The Yavapai Apache Nation Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program is a tribally operated outpatient substance abuse program in Camp Verde, Arizona, located in the Yavapai-Apache Nation’s Community Services Building in the Middle Verde tribal community. The program provides rehabilitation, counseling, and substance abuse support services to tribal members across the Yavapai-Apache Nation’s five Verde Valley communities.
Rehabilitation and Counseling Within the Yavapai-Apache Community
The Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program operates as part of the Yavapai-Apache Nation’s broader Social Services continuum, which includes alcohol and substance abuse counseling alongside child protective services, elder advocacy, and emergency assistance. Positioned within the Community Services Building, the program is embedded in the day-to-day life of the Middle Verde community, an arrangement that reduces barriers to access and reflects the Nation’s commitment to delivering social and health services from within the community itself. Both office-hours and on-call support are available, ensuring that tribal members in the Verde Valley have access to substance abuse assistance beyond standard business hours when crisis situations arise.
Serving the Yavapai-Apache Nation’s Five Communities
The Yavapai-Apache Nation is composed of two distinct peoples, the Yavapai, who refer to themselves as Wipuhk’a’bah and speak the Yuman language, and the Apache, who refer to themselves as Dil’zhe’e and speak the Athabaskan language, spread across five tribal communities: Tunlii, Middle Verde, Rimrock, Camp Verde, and Clarkdale. The Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program serves tribal members across all five of these communities, providing rehabilitation and counseling support that honors the cultural identity and lived experience of both peoples as an inseparable part of the healing process.
Tribally Operated Substance Abuse Support for the Verde Valley
For Yavapai-Apache tribal members in Camp Verde and the broader Verde Valley whose alcohol or substance use requires professional counseling and rehabilitation support, the Yavapai Apache Nation Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program offers tribally operated, community-embedded care delivered from within the Middle Verde Community Services Building, with on-call availability outside regular office hours for members who need immediate support.
