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Tribes work to move forward with health care initiative

Officials from Fort Belknap Indian Community met with members of the governing body of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation and a state representative Friday to discuss how Montana Native American tribes can start working on and pushing for implementation of a program to improve health in Indian Country.

The state Legislature last session passed a bill sponsored by Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, creating the Community Health Aid Program in Montana.

CHAP is a program to establish dental health, mental health and behavioral health aid technicians for tribal and Indian Health Services fac...

 

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