Yonʌhali:yó – Community Advocacy
Programs Overview
Yonʌhali:yó “A Good Vine”
With deep roots, a broad reach, and healthy fruit in the community formerly known as Oneida Domestic Abuse and Prevention. Yonʌhali:yó Community Advocacy inspires Native People to engage in healthy life choices, promoting total wellness for the next seven generations.
Programs Offered
- Gender Based Violence Program
- Healthy Relationship Program
- Youth Mentor & Advocates
- Young Adult Mentor & Advocate
- Prevention Program
For more information please contact:
Phone: (920)-490-3700
Email: yca_general@oneidanation.org
Business Hours: Monday – Friday 8 AM-4:30PM
Typical response time is 1-2 business days
Gender Based Violence Program
Gender Based Violence Program, formerly Domestic Abuse, is a program to help those living with and experiencing abuse, to seek help & safety while healing within the family.
Advocacy
We offer legal help, and personal Advocacy because no one should have to feel alone
Education
Knowledgeable staff will educate on the different forms of abuse including:
+Financial
+Physical
+Sexual
+Spiritual
+Emotional
Groups
Women’s Domestic Violence Education Group
Beading Circle
Book Club
Culture
Our program’s values are on the traditional teachings of our Culture. These teachings are used to strengthen the ways that were forgotten.
Safety
+Our Programs helps create a safety plan when:
+Leaving a relationship
+After a violent relationship
+Seeking a restraining order
Warnings
+Jealousy
+Possessiveness
+Isolation
+Checks cell phone
+Blames others
+Verbally Abusive Explosive Behavior
Statistics and Resources
Native People are 3x more likely to experience abuse than any other race.
ODAP Resources
After Hour Crisis Centers:
Brown county – Family Services
Crisis Center Hotline at (920) 436-8888
https://www.familyservicesnew.org/crisis-center/
Outagamie County
24-Hour Mental Health Crisis Line
(920) 832-4646 or toll free at (800) 719-4418
https://www.outagamie.org/government/f-through-m/health-human-services/mental-health
For more information please contact:
Phone: (920)-490-3700
Email: yca_general@oneidanation.org
Business Hours: Monday – Friday 8 AM-4:30PM
Healthy Relationship Program
SUMMARY
The Oneida Healthy Relationship Program is a weekly domestic abuse intervention program. This program takes an educational approach using evidenced based curriculum with a Native focus to help offenders understand the complex cultural, social, and historical dimensions of the many forms of intimate partner violence.
Participants
- Are held accountable for their actions
- Learn alternatives to violence and controlling behavior
- Learn about the impact of violence
- Learn how to identify healthy relationships
- Learn behavioral, emotional, and physical cues that proceed escalating violence
- Examine current beliefs and attitudes that need to be re-examined to overcome violent behavior
- Focus on cultural and spiritual values
- Learn how historical trauma has led to violence and abusive behaviors
- Learn about traditional spiritual ways using traditional ceremonies of native people
Benefits
The Oneida Healthy Relationship Program offers a supportive safe environment for participants to work on tools to change behaviors and take responsibility.
Reclaiming Culture
In the Oneida tradition, a man would retain allegiance to the clan of his birth, but live “matrilocally” in the longhouse of his wife’s clan. There was a natural element of protection. Iroquois society was organized to maintain a balance of equality between women and men. The women and children were protected from violence.
The program teaches families that this is not a traditional belief and that it is acceptable and natural for men to have emotions, the same as women and children. Information about historical trauma, boarding schools, the authority and power the government policies had over native people, assimilation and adoption of the western beliefs system is shared and discussed. As a result, internalized oppression and acceptance of these influences led to Native people becoming ashamed of whom they were, and they began disowning their own traditional cultural values and beliefs.
This program helps Native Families reclaim their culture through education, ceremonies, and storytelling.
For more information please contact:
Phone: (920)-490-3700
Email: yca_general@oneidanation.org
Business Hours: Monday – Friday 8 AM-4:30PM
Typical response time is 1-2 business days
Youth Mentor & Advocate Programs
Mission Statement:
To help build and foster healing and resiliency within our youth. To teach them empowerment strategies to preserve safety and build up their self-esteem using Tsi?niyukwalihoti’ (our ways) as the foundation.
