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Native American Health Center outlines cultural services, sweat lodge and 76-unit affordable housing/clinic expansion
Summary
The Native American Health Center described prevention, behavioral-health and workforce programs, cultural activities (including a new sweat lodge), and a Fruitvale campus expansion that will add clinic space and 76 units of affordable housing with county partner arrangements and planned ownership transition.
Natalie Aguilera, CEO of the Native American Health Center (NHC), and Chief Cultural Officer Anthony Guzman told the Health Committee the center operates 14 sites across Alameda and San Francisco counties, including eight school-based health centers, and serves roughly 14,000 members with about 50,000 visits annually.
Aguilera said a quarter of NHC’s staff are Native American, a deliberate hiring priority tied to employment, insurance coverage and culturally concordant care. "A quarter of our staff are Native American," she said, noting nearly 100 Native staff members work at the center. Guzman described culturally grounded prevention…
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