2022 1/1/22– 3/31/22
Quarterly Report Data Edition
Dear Friends and Community, I’d like to start by congratulating our 2022 Native Graduates. Your hard work has paid off, what an accomplishment! You are becoming our current and future community leaders, and I am honored to witness the process. This Spring has been bittersweet. While our community gears up for ceremony season and has so much to celebrate, we also grieve the recent national and local tragedies. Gun violence is now the leading national cause of mortality for children, and has plagued our own community in heartbreaking, palpable ways. This is one of many reasons why Two Feathers works to de-stigmatize Mental Health and Wellness. We believe Mental Health is important for everyone, not just those who are labeled with mental illness. We strive to create a community where families feel safe and welcomed when attending our events, where youth can learn more about what it means to be a Native Leader, where we show up for youth and families when they’re in need, and we continue to show up because we want to, because we care. You can help us achieve our goal by showing up to our events, saying hi to a friend you haven't seen in a while, and simply being there for someone in your life who needs you. This is the most important work of all, and I’m grateful to be surrounded by a community that shows up for one another. To our young Native Leaders especially, thank you. Our Transition Aged Youth Action Team has been advocating for a Native Youth Mental Wellness Center and recently traveled to Las Vegas to present their business plan at the Reservation Economic Summit, taking home a check for $5,000 toward their project. We also witnessed our community coming together for our Spring Break events, to include our Hoopa Family Fun Day and our Saturday Easter Egg Hunt, where over 500 community members attended. Our community partners at the Yurok and Hoopa Valley Tribes have been hard at work as well, joining us by tabling at our events and collaborating to expand our service area to Klamath and Orleans. Sometimes these wins are hard to recognize. The data that follows represents our work (and yours) over the course of the last quarter. I think you’ll agree that it’s working, and we have you all to thank for your engagement. We have a busy summer planned, let’s take advantage of every opportunity we can to celebrate our tribal community together. Warmly, Dr. Virgil Moorehead, Jr. Executive Director
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To Our 2022 Graduates
YOUTH Ryan Ames Hoopa Valley High School Issac Moon Zoe Barnum High School Irene Powell Captain John High School
Richard McCovey Mad River High School
Jason Smith Jr. Pacific Coast High School
Jesse Widmark Mad River High School
Kenneth Hodges Jr McKinleyville High School
STAFF Jasmine Pedroza Cal Poly Humboldt Masters of Social Work and TF's newest Social Worker
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TWO FEATHERS Programming
JUNE
2022
TWO FEATHERS OFFICE HOURS AND CONTACT INFORMATION:
TAY YOUTH ADVOCATES
OFFICE HOURS: 8:30AM-5:00PM PH: 707-839-1933 1560 BETTY COURT SUITE A MCKINLEYVILLE CA., 95519
MAY RECAP Our Transitional Age Youth (TAY) Action Team (TAT) developed an ask centered around advocacy efforts towards the creation of a youth-centered space that is driven to accommodate the mental health needs of Native American youth. The team presented their ask in collaboration with the California Youth Empowerment Network at their Town Hall in May of 2021! You can view their town hall here on our Facebook page. The Team later designed a business plan for a local cultural community center that has a vision to be safe and welcoming. The center will "promote healthy physical and emotional lifestyles." They call this center, A Home Away from Home. In May 2022 they presented this business plan at the RES2022 (Reservation Economic Summit) competition in Las Vegas and WON! The team was presented with a $5,000 check. Team: Emma Sundberg (Wiyot Junior from McKinleyville High), Claire Patterson (Karuk Sophomore from Eldorado High), Jordan Brown (Karuk Junior from McKinleyville High), and Ryan Ames (Yurok Senior from Hoopa High). 3
EVENTS EAST
COAST
HOOPA COMMUNITY DINNER @ HVHS CAFETERIA : 6/10 AT 5:00PM CONTACT CHARLENA IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT CHARLENA.L@ TWOFEATHERS-NAFS.ORG RAINBOW EXTRAVAGANZA 2.O @ POOKEYS PARK : 6/25 AT 11:00AM CONTACT TAI IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT TAI.P@ TWOFEATHERS-NAFS.ORG
0-5 PLAYGROUP KICKOFF EVENT @ PIERSON PARK : 6/24 AT 1:00PM CONTACT DANIELLE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AT DANIELLE.A@ TWOFEATHERS-NAFS.ORG RECOVERY CAMPOUT @ SUE-MEG : 6/23-6/25 CONTACT YVONNE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AT YVONNE.G@ TWOFEATHERS-NAFS.ORG
VIRTUAL NARCAN TRAINING @ ZOOM : 6/3 AT 9:00AM CONTACT KEOKI IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AT KEOKI.B@ WOFEATHERS-NAFS.ORG
(Groups will happen for the remainder of the school year)
GROUPS
EAST
COAST
MONDAYS: MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY LUNCH @ HVHS RM 11 WEDNESDAYS: BOARD CAMES LUNCH @ HVHS RM 11 THURSDAYS: HOOPA LGBTQIA+ SUPPORT GROUP @ HVHS ROOM 11 12:00PM-1:OOPM FRIDAYS: BEADING LUNCH GROUP @ HVHS RM 11
TUESDAYS: NATIVE AMERICAN CLUB @ MCKINLEYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ROOM 505 12:30PM-1:00PM WEDNESDAYS: BOYS TO MEN @MCKINLEYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 12:30PM-1:00PM WEDNESDAYS: YUROK TRIBE WELLNESS COURT WOMEN'S TALKING CIRCLE @ TWO FEATHERS 1:30PM-2:30PM THURSDAYS: NATIVE AMERICAN CLUB @ FORTUNA HIGH SCHOOL 12:30PM-1:15PM
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Hoopa Report (Caseload)
In the 2021 calendar year, 49 unique clients in Eastern Humboldt, or 39% of all clients in the region, received crisis response services from Two Feathers staff.
