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Grantee Highlight: Lummi Indian Business Council
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Grantee Highlight: Community Advocates for Family and Youth
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Resource Highlight: Community Engagement Issues
Our theme this month is “Community Engagement.” An E-MDT’s success and health is so much a function of it being n integral part of the community and for the community to be an integral part of the E-MDT. The Team needs to reflect the community it serves, regarding the social categories of race, gender, orientation, culture, language, socioeconomic issues, geographical, and abilities.
Resource Highlight: Healing Centered Engagement
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Resource Highlight: Substitute Decision-Makers
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Resource Highlight: Understanding Domestic Violence in Later Life: A Victim Centered Approach
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