Abstract
| Modeled after the Na’nizhoozhi Center in Gallup, NM, the project expanded substance abuse services in rural Fremont County through the establishment of a 28-bed 24-hour Alcohol Crisis Center to provide short- and long term detoxification, residential and transitional substance abuse reduction services with program support and oversight from tribal and non tribal entities in Wind River County. |
Objectives
The program was created to provide intensive residential-based treatment designed especially for those most in need of these service in Fremont County and includes the following: easy and rapid access to services, access to traditional healing services, increased lengths of stay for reoffenders, provision of a broad base of services (e.g., outreach to families, vocational services, education, spiritual, integrating treatment and follow up with existing agencies), operating all services in ways which provide clients the dignity and respect necessary to overcome substance abuse problems, and active program oversight.
Indian Nation Served
Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho on the Wind River Reservation. People from other tribes (e.g., Crow, Sioux, Cheyenne, Navajo) are also served by the Crisis Center.
Key Components
The Center provides short-term detox, extended detox, close observation, pre-treatment education, transition, and outpatient services, anger management, and 12-Step meetings. The crisis center staff coordinates and provides Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) classes to participants in the district and tribal adult drug courts. MRT is a systematic, step approach to enhance self-image, promote a positive and productive identity, and to assist in the development of higher stages of moral reasoning.
Evaluation Design
From 1998-2003, the Center implemented a multi-component evaluation strategy to supplement and complement the required TCE/GPRA intake and follow-up survey data collection procedures mandated by CSAT. The additional evaluation methods utilized included: key informant interviews, media monitoring, historical analysis, public meetings reports, client satisfaction interviews, case studies, periodic reviews of goals, social indicators studies, database linkages, and Center logbook client/service analysis.
Evaluation Results
From 1998-2003, the Center implemented a multi-component evaluation strategy to supplement and complement the required TCE/GPRA intake and follow-up survey data collection procedures mandated by CSAT. The additional evaluation methods utilized included: key informant interviews, media monitoring, historical analysis, public meetings reports, client satisfaction interviews, case studies, periodic reviews of goals, social indicators studies, database linkages, and Center logbook client/service analysis.
Products Developed
None.