Health & Social

Our Nation Nation’s social services programs will focus on alleviating social ills that some of our Navajo people experience on a daily basis, including:

• Alcohol abuse
• Drug abuse
• Gambling addiction
• Suicide
• Adverse childhood experiences
• Childhood sexual abuse
• Domestic violence
• Post-traumatic stress
• Poor mental health
• Obesity
• Diabetes

We have talked about establishing treatment, rehabilitation facilities, and re-entry programs, and the Nygren Administration will get it done through partnership and collaboration with agencies across all levels of government.

The Nygren Administration will collaborate with medicine people, the Native American Church (NAC), and churches to address mental and social well-being. We will work with our Diné women to take on the significant challenges they face, like workplace harassment, gender inequality, childcare services, and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) support services.

We will prioritize support programs for our homeless youth and work to increase funding for the Indian Health Service (IHS) and Navajo Nation PL-638 health care facilities. The Nygren Administration will work on increasing the number of daycares and apartment complexes across the Navajo Nation.