How are American Indian Youth served in the DHP?
Children with Tribal affiliation are served in our homes in similar ways as other program participants. The DHP serves individuals from sovereign tribes throughout Arizona, including the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Navajo, Gila River, White Mountain Apache and the Hopi Tribe. Providers able to incorporate Tribal Youth into their family process with cultural competence are sough. We seek individuals who can calmly deal with the emotional, behavioral, and social needs of the Tribal Youth. Providers willing and able to transport kids to medical visits, family/sibling visits, and counseling visits are needed. Frequently, care plans include reunification with biological family or relative placement. Foster Providers need to be positive in their efforts and supportive of the case plan to experience maximum success. A slightly higher reimbursement rate is offered to providers serving Tribal Youth to account for the therapeutic outcome expectations for these “Youth at Hope”.
