Supplemental Training Opportunties

Funding for this was made possible (in part) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The views expressed in written materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. government.

Registration link will open for 2 weeks on May 13, 2024 and August 19, 2024.

  • For those eligible, the training vouchers will be purchased by ITCA GHWIC.
  • Tribes and Urban Indian Organizations who currently receive direct funding from the CDC Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country (GHWIC) grant are not eligible.
  • Sign-up for supplemental trainings: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GHWIC_SupTrng

 

Commercial Tobacco Cessation

Basic Tobacco Intervention Skills Certification for Native Communities

  • Format: Live Online
  • Time needed: 8 hours total
  • Certification/Continuing Education from the University of Arizona HealthCare Partnership (HCP)

 

Pre-Diabetes Prevention

Virtual Lifestyle Coach Training

  • Format: Live Online
  • Time needed: 8 hours live online + 8 hours of independent learning
  • Requirements: 4 days total; 2 hours each day. Attendance in all 4 days (live online) required.
  • Certificate of Completion from the National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP)

 

Previous Recording and Survey Links

Funding for this was made possible (in part) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The views expressed in written materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. government.

Recent recordings and survey links can be accessed below. Recordings from 2022-2023 can be found in the ribbon at the bottom of the page.

 

Conference Calls

Conference Call 1

  • Presenter: Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc.
  • Held: October 17, 2022
  • Year 4 sub-awardee specific, recording available on request

Conference Call 2

Webinars

Webinar 1 – “KHOP Community Activities Improving Health and Wellness”

 

Webinar 2 – “Traditional Healing and Medicinal Flora in Alaska”

 

Trainings

Training 1 (February 6 – 7, 2024) “Building a Blueprint for Success”

> Day 1: Strategies for Inclusive Community Involvement

>> Day 2: Mastering Project Planning and Implementation

 

Chronic Disease Prevention Working Group (CDPWG)

CDPWG Meeting 1 (December 12 – 14, 2023)

> CDPWG 1, Day 1

  • Presenters: Tribal Subawardees + Coordinating Center for GHWIC (CCG)
  • Held: Dec 12, 2023
  • Recording: Recording limited to ITCA GHWIC sub-awardees, please contact Vanessa.Dodge@itcaonline.com for permission to view.
  • Passcode: %.+1%w#y
  • Survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GHWIC_WG1_20231212

>> CDPWG 1, Day 2

  • Presenters: Dine Community Advocacy Alliance + Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
  • Held: Dec 13, 2023
  • Recording: Recording limited to ITCA GHWIC sub-awardees, please contact Vanessa.Dodge@itcaonline.com for permission to view.
  • Passcode: 1Lt@?TH*
  • Survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GHWIC_WG1_20231213

>>> CDPWG 1, Day 3

 

Conference Calls

Conference Call 1

  • Presenter: Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc.
  • Held: October 17, 2022
  • Year 4 sub-awardee specific, recording available on request

Conference Call 2

Conference Call 3

  • Presenter: Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc. + Sub-awardees
  • Held: February 22, 2023
  • Year 4 sub-awardee specific, recording available on request

Conference Call 4

  • Presenter: Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc.
  • Held: April 17, 2023
  • Year 4 sub-awardee specific, recording available on request

Conference Call 5

  • Presenter: Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc.
  • Held: June 20, 2023
  • Year 4 sub-awardee specific, recording available on request

 

Webinars

 

Webinar 1 – “Breastfeeding Policy in Practice”

 

Webinar 2 - “Self-Monitoring Blood Pressure Program”

 

Webinar 3 - “Canva for Multimedia Creation”

 

Webinar 4 - “SPTHB’s GHWIC Overview”

 

Trainings

 

Training 1  (November 29 – 30, 2022)

> Day 1 – What is Team-Based Care?

 

Training 2  (June 7 – 8, 2023)

> Day 1 – “Empowering Indigenous Communities through Inclusive Nutrition Education”

 

>> Day 2 – “Empowering Indigenous Communities through Inclusive Nutrition Education” cont’d

 

Chronic Disease Prevention Working Group (CDPWG)

 

CDPWG Meeting 1  (February 14 – 16, 2023)

> Day 1 – Lightening Round Presentations

>> Day 2 – “Cultivating Indigenous-Focused Nutrition Programs: Leveraging the Power of Dieticians in Community Programs”

>>> Day 3 – “Engaging & Retaining Community & Staff Members through Health Promotion”

 

CDPWG Meeting 2  (July 18 – 20, 2023)

> Day 1 – “Nation to Nation GHWIC Tour” and “Need for Policy / Bringing it Back”

>> Day 2 – “Community Health Representatives: Key to Tribal Community-Clinical Linkages”,  “Improving Land Use Design”, and “Full Circle Indigenous Planning and Design”

>>> Day 3 – “Increasing Access and Participation in the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP)”

Inter Tribal Council of Arizona Receives EPA Grant to Help Tribal Communities Protect Children from Lead in Drinking Water

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

December 3, 2021
Contact: Maria Dadgar
(602) 258-4822

Inter Tribal Council of Arizona Receives EPA Grant to Help Tribal Communities Protect Children from Lead in Drinking Water

PHOENIX, Arizona – December 3, 2021 – The Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc., (ITCA), a consortium of 21 federally recognized Indian Tribes in Arizona, recently received a $1,581,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help protect children by identifying sources of lead in drinking water in schools or child care facilities. The funding will help protect children and helps advance the federal action plan to reduce childhood lead exposure. The ITCA project will serve schools or child care facilities at federally-recognized tribes located in New Mexico (in EPA Region 6), as well as those located in Arizona, California, Nevada, and the Navajo Nation (in EPA Region 9). The project will also build on previous lead-testing programs at Tribal schools in these areas.

“Water is sacred in all forms and especially with regard to the drinking water we provide to our children,” stated Maria Dadgar, Executive Director of the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona. “We look forward to working with Tribal schools and child care facilities to assist with developing programs for monitoring their facilities’ drinking water plumbing. This will include providing technical assistance to support addressing older plumbing fixtures and in general, work toward improving the quality of their drinking water.”

The funding was awarded under the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act for states, territories, and tribes to test for lead in schools and childcare facilities. The Voluntary Lead Testing in Schools and Child Care Drinking Water grant program continues to help protect children’s health and make progress under the Federal Action Plan to Reduce Childhood Lead Exposures.

The grant supports EPA’s action plan for reducing lead in school drinking water-Training, Testing, and Taking Action, or the 3 Ts. This toolkit helps prepare schools, child care facilities, and grantees to build a voluntary implementation program to reduce lead levels in drinking water with detailed training modules and materials. Learn more about the 3 Ts here: https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/3ts-reducing-lead-drinking-water

EPA’s Children’s Health program highlights how children can be more vulnerable to pollutants than adults, which can lead to greater exposure and/or unique windows of susceptibility during development. This is especially true of lead-an exposure that would have little effect on an adult can have a significant effect on a child. In fetuses, infants and children, low levels of exposure have been linked to damage to the central and peripheral nervous system, learning disabilities, shorter stature, impaired hearing, and impaired formation and function of blood cells. Lead in drinking water is one of the main ways children can be exposed to lead.

Learn more about and EPA’s WIIN grant programs at https://www.epa.gov/dwcapacity/wiin-grant-lead-testing-school-and-child-care-program-drinking-water

About the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc.
The Inter Tribal Council of Arizona (ITCA), was first established in 1952 to provide a united voice for tribal Governments located in the State of Arizona on common issues and concerns. Currently, ITCA’s membership includes 21 of the 22 Tribes of Arizona.

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December 3, 2021 Press Release

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