Consolidated Tribal Health Project Mask Awareness Project

Consolidated Tribal Health Project, Redwood Valley
Consolidated Tribal Health Project, Inc. Is committed to healthy lifestyles and honoring traditional Native American values to maintain physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and social wellbeing of the community.  CHTP is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) ambulatory community health clinic governed by a consortium of eight federally recognized tribes. CTHP offers behavioral health, dental, medical and patient support programs and services. 

The Project
CTHP has been conducting COVID-19 outreach to the Rancherias through the dental department. The majority of the CTHP clientele are Native. The behavioral health department hands out masks, educational materials, and resources when clients come in for their therapy appointments. CTHP distributed more than 300 masks at the socially-distanced Halloween drive-by celebration accompanied with decoration instructions so children and families could customize their masks and protective cases to hygienically store masks that are not in use. So far, CTHP has distributed about 2,000 masks. The organization is looking at ways to get tribal elders involved.