Posts Tagged ‘NACC’
A New Home for Health, Housing, and Healing
By ABBY TAYLOR Photo Courtesy of Native American Community Clinic Native American Community Clinic officially opened the doors to its new clinic onSeptember 15th , bringing a long-held vision for expanded access to healthcare, culture,and healing to life. When NACC began planning the new clinic, we saw an opportunity to think bigger abouthow this land could serve the community. We knew we needed more space to providecare, but we also knew that access to safe, affordable housing is one of the mostsignificant challenges facing the people and families we serve. Rather than build a clinicalone, we believed the highest and best use of the site was to create affordable housingabove it. To make that vision possible, NACC partnered with our friends at WellingtonManagement, who developed, own, and manage the 83 affordable housing unitslocated above the clinic. NACC owns and operates the clinic on the lower floors. Theseare separate organizations brought together by a shared belief [...]
Red Lake and NACC Set to Open New Health Care Center
Mino Bimaadiziwin Wellness Clinic offers a much-needed entry-point to healthcare By TINA MONJE Mino Bimaadiziwin, the new RedLake Nation apartment building. In September of 2020, Red Lake Nation and their affordable housing nonprofit partner, CommonBond Communities, began taking applications for their new Native-centered apartment building, Mino Bimaadiziwin. Today, most of the units are occupied, and they hope to have the building full by late August. In partnership with Native American Community Clinic (NACC), Red Lake Nation is also gearing up to open the Mino Bimaadiziwin Wellness Center, an onsite health clinic. Dr. Laurelle Myhra, PhD, LMFT, is an enrolled member of Red Lake Nation, and the new clinic”™s director. According to Myhra, this project, arguably the first of its kind in the nation, has been made possible by the innovative Indigenous leaders who are seated at the planning table. The culmination of “a lot of indigenous people [...]
Red Lake and NACC Set to Open New Healthcare Center
By TINA MONJE In September of 2020, Red Lake Nation and their affordable housing nonprofit partner, CommonBond Communities, began taking applications for their new Native-centered apartment building, Mino Bimaadiziwin. Today, most of the units are occupied, and they hope to have the building full by late August. In partnership with Native American Community Clinic (NACC), Red Lake Nation is also gearing up to open the Mino Bimaadiziwin Wellness Center, an onsite health clinic. Dr. Laurelle Myhra, PhD, LMFT, is an enrolled member of Red Lake Nation, and the new clinic”™s director. According to Myhra, this project, arguably the first of its kind in the nation, has been made possible by the innovative Indigenous leaders who are seated at the planning table. The culmination of “a lot of indigenous people carrying indigenous knowledge and ancestry,” she says, has resulted in this new, one-of-a-kind avenue, through which residents may access housing and [...]