Available Services
- Advocating/ Mentoring/ 1 on 1 support
- Group Facilitation
- Referral Assistance
- Goal Setting/Empowerment
- Healthy Identity Support and Personal Development
- Youth Leadership Development
Benefits
Our goal is to enhance positive qualities the students already possess and help students to see their true potential.
Goal setting/Empowerment
- Identity Support & Personal Development
- Youth Leadership Development
- Develop Positive Relationships & Connections
- Domestic & Relationship violence awareness
Eligibility
Child and Youth Female Advocate – Native American and descendants female youth ages 6-19 years old
Youth and Young Adult Advocate – Native American and descendants ages 9-25 years old
Resources
LGBTQIA2S+ Resource Hub
For more information please contact:
Phone: (920)-490-3700
Email: yca_general@oneidanation.org
Business Hours: Monday – Friday 8 AM-4:30PM
Typical response time is 1-2 business days
Prevention Program
MISSION
The Prevention Program provides quality educational activities aimed at enhancing youth participation, self-esteem, positive life choices and emotional well-being as to promote healthy lifestyles and total wellness to youth and community.
SUMMARY
The Oneida Prevention Program Taking Responsibility and Initiating Life Skills (T.R.A.I.L.S.) has several Community Advocates that work in the schools and in the community to provide quality educational activities aimed at enhancing youth participation, self-esteem, positive life choices and emotional well-being as to promote healthy lifestyles and total wellness to youth and community.
The Prevention Program is not a behavior modification program. Please know that while our community advocates provide quality educational activities to address certain topics, they will not be providing counseling, mental health and/or other professional services.
The Community Advocate’s purpose is to enhance the positive qualities the students already possess and help students to see their true potential.
RESOURCES
Facts and Stats About Child Sexual Abuse
Services
- 1 on 1 youth services
- Group facilitation at schools and community centers
- Culturally based programming and practices
- T.R.A.I.L.S youth summer program
GOALS
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For more information please contact:
Phone: (920)-490-3700
Email: yca_general@oneidanation.org
Business Hours: Monday – Friday 8 AM-4:30PM
Typical response time is 1-2 business days
Coordinate Community Response (CCR)
The Oneida Coordinate Community Response Team (CCR) is currently the longest running Native American led team of its kind in the country. Formed in 1999, the Oneida CCR is a collaboration of tribal and non-tribal victim service agencies, social services, law enforcement, judges and other court staff, probation and parole officers, advocates, and community members. The CCR Team meets monthly to address current gender-based violence issues and to improve coordination and system response for victims on or near the Oneida Reservation.
Mission statement: The Oneida Nation Coordinated Community Response Team is dedicated to addressing domestic violence, and sexual assault through a multijurisdictional approach rooted in traditional Native Values. Our purpose is to improve the safety of all victims and their families, provide community education, facilitate healing, and hold people that cause harm accountable.
Mental Health Resources
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Brown County – Family Services Crisis Center
Hotline: (920) 436-8888
Website: https://www.familyservicesnew.org/crisis-center/ -
Bellin Health Psychiatric Center
Phone: 920.433.3630 | Fax: 920.431.0333
Website: https://www.bellin.org/locations/hospital_surgery-locations/bellin-health-psychiatric-center -
Outagamie County – 24-Hour Mental Health Crisis Lines
Hotline: (920) 832-4646 or toll-free at (800) 719-4418
Website: https://www.outagamie.org/government/f-through-m/health-human-services/mental-health
Other Mental Health Resources
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Aurora Behavioral Health (East Side Green Bay)
Phone: 920-288-5630
Website: https://care.aurorahealthcare.org/locations/aurora-behavioral-health-center-green-bay -
Willow Creek
Call: 888-258-9756 or toll-free: 844-216-1112
Website: https://willowcreekbh.com/ -
Reach Counseling
Phone: (920) 722-8150
Website: https://reachcounseling.com/
Traditional Healing
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Oneida Cultural Heritage
Phone: Main (920) 496-5395 | Fax (920) 496-5390
Website: Oneida Nation | Oneida Cultural Heritage
For more information please contact:
Phone: (920)-490-3700
Email: yca_general@oneidanation.org
Business Hours: Monday – Friday 8 AM-4:30PM
Typical response time is 1-2 business days
