. THRIVE assists home visitors because they often become key members of parents’ circles of support.
Technical Assistance
The THRIVE team supports grantees through a variety of technical assistance activities, including virtual and in-person individualized learning, facilitating peer sharing and group learning events and developing tools and resources to support grantee efforts.
The THRIVE team delivers technical assistance to Tribal Home Visiting grantees through a relationship-based approach aimed at meeting grantees wherever they are in program development and supporting them in addressing challenges, improving performance and enhancing their home visiting program delivery. The development of relationships with grantees and all partners across the THV work landscape is foundational.
Success Stories
There are many Tribal Home Visiting success stories that illuminate the importance of this work. Some powerful examples include:
- Two Tribal Visionaries Lead Transformative Home Visiting Collaboration Efforts: An example of collaboration strengthening home visiting programs in tribal communities.
- Growing in Beauty Sees Program and Families Prosper Through Continuous Quality Improvement: This Tribal Home Visiting team implemented strategies that drove their own growth while offering and improving their support for families’ growth.
- Fatherhood Is Brotherhood: Supporting Fathers Through Community and Camaraderie: This article highlights the importance of offering care to the whole family alongside mother and baby. Home visiting can also provide support to fathers and can have a meaningful impact on fathers’ mental health and family dynamics.
Impact and Resources
Developed by THRIVE, these resources support Tribal Home Visiting grantees and home visiting programs and can be useful to anyone interested in broadening their knowledge in these areas.
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Teachings from Home: My Journey in Home Visiting
Carri Chischilly reflects on how the family support she experienced growing up on the Navajo Nation Reservation inspired her journey to help other native families through home visiting services.
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