Tribal Nations
How We Serve
Tribal communities are struggling to meet the rising mental health needs of their members experiencing anxiety, trauma, depression, and substance abuse. Access to psychiatrists and therapists is a challenge everywhere, but especially in rural areas, and even more so in indigenous communities. Portages Health is committed to partnering with Tribal Nations to bring better access AND better care to the youth, adults, elders, and employees of their communities.
Leveraging our technology, our whole-person model of mental health and wellbeing, and our collaborative team-based approach to care, we provide a comprehensive array of services including psychiatric care, therapy, mental health and wellbeing coaching, community education, staff training, and program development. We train your staff to become Portages Mental Health and Wellbeing Coaches and to use Portages to guide community members through personalized self-care programs to transform their habits and health behaviors.
We partner with Tribal leadership to dramatically improve care for the entire community leading to better access, and better results, while improving efficiencies that assure financial viability and lasting sustainability. Our clinical services are billable and generate revenue for each Tribal Nation served. In less than 6 months, a contract with Portages Health is profitable, improving the economic health as well as the mental health of each community.
Care for Youth, Adults, Elders, & Employees
Portages Health provides collaborative teams of specially trained psychiatry providers, therapists, and mental health and wellbeing coaches who compassionately serve the mental health and substance abuse needs of your tribal community members and employees. Our team members are powered by the Portages whole-person model and are trained to provide culturally informed and trauma informed evidenced-based care. We partner with you to make certain our staff are prepared to work within your culture and community and to integrate your culture’s traditional healing practices into care.
Community Education & Staff Training
Our Portages Health team provides education to your community and training services to your primary care practitioners, nurses, support staff, behavioral health staff, and any other tribal staff as requested. Staff can undergo our 3-month intensive training to become Portages Mental Health and Wellbeing Coaches and use Portages to guide your community’s youth, adults, elders, and employees through personalized self-care programs to transform their habits and health behaviors.
Program Development and Implementation
Our clinical and leadership teams are available to provide program development and implementation services in collaboration with your leadership and staff. Clinical and financial outcomes measurement and program evaluation of services with monthly and quarterly reports are provided . We partner with your healthcare and behavioral health providers, schools, social services, and community services to develop mental health and wellbeing screening initiatives to assure timely access to care for all who are in need.
Financial Viability & Sustainability Planning
Our goal is to make better access and better care financially viable and sustainable for your entire community. We continue to partner with you as long as you need us and will leave you fully equipped to successfully manage the mental health of your members. We partner with your staff to create efficiencies in access to care, scheduling, documentation, and billing and to build internal infrastructure as needed to assure lasting sustainability of all services provided.