NACC Week of 9/26/22

Morning Huddle: Every Tuesday and Thursday

https://mnachc.zoom.us/j/8029150113

!!Staff Shoutouts!!

  • S/O to Johanna and Justin for cruisin’ by with the veggies at BH.  We believe they don’t just do it for the steps.  Thank you!

  • September NACCaversaries:

    • Dr. Raukar: 7 years

    • Nikki G: 5 years

    • Dr. Pietig: 5 years

    • Rekha B: 4 years

    • Laurie A: 3 years

    • Stacy M: 1 year

    • Cally P: 1 year

All Staff Updates this Week

  • Parking lot updates

    • Petty crime - be on the lookout

  • COVID update: boosters, masking, mitigation, testing, break room and eating at desks

  • Dollar Tree Door - If you do not have a key to enter - please use employee entrance

  • Upcoming Holidays:

    • Indigenous People’s Day - October 10th

Operations + IT + Traditional healing

  • Zach is OOO 9/26-9/28. Please contact Johanna or Gregg with any urgent IT issues

  • Travis’ Cell Phone: (763) 760-9983

  • Travis hours during construction:

    • Mon: 10 am - 6 pm

    • Tues: 11 am - 4 pm

    • Wed: 11 am - 4 pm

    • Thur: 2 pm - 6 pm

    • Fri: 2 pm - 6 pm

    • Sat: 10 am - 2 pm

Behavioral Health

  • BH has 2 half hour same day appointments each day with rotating providers throughout the week. Same day appointments operate on a first come first served basis and may be in person or virtual depending on the day. These must be scheduled by BH.

  • To schedule elder/spiritual care: call the BH front desk OR enter a request in referral tracker for BH to follow up with clients

  • Behavioral Health Home referrals (for patients who need long term behavioral health supports) Should be placed through orders, please contact Molly at mkrause@nacc-healthcare.org or 612-476-2017.

Groups: call BH front desk to get clients registered: 612-843-5981

  • Tending to our hearts and souls (Grief and Loss) - Tuesdays from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm - Kirsten Farmer

  • Diabetes Management Group - Thursdays from 10:00 am-11:00 am – with Laurie App.

BH Grants and Research

  • Youth Council Meeting on Wednesday September 28th, 6-7:30 pm. Please direct interested young people ages 12-20 to Naomi Anywaush nanywaush@nacc-healthcare.org . The council will engage in cultural, educational, and leadership activities and be advised by mentors, the Elder’s Council, and community leaders.

  • In September, we are kicking off programs at South High School—our pilot sit this school year. We will offer: (a) roundtable culturally-tailored psychoeducational groups for youth, (b) resiliency/trauma aware trainings for school staff and teachers, and (c) supports for youth victims of crime.

  • We have been building and strengthening partnerships with Center School and Little Earth to offer Natural Helpers, a culturally tailored suicide and substance use prevention program.

  • We applied for a No Cost Extension to continue work on the Office of Victims of Crime (OVC) grant through September 2023. Liz Adams is working to begin piloting the Handle with Care (HWC) program at South High School hopefully this school year); HWC is a school-police partnership that notifies schools when youth have been a victim of crime or interacted with police, so schools can provide additional support if needed.

  • The Clinical Trials Network’s (CTN) research project on culturally centering medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) is underway! Jared has been uploading data for the project and the CTN Working Group has been examining spiritual/cultural care services offered, their benefits to the community, and related needs. Thank you to this group for their input and dedication!

Dental

  • Dental open normal hours.

  • Eastside clinic in St. Paul takes walk-ins 8:30-3 M-F for emergencies

Outreach

  • HIV Testing Event in Hinterland every Monday from 11 am -2 pm (paused/ or outside during construction)

  • Outreach at Avivo Village every other Thursday afternoon from 2pm-4pm

  • Street outreach every Thursday at encampments

  • Every 2nd Tuesday we join Southside HRS popup on Cedar

  • NACC staff are welcome to grab syringe or narcan kits from the DT harm reduction space. When taking supplies, please write down number of kits, type of kit, and date they are taking on White Board in back of DT.

Patient advocates + Transportation

  • Transportation Update: Ashley O will be providing transportation for equine therapy every other Friday from June through September and will be unavailable the following days: 9/30

  • Cally and Erin will be out the afternoon of Friday, 9/30

New Staff

Upcoming Events + Meetings + Groups + Risk Management Trainings

  • FOR PATIENTS:

  • FOR STAFF

    • Workout Wednesday: 1:30 pm to 1:45 pm in Dollar Tree

    • Basic Life Support: 10/4

    • Halloween at NACC: 10/31

    • Intaact training on 10/11 for users with Inacct logins only

  • Gift Card Programs for Patients

    • $15 Aldi for breast, cervical, colorectal cancer screening - Contact Moriah for more information

    • Harm Reduction volunteers: Visa gift cards are available for individuals interested in volunteering with the harm reduction team. This includes building kits and receiving harm reduction education/conversation and some events. Contact James or Tina for more information

    • Linkage to Care (L2C) gift cards: $25 Target to be given at completion of appointment (of any kind) by provider/support staff. Patient must present their L2C voucher with staff initials and date on it. Limit one voucher per person every three months (tracked by Nikki and Tina), unless otherwise specified by care team. Point people are Tina Monje and Nikki Giardina. If Tina and Nikki are not around, go to Moriah (last resort).

    • HIV/HCV Testing: Participants who come for Monday’s Testing event receive $10 Target card for completing HIV testing, and $10 Target card for completing HCV testing. Participant receives gift card(s) after results are delivered. Point people are James Schmidt, Chyna Pfeifer, Tina Monje

    • COVID Vaccine Gift cards (DO NO PUBLICIZE): Amount of visa gift card depends on eligibility verified in MIIC - $100 for first COVID vaccine, and $50 for subsequent doses. Dispersed by Nikki Giardina, RN, ONLY during designated events including Monday Testing in Hinterland from 11:30am-2pm, and during offsite outreach events to outreach participants. Point person is Nikki Giardina, RN.

    • Harm Reduction Group (Tuesdays 3pm @ Mino-B Wellness Clinic) has $5 Target Gift Card incentives for attending group. 1 card per person per group attendance. Point Person: Chyna Pfeifer

    • OB Patients: 1 $25 gift card for OB patients completing their Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (done at 2nd trimester) and 1 $25 gift card once then complete postnatal/new born visit within 6 weeks of delivery. In summary OB patients can earn up to 2 $25 gift cards.  Staff can reach out to Emmy, Kim, Moriah or Stacy with questions.

Risk Management: Area of Focus

Ashlee Jallen