The system includes an emphasis on managing care, not dollars. It recognizes that dollars will manage themselves if overall care is well managed. It recognizes Native American and other group-specific variables which have significant implications for individualized assessment and treatment. Principle of Natural Support Natural community support and culturally competent practices are viewed as an integral part of a system of care which contributes to desired outcomes in a managed care environment. Traditional healing practices are used when relevant or possible.
Family is defined by function rather than bloodlines.
Native Americans, as well as other ethnic minorities, generally conceive of family much more broadly than mainstream individuals.