103
unique active clients
As of April 20th, 2022, Two Feathers has 103 unique active clients in Eastern Humboldt. Two Feathers includes the greater Orleans, Weitchpec and Salyer regions in this count.
The majority of clients served in this region are between the ages of 11 and 18. Two Feathers served 66 youth between ages 14-18, potentially serving 24% of all high school-aged students in the valley.
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Two Feathers currently sees 85% of all Eastern Humboldt youth referrals received since January 1, 2021.
36% of all Two Feathers referrals received in 2021 came from Eastern Humboldt.
37%
33% of all Eastern Humboldt Referrals came from self, family, or friends.
37% of all Eastern Humboldt Referrals came from KT school district personnel.
42 cases
Number of Caseloads
17 cases
33%
24 cases 13 cases
4 cases
7-10
3 cases 11-13
14-15
16-18
Age Range
Last calendar year, Two Feathers received 123 referrals located in Eastern Humboldt. 99 of those referrals were for youth under the age of 19. 6
19-24
25+
TREE Programs
National Outcome Measures (NOMs) at Intake and at 6-month Follow-up % at 6-Month Follow-Up
% at Intake
Abstinence: did not use alcohol or illegal drugs
48.0% 52.0%
Crime and Criminal Justice: has no past 30 day arrests
98.0% 98.0%
Employment/Education: were currently employed or attending school
100.0% 100.0%
Health/Behavioral/Social Consequences: experienced no alcohol or drug related health, behavioral, or social consequences Social Connectedness: were socially connected
59.5%
45.1%
88.1%
80.4%
Stability in Housing: had a permanent place to live in the community
94.1% 98.0%
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Mental Health at Intake and at 6-month Follow-up
% at Intake
% at 6-Month Follow-Up
Depression
66.7%
29.4%
Anxiety Hallucination
47.1% 0%
11.8%
Trouble understanding, concentrating, or remembering Trouble controlling violent behaviour
56.9%
56.9%
35.3% 7.8%
27.5%
National Outcome Measures (NOMs) at Intake and at 6-month Follow-up
26.0%
Alcohol
14.0% 48.0%
Marijuana/Hashish Methamphetamine or other amphetamines Benzodiazepines
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44.0% 2.0% 0%
% at Intake
0% 2.0%
% at 6-Month Follow-Up
Quarter 1 2022: Group Summary 106 individual youth attended groups
663 total attendences
35 youth attended more than 1 group
46 youth attended more than 5 individual group sessions
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Groups Dashboard
Groups by Client/ Contact (Duration)
Groups by Client/ Contact (Attendance)
March 2022
March 2022
February 2022
February 2022
January 2022
Duration in hours
January 2022
Record Count
0 20 40 60 Record Count
0 100 200 300
0 100 200 300 Motherhood Fatherhood
Groups by # of Sessions
Wakara’s Coastal Girl’s Work Pod Motherhood Fatherhood
Wakara’s Coastal Girl’s Work Pod Captain John Work Pod
Fun Day Wednesday
Hoopa High Work Pod
Motherhood Fatherhood
Beading Group
Captain John Work Pod
Keoki’s Coastal Boy’s Work Pod
Wakara’s Coastal Girl’s Work Pod
Hoopa High Work Pod
Captain John Work Pod
Keoki’s Coastal Boy’s Work Pod Charley’s Coastal Boy’s Workpod
Beading Group
Charley’s Coastal Boy’s Workpod
Motivational Monday
Jack Norton Drop-in
Hoopa High Work Pod
Auntie Time
Beading Group
Keoki’s Coastal Boy’s Work Pod
Jack Norton Drop-in
Orleans El Drop-in
Motivational Monday
Motivational Monday
Auntie Time
Fortuna Work Pod
Orleans El Drop-in
Fortuna High Native American Club Charley’s Coastal Boy’s Workpod Boys to Men
Fortuna High Native American Club
Fun Day Wednesday
Boys to Men Hoopa High Rainbow Collaborative
Fun Day Wednesday
Orleans El Drop-in
Hoopa High Rainbow Collaborative
Auntie Time
Hoopa High Rainbow Collaborative
Captain John Activities
Jack Norton Drop-in
Spring Break 2022
Danielle’s Work Pod
Fortuna Work Pod
Bike Wednesday
Mckinleyville High Native American Club
Captain John Activities
Captain John Activities
Fortuna Work Pod
Mckinleyville High Native American Club
Danielle’s Work Pod
Fortuna High Native American Club Bike Wednesday
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Bike Wednesday Danielle’s Work Pod
Boys to Men
Mckinleyville High Native American Club Ripple Effect Training
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