Healing Our Circles Mental Health First Aid for Indigenous Youth
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Hoporenkv Native American Podcast:
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month- “Healing Our Circles: Mental Health First Aid for Indigenous Youth”
Special Guest:
Cortney Yarholar, LMSW
(Mvskoke Creek, Sac & Fox, Otoe, Pawnee)
CEO of Evergreen Training & Development, LLC
Episode Description:
Our ancestors spoke of balance and connection to the spirit world for overall well-being. But today's youth face unique challenges that can disrupt that harmony. In this episode of the Hoporenkv Native American Podcast, we welcome Cortney Yarholar, a powerful voice for mental health advocacy within Indigenous communities.
We'll delve into the importance of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training, specifically designed for Tribal communities and Indigenous youth. You'll learn:
• How MHFA empowers you to identify signs of distress in your loved ones
• The power of building strong social support networks within our communities
• Culturally sensitive approaches to supporting mental health in Indigenous youth
• Resources available to promote healing and emotional well-being for our next generation
Join us for a conversation that equips you to be a beacon of support for the mental health of Indigenous youth. Together, we can create stronger circles of healing for our future generations.
Resources for Today’s Episode:
https://www.evergreen.training/
https://www.evergreen.training/general-8-7
https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/about/
Guest Speaker Bio:
Cortney is an enrolled member of the Sac & Fox Nation of Oklahoma as well as descendant of the Muscogee Creek, Pawnee, and Otoe Tribes. He is a husband of an amazing wife and father of two beautiful children. He is a mental health professional specializing in Children Youth and Family services and systems development. His interest is in decreasing suicide among youth and eliminating behavioral health disparities among American Indian tribal communities.
In 2003 he attained his B.A. from the University of Oklahoma, majoring in Native American Studies. Later, attaining his MSW from Washington University in St. Louis, MO in 2006. He is the founder of Evergreen Training & Development, LLC where he provides training, coaching and facilitation with indigenous communities, helping professionals, and organizations to foster strengths-based practices, build organizational capacity and create culturally relevant, meaningful & healthy narratives.
The Native Learning Center (NLC) offers free Training and Technical Assistance to Native Americans and those working within Indian Country. Our training promotes the essentials of The Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) for Tribal members and their communities. The NLC is a model activity program of the Seminole Tribe of Florida (STOF) Housing Department, and was established in cooperation with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Eastern Woodlands Office of Native American Programs (EWONAP) in 2008.
The Native Learning Center develops curriculum that achieves the primary objectives of NAHASDA supports the EWONAP’s mission of promoting the development of Native housing and housing related activities. The NLC’s housing related training opportunities and resources support the critical growth and improvement of quality of life for Tribal communities while providing participants with best practices that can be shared with their communities. Our unique and trainings support the primary objectives of NAHASDA, which include but are not limited to:
- Promoting affordable housing activities to develop, maintain, and operate affordable housing in safe and healthy Native communities;
- Ensuring better access to private mortgages for Native American Tribes and their Tribal members;
- Promoting self-sufficiency of Native American Tribes and their Tribal members;
- Coordinating activities to further economic and community development for Native American Tribes and their Tribal members;
- Promoting development of private capital markets in Indian Country and allow such markets to operate and grow. |
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