Working with Native American, Native Alaskans and Native Hawaiian communities has brought new perspective to Daniel’s work. Federally recognized American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations have a government-to-government relationship with the U.S. which creates a unique situation when it comes to accessing health care services. This unique relationship has established through numerous Supreme Court decisions, treaties, legislation, and Executive Orders. To better meet the training needs of Native serving providers, Daniel has broadened his scope of benefits knowledge, and expertise to understand, and take into account additional guidelines that are based on the federal government’s obligation to promote healthy Native American and Alaska Native peoples. 2000, Mr. Fortuño made amazing strides in bringing awareness to a number of Native service agencies as to their need for benefits education and training. As a result, Daniel has for the past several years been conducting benefits education and trainings in Arizona, New Mexico and Louisiana. Daniel’s goal is to continue his work and collaborations with Native communities, and begin extending his trainings in other tribal regions.

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Working with Native American, Native Alaskans and Native Hawaiian communities has brought new perspective to Daniel’s work. Federally recognized American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations have a government-to-government relationship with the U.S. which creates a unique situation when it comes to accessing health care services. This unique relationship has established through numerous Supreme Court decisions, treaties, legislation, and Executive Orders. To better meet the training needs of Native serving providers, Daniel has broadened his scope of benefits knowledge, and expertise to understand, and take into account additional guidelines that are based on the federal government’s obligation to promote healthy Native American and Alaska Native peoples.

2000, Mr. Fortuño made amazing strides in bringing awareness to a number of Native service agencies as to their need for benefits education and training. As a result, Daniel has for the past several years been conducting benefits education and trainings in Arizona, New Mexico and Louisiana. Daniel’s goal is to continue his work and collaborations with Native communities, and begin extending his trainings in other tribal regions.

Over 10 Years Served

Mr. Fortuño’s networks and success in Hawaii since 1998 provided an opportunity for him to interface with a larger network of Native American & Alaskan Native HIV/AIDS Case Managers that were also part of the Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) project. This began his association with the National Native American AIDS Prevention Center (NNAAPC) that gave Mr. Fortuño accessibility to the Native American, and Alaska Native communities.

He began this association with NNAAPC as a trainer, and conducted a number of workshops to the SPNS Native Network, and other Native American service providers. Daniel was also a contributing writer in NNAAPC’s Native American HIV/AIDS Case Management Manual, which was a collaborative project between NNAAPC and Mountain Plains AIDS Educational Training Center. This Native HIV/AIDS Case Management manual is the first of its kind, and included a chapter dedicated to private and public benefits.

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