Community Development
Advocacy
In addition to offering direct services and creating affordable housing communities, Native American Connections advocates at the city, state and federal levels for increased funding along with policy changes that contribute to community health and housing stability.
Native American Connections’ policy priorities include:
Housing and Homelessness
- Increasing public funding to support housing and services for youth experiencing homelessness
- Increasing state funding of the Housing Trust Fund
- Establishing a State Housing Tax Credit
- Prioritizing the creation of affordable housing
Health
- Adding comprehensive dental benefit for adults to Arizona’s Medicaid Program (AHCCCS)
- Adding a comprehensive dental benefit to Medicare
- Compensating residential treatment providers for room & board provided to young children accompanying parents into residential treatment
Equity and Representation
- Ensuring policy decisions include the voice of American Indians
- Identifying opportunities to share the history and impact of American Indians
- Supporting community driven policy such as changing street name to Piestewa Peak and establishing the Missing Murdered and Indigenous Women Study Committee