Reaching every corner of the Nation with health, culture, and care. We're not just delivering services. We're showing up, listening, and building trust with every visit.
Taking Wellness Out into the Community
Wellness doesn’t look the same for everyone – especially when living in rural parts of the Nation. NHSS is building a mobile, flexible, and culturally grounded wellness outreach approach that helps bring care to the places people already gather. Whether it’s a wellness workshop hosted in Community, an on-the-land cultural camp, or a quick conversation that leads to lasting change, outreach is how we stay connected and how we make sure no one is left behind. NHSS outreach efforts are designed to bring health & wellness promotion and harm reduction services directly into the communities we serve. These aren’t one-time visits – they’re consistent connections that make each of us more visible, more familiar, and more effective.
Our mobile wellness efforts include:
- Community-based wellness programming
- Wellness support for all ages and knowledge levels
- On the land activities and events
- Outreach to Elders and those with mobility or transportation barriers
- Health and wellness events, workshops, Health Fairs and more in the community
- Youth engagement through traditional teachings and wellness activities
For many, wellness outreach is their first step toward accessing deeper care—and for others, it’s the ongoing support they count on.
Traditional Wellness as Foundation
Wellness outreach isn’t just about handing out pamphlets. It’s about reconnecting with what has always kept our communities strong. That’s why NHSS integrates cultural teachings, land-based activities, and traditional wellness knowledge into outreach programs. Some of the ways we do this:
- Supporting cultural camps and seasonal wellness gatherings
- Inviting Elders and traditional knowledge keepers to guide activities
- Offering food and medicine gardens as both wellness and education tools
- Sharing teachings on land-based healing and cultural safety
These aren’t extras, they’re essentials. They help root our outreach in identity, language, and the cultural context that gives health its true meaning.
Flexible Care for a Complex Landscape
Outreach only works if it adapts. The NHSS Strategic Plan emphasizes mobile and satellite services as a critical part of the Nation’s long-term health infrastructure. That includes investing in vehicles, mobile staff, and regional programming that reflects local needs.
We’ve also increased our presence at community events, health fairs, and nation-led gatherings – offering on-the-spot care that’s informal, welcoming, and culturally safe. We don’t wait for people to come to us. We go to them.
Staff Who Know the Work and the Land
Wellness outreach isn’t an entry-level job. It takes experience, cultural understanding, and deep community relationships. NHSS is actively building its outreach capacity by hiring and training:
- Nurses and wellness workers
- Youth and family support staff
- Traditional healers and community health educators
- Students and interns through local training partnerships
We’re focused on growing a team that can serve all areas of the Nation, while also reflecting the diversity and strengths of the communities themselves.
Outreach That Feels Like Care
It’s one thing to bring services to a community. It’s another to bring care. Our outreach programs are grounded in respect – respect for people’s time, space, stories, and culture. Every interaction matters. Every follow-up call. Every ride we give or meal we deliver. That’s what builds trust.
At NHSS, we believe wellness should never feel out of reach. Through ongoing outreach, we’re working to ensure that wherever you live, and whatever your needs, someone shows up for you and stays in touch long after the visit is done.