The Seattle Indian Health Board recently closed on a property on Vashon Island that will house a residential treatment center for substance use disorders, with care rooted in the fostering of cultural identity and the use of traditional medicine and practices. Esther Lucero (Dinè/Latina), the CEO and President of the Seattle Indian Health Board, says the future center will fulfill a promise to the community. "We're actually losing generations of our children to addiction and we made a commitment to our tribal partners and urban Indian community that we would provide a solution to that," Lucero said. "That's why this program is so important- because we'll be able to serve pregnant and parenting people, keeping families intact as they travel through the recovery process- so it feels incredible." READ THE FULL STORY HERE: https://www.king5.com/article/news/health/residential-center-vashon-island-offers-culturally-attuned-care/281-2cf6a18f-c543-49ab-abc7-7184e7bdc69b