Ombishkaa “Rising Up”

This pathway aligns with the Wild rice Continuum of Care Stage 1: Preparation. The goal is to increase success in identifying and navigating immediate or crisis needs. Culturally responsive services are focused on welcoming members back into the community. Participants, their families and community members are encouraged to participate in a Welcome Home Ceremony, learn how to introduce themselves in the Anishinaabe language, and learn about the four sacred medicines.

Foundational services may include:

• Complete a Needs Assessment with a coordinator and address the immediate needs.
• Obtaining personal identification such as birth certificates, social security cards, and government identification cards.
  Referrals for addressing housing needs and utilities.
• Obtaining basic needs such as clothing, hygiene items, bedding, clothing.
• Participating in a Welcome Home Ceremony.
• Participating in elder teachings regarding the four traditional medicines.
  Addressing needs as determined by Needs Assessment at intake

This pathway aligns with the Wild Rice Continuum of Care Stage 2: Collection. This pathway aims to develop collaborative care to increase members' social capital. This means supporting the member in creating a solid peer/familial/professional/community support network. Culturally responsive services include teachings about the medicine wheel and how to identify how to balance our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual needs.

Foundational services may include:

• Identifying positive networks of support, people or programs.
• Addressing transportation barriers or supporting progress towards resolving transportation barriers.
• Begin to develop goals focused on healing.
• Participating in Medicine Wheel teachings
• Engage in services within Ombishkaa, NWICDC, or the community.
• Participating in Language Learning Opportunities.

This pathway aligns with the Wild Rice Continuum of Care Stage 3: Addressing Challenges. This pathway aims to support the program participants as they begin to address challenges such as trauma, addiction, mental health, or other life concerns. This is the beginning of the healing journey. Culturally aligned support includes developing your healing bundle; such as obtaining teachings and guidance on the proper utilization of your bundle from an elder or knowledge keeper. A coordinator will assist with obtaining the participant's feast bundle, asema bag, personalized asema blend, creating a ribbon skirt/shirt and making your moccasins.

Foundational services may include:

• Preparing for healing.
• Supportive services will focus on restoration of self.
• Engagement in employment-building skills, life skills development, social engagement, and education.
• Support with mental and emotional health healing work.
• Engage in community-level supportive services.
• Begin to develop a personal healing bundle. Some essential healing items include a feast bundle, traditional plant medicines, ribbon skirt/shirt, asema bag, and personal asema blend.

This pathway aligns with the Wild Rice Continuum of Care Stage 4: Long Term Wellbeing. This stage focuses on supporting the member's long term healing, health and wellbeing. NWICDC's culturally aligned services include active participation in attending ceremonies on-site and off-site, learning Anishinaabemowin, and volunteering or co-leading ceremonies.

Foundational Services may include:

• Development in long-term wellbeing goals and supports
• Supportive services focused on continued healing
• Participating, volunteering, or co-leading on-site ceremonies or workshops
• Address any recidivism or barriers to long term healing.

This pathway aligns with the Wild Rice Continuum of Care Stage 5: Community Involvement. This stage focuses on active engagement in activities that support and improve social well-being.

Services are focused on community outreach and education once members have reached a level of their personal healing, they will be invited to actively participate in the community engagement pathway.

This pathway aligns with the Wild Rice Continuum of Care Stage 6: Sustainability. The focus of this stage is developing sustained wellbeing.

Services are focused on providing opportunities for program alumni to come back and engage in programming or alumni-focused opportunities and celebrations.