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Programs Fase 12 S ile tz News February news from Springfield area office LOU CAREY Springfield Area Office Supervisor The Springfield Area Office would like to welcome our newest staff member, Pilar Schiavo. Pilar is the new Tribal Head Start Transition Coordinator, Pilar will be helping our Tribal Head Start children and their families make the transition into Kindergarten and out of their homes. It can be very traumatic on children and parents, the children are leaving the home for the first time which can be just as hard on the parents, going into a school setting can mean leaving the place where they feel cafe for the unknown. Pilar will help make this an enjoyable experience for the family. ■ If you:would like to meet with Pilar or just call to ask questions, phone 746-9658. Siletz Tribal Head Start staff include Jayne Albrecht, teacher, and Lori Moen, bus driver/ assistant teacher. The Head Start sludents are all excited about Valentines Day. They will be having a Valentine's Day Party on 2/12/98 and have invited all families to come and ‘join them. Cathy Rasmussen, RN, Community Health Director, helping out local dentist February is Children's Dental Health Month and Eugene dentist Donald Dexter, DMD, a Klamath tribal member, will be providing a free Dental Sealant Clinic for Native American Youth ages 5 to 14 years old in celebration of Children's Dental Health Month. Dr. Dexter has asked Cathy Rasmussen, RN and our Community Health Director, to assist with this project. They are asking people to bring in their children for a free dental exam and screening to determine if they need sealants to protect their permanent molars from decay. This will take place ort 2/25/98 from 6-8 PM at the Springfield Area Office. If you would like more information please call Cathy at (541) 746-9658. Nick Sixkiller, Education Specialist The next Johnson O'Malley parent committee meeting is scheduled for 2/14/98 at the Springfield Area Office. The JOM parent committee meets once a month, any parent/guardian that has a JOM-eligible student may become a member. During the last year, Nick has made over 50 (fifty js ch o o l/ classroom presentations, as well as assistance with tutoring. JOM student Tony Fuller, Colville Tribal member, Cottage Grove High School student, was able to participate in the National Leadership Academy at the Epcot Center in Orlando Florida. Tony was raising money for his trip and the Parent Committee was able to make a donation out of their fund raising account. Congratulations go out to Tony Fuller, you are a great role model for all Native American Students. JOM moccasin class will be offered 2/9/98. This class is offered almost every year as some students end up, with moccasin blow-out or, as anyone with young ones knows, young feet grow so very fast. Adult Education class ‘ was requested, and Nick will offer a shawl class for Siletz Tribal members 18 years and older. Thursday nights Nick is busy A big thank you to Uncle Charlie Butler, and everyone, who donated elk and deer hides to us brothers at Maclaren. Also, thank you to Lorraine Burke and Sylvia Brock (Mom) for supporting us and helping get the word to the people for their help. We are in the process of making a pow-wow drum out here and several hand drums for ceremony. Again, thank you everyone. Paul and Rusty In spirit, Instruggle with his radio show on KRVM, 91.9 FM, "INDIAN TIME," from 7 PM to 9 PM. The radio station has had great response to this two- hour program, the program started with one hour and has grown to two hours. TANF/Employment Service Program staff include Laurie Brown-Godfrey, Laurel Bowser and Lou Carey. These programs include service for General Assistance, Emergency Assistance, JTPA, and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF, Siletz only). The staff from all offices will be meeting on 2/11-2/13. Staff are currently working under the Oregon State Manual, and the tribe will be forming a Tribal Manual. Services administered through the Employment Services Program include: ♦ Supportive Services, ♦ Classroom Training (CRT), CRT/GED, CRT/Basic Skill, CRT/Job Skills. ♦ Work Experience (WEX), ♦ Direct Placement, ♦ Emergency Assistance, ♦ Cash Assistance, ♦ Life Skills For more information on this program, please call the Spring- field Area Office. Nora Moore, Springfield Area Office Secretary When you call the Springfield Office the first person you will make contact with is Nora. Nora has been with this office for over a year and a half and has been a great addition to the office. Keeping the office running on a day-to-day basis is no easy task, and everyone here at the office appreciates all of her hard work. If you have any questions about the office please call. Laurie Brown-Godfrey, Volunteer Coordinator for Siletz Tribal Youth Leadership (STYLE) has been very busy along with the students Eleven STYLE youth members just completed their 1998 Snow boarding lesson at Mt. Bachelor. The youth have filled out a youth perspective report on this activity, which is posted in the lobby of the Springfield Area Office. The students are now working to sell baked goods for Valentines Day. This is similar fo the fund raiser they did during Christmas time. Flyers have been sent to the other Siletz offices and we hope to have lot of orders. (This helps to keep the STYLE parents busy baking!) The students have been work ing On their family trees and plan to take a trip on February 10,1998 to the Family History Center in Eugene to learn how to research their family history. They then hope to follow-up this research with Lisa Norton, Siletz Enroll ment Clerk, and then end with a grand finale activity by visiting the Archives in Seattle, Washing ton. Thanks again to Laurie for all her donated time and energy. ER Gatekeeper defined SHANNON CASE CHSAdministrator The ER Gatekeeping is back. The services have been available for several years to assist tribal members in deterihining the medical necessity of their condition to be a true urgent or emergent situation. Policies and procedures were developed to prevent over utilization of CHS funds. The policy states all emergency room visits will be reviewed for appropriateness. An ER first- warning letter is sent on a one-, time-only basis and the bill paid, for one inappropriate use of the ER. After you’ receive a Tetter informing you of the use of the ER, your file is flagged and you will be denied all inappropriate ER visits therafter. The reason behind this rule was to eliminate the abusive use of the ER. Emergency room visit are four times the amount of a regular office visit to a parimary caregiver. Please use this service if you are not sure your medical condition can wait or not. The numbers to call after hours are: 1-800-628-5720 or 541-444-1236. If you need nassistance during the day, please state you need to talk to an ER gatekeeper, we will transfer you to the Clinic, j All emergency room vivists are required to be called in within 72 hours. The gatekeeper does not do this for you. Please call the numbers above to report your visits to.CHS.
