SHARED SESSIONS DETAILS

Sessions with titles in colored font will be available via livestream.
Session titles in mustard font will be available for all virtual attendees.

DAY 1, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2023

Welcome, Opening Blessing, and Opening Plenary: Building and Nurturing Collaborative Relationships within Early Childhood and Broader Systems of Care

9:00am - 10:30am

Panel Members:
Sandy Alegria, Native American Health Center, Inc. Oakland, CA

Shamika Dokes-Brown, Native American Health Center, Inc. Oakland, CA

Sanda Hankins, Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe

Heidi Hayame (Navajo Nation), Native AMerican Health Center, Inc. Oakland, CA

Moderator
Farha Marfani, ACF

During this panel presentation, participants will hear from two IEG3 grantees, one located in a large urban area and the other on a reservation, discussing their experiences with building systems. Panel presenters representing multiple programmatic roles will discuss how they develop lasting relationships with partners within the broader service community. A rich discussion about lessons learned will provide participants with an opportunity for an in-depth look at the practical ways Tribal Home Visiting programs engage in system building. By the end of this session, attendees will be able to identify partners in the broader system and discuss effective strategies to engage them in systems work.


Shamika Dokes-Brown	Heidi Hayame	Sandy Alegria	Sanda Hankins

Peer Sharing Cafe

4:00pm - 5:00pm

PATH and TEI Teams

In this interactive peer-sharing session, participants will have the opportunity to delve into the power of building meaningful connections while exploring the lessons learned and effective strategies of incorporating culturally responsive practices in home visiting. Participants will connect in groups according to their roles and gain a holistic understanding of the potential benefits and challenges associated with fostering cultural responsiveness within their respective communities. Through these connections, attendees can actively share and exchange experiences, challenges, and successes, creating an environment of support and collaboration. By the end of this session, attendees will be equipped with practical knowledge and a toolbox of culturally responsive strategies. They will feel inspired and empowered to apply these practices within their own home visiting programs, fostering nurturing environments that honor and uplift the cultural identities and strengths of the tribal families they serve.

DAY 2, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2023

*Workshop: Practicing Skills for Primary Data Collection*		2:00pm - 5:00pm
*Primary Audience: DIG3 & IEG3 Grantees, open to all*
Danielle Hiraldo (Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina), American Indian Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Aunchalee Palmquist, Duke Global Health Institute	Participants will have an opportunity to consider how to integrate their own Tribal and Indigenous methodologies into primary data collection. Participants will engage in reflection activities, small group activities, and large group activities designed to help them take their primary data collection ideas into action. Specific skills-building activities will focus on interviewing skills, facilitating talking circles, and arts-based approaches. The session will also encourage participants to consider how these skills can be utilized in their program beyond their CNRA

*Workshop: Better Together: Infant Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC) within Tribal Home Visiting*		2:00pm - 5:00pm
*Primary Audience: All Cohorts and all positions*
Dawn Nixon, (Sámi Descendant), IECMH Consultant/ Licensed Child Psychologist Dawn A. Yazzie, (Diné [Navajo]), Georgetown University	Participants will review definitions of Infant Mental Health (IMH), what IECMH Consultation is, and how to request free technical assistance to build an IECMHC program. The IMH and IECMHC perspectives will be highlighted to honor Navajo/Indigenous cultural ways that have been practiced for millennia around planning for babies prenatally, after birth, and through the lifespan. Presenters will provide exercises/handouts that participants can use to honor their skills for their work with children and families through self-reflection activities. Presenters will lead the group through an exploration of CNRA findings to date. In small groups, participants will identify the areas where mental health consultation could be a helpful support to program staff given their communities’ needs. A facilitated large group discussion will support participants in understanding the varied ways consultation services support staff and, indirectly, children and their families. In small group discussions, participants will consider how they can identify and support the onboarding of a consultant to the program.

*Workshop: Who's Telling Your Story? An Intro to Digital Storytelling*		2:00pm - 5:00pm
*Primary Audience: Home Visitors, others welcome*
Kyle Bill, (Kletwin & Elemmfo), Kno’Qoti Native Wellness, Inc.	Digital Storytelling workshops nurture a space of self-discovery and personal healing through the sharing of personal narratives in a supportive environment. Participants will learn how the art of traditional storytelling has been used with contemporary tools to capture knowledge and wisdom from the community. We will journey through how stories are created and how they have been used to help cultivate positive change and highlight program success.

DAY 3, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2023

*Looking Back and Looking Forward: Tribal Home Visiting and the MIECHV Learning Agenda*		9:00am – 10:30am
Niki Denmark, OPRE Rebecca Hjelm, OPRE Aleta Meyer, OPRE	Federal staff from the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) and Tribal Home Visiting will provide an overview of MIECHV Learning Agenda and its importance to Tribal MIECHV. We will share how Tribal Home Visiting’s respect for tribal sovereignty, commitment to building data capacity, and continuous learning from grantees have shaped Tribal MIECHV’s approach to data, research and evaluation over time. We will introduce the current requirement for Tribal Home Visiting grantee participation in the MIECHV Learning Agenda, share about the many forms it can take and staff roles that can be involved. Finally, we will highlight exciting MIECHV research and evaluation projects that are underway and the knowledge gaps they seek to fill. Returning grantees will have a chance to share their data and evaluation experiences within MIECHV. All grantees will have a chance to reflect with their teams about their learning goals and to consider next steps.

*Introducing the Center for Indigenous Research Collaborations and Learning for Home Visiting (CIRCLE-HV)*			11:00am – 11:45am
Erin Geary, James Bell Associates, Inc. Nancy Whitesell, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health	Research-Practice Collaborations are foundational to building understanding of home visiting and Indigenous child and family wellbeing in American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) communities. CIRCLE-HV utilizes two approaches to support collaborative partnerships between researchers and home visiting programs by 1) providing awards for individual Research-Practice Partnerships to pursue innovative research and evaluation, and 2) engaging home visiting programs in designing and implementing a Cross-site Study on shared priority topics. CIRCLE-HV staff will share details about the project and describe how the work of the Center adds to the MIECHV Learning Agenda. Participants will not only learn about the important work of CIRCLE-HV but also how they can participate in this work by pursuing a Research-Practice Partnership Award or engaging in a Cros-site Study.