Thunderbird Partnership Foundation

Thunderbird Partnership Foundation We are a national voice advocating for substance use/mental wellness services rooted in culture Megwetch / Thank you!

The Thunderbird Partnership Foundation exists to support the primary network in place to respond to First Nations substance use issues: the National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program (NNADAP) and the National Youth Solvent Abuse Program (YSAP). NNADAP was one of the first programs developed in response to community needs. It evolved from the National Native Alcohol Abuse Program (a pilot proje

ct in 1974) to a Cabinet-approved program in 1982. This network of on-reserve addiction services has since evolved into 56 (NNADAP & YSAP) treatment programs (in-patient, out-patient, day, and evening programs) and more than 550 NNADAP community-based prevention programs. The network of National Youth Solvent Abuse Program (NYSAP) residential treatment centres, established in 1995, includes 10 treatment programs across Canada. Both NNADAP and YSAP treatment programs address impacts of colonization by attending to trauma and trauma related issues through culture based interventions. La Thunderbird Partnership Foundation a pour rôle de soutenir le réseau primaire en place à faire face aux problèmes de toxicomanie chez les Premières Nations toxicomanes, à savoir le Programme national de lutte contre l'abus de l'alcool et des drogues chez les Autochtones. (PNLAADA) et le Programme National d'abus de solvant chez les jeunes (PNLASJ). Le PNLAADA fut l’un des premiers programmes mis en place en réponse aux besoins des collectivités. Il a évolué du Programme national de lutte contre l'abus de l'alcool chez les Autochtones (un projet pilote en 1974) à un programme approuvé par le Cabinet en 1982. Ce réseau des services de traitement de la toxicomanie dans les réserves a depuis lors débouché sur 56 programmes de traitement PNLAADA & PNLASJ (traitements en milieu hospitalier et à l’externe et traitements de jour et des programmes de soir), ainsi que sur plus de 550 programmes de prévention communautaires du PNLAADA. Le réseau des centres de traitement en établissement du Programme national de lutte contre l'abus de solvants chez les jeunes (PNLASJ), qui a vu le jour en 1995, comprend 10 programmes de traitement partout au Canada. Les programmes de traitement aussi bien du PNLAADA que du PNLASJ s'attaquent aux incidences de la colonisation en s'occupant du trauma et des problèmes liés à celui-ci par l'entremise de modèles d'interventions fondés sur la culture.

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