Supporting Tribal and Urban Indian Public Health Organizations
Seven Directions provides free technical assistance (TA) to Indigenous-focused organizations working to address public health issues in their communities. We support teams and individual staff from a wide range of organizations, including Tribal health programs, Urban Indian organizations, Tribal colleges, and more. While our partners’ projects address a variety of public health issues, our technical assistance efforts between 2019-2024 primarily focused on opioid overdose prevention.
Why choose TA with Seven Directions?
In every call, we focus on your organization’s needs and work with you to figure out how we can leverage our resources, providers, and network to support you and your organization. Below are several other reasons for choosing TA with Seven Directions.
- Flexible schedule: We understand that you and your team are busy, so our TA program consists of regular calls that work best for your team’s schedule.
- Tailored, supportive space: We help teams reflect, increase creativity, and make progress on your organization’s important work and goals.
- Experienced Technical Assistance provider: We have provided TA on Overdose and Substance Use Prevention projects to over 35 tribal and Urban Indian organizations in the past four years. Through our affiliations with the University of Washington and the National Network of Public Health Institutes, we offer access to a broad array of resources and examples from peer organizations.
Our Team
The Seven Directions Technical Assistance team is comprised of Indigenous scholars and allies, with a wide range of personal and professional experiences addressing overdose in Indigenous communities. Read more about the team on the Seven Directions website.
Interested in Requesting TA?
It’s easy to sign up! Simply fill out this intake form to get connected to a Seven Directions TA coach. We will review your form and contact you to set up our first call. We look forward to working with you!
For questions, please contact Angie Gaffney at [email protected].
Who is Seven Directions?
In 2016, leaders from tribes and public health experts gathered to discuss whether to create a public health institute for tribal and urban Indian communities. They stressed the importance of providing tailored technical assistance for teams working with these groups. This led to Seven Directions to take on technical assistance as a mandate, to assist the growing American Indian and Alaska Native public health workforce and improve their ability to tackle public health issues.
Since then, Seven Directions has supported over 80 tribal communities and urban Indian public health programs, providing technical assistance ranging from COVID-19 support to evaluation training. Our approach respects tribal sovereignty, recognizing the power tribes inherently have in order to govern public health within their territories. We also value Indigenous knowledge that existed long before the United States. We honor and respect the cultural diversity and wisdom that resides within each tribal community.