TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS
ESP Holds
Successful
Seminar
by Bob Jensen, ESP Director
August 27 and 28 were busy days
for the Employment Services Program
staff and 88 ESP superstar clients.
The fifth annual Increasing Your
Success Seminar was held at the
Holiday Inn Express in Albany. For the
first time in recent years, the seminar
was held for two days.
The idea behind Increasing Your
Success (IYS) seminars is to help ESP
clients gain valuable skills and
education in order to begin competing
for jobs on the open market. Increasing
Your Success also helps ESP clients
meet other clients and hear success
stories from individuals who have
successfully completed one of the many
ESP programs.
The first day of the IYS seminar
included some outstanding sessions.
Nancy McCrary, program manager,
started the seminar with a prayer. Tribal
Chairman Delores Pigsley was the
keynote speaker. She had a spellbound
audience as she related her own
employment struggles and the successes
she finally achieved after many years
of hard, dedicated work.
Craig Whitehead, pow-wow
coordinator, and Robert Kentta and
Selene Rilatos, both CTSI Cultural
staff, presented a session on ceremony
and healing. Many thought-provoking
questions were asked.
The afternoon was filled with
various sessions, including learning
skills for resume' writing, job
interviewing, and searching for a job.
We also had an in-depth session on the
many services that the tribe provides for
its members, including Kitti Hostler’s
presentation on the USDA’s donated
commodities program.
DeAnn Brown, Head Start director,
presented information on the services
available to our preschoolers through
Head Start. Health Director Judy
Muschamp shared details on the
numerous health and wellness services
offered through the tribe’s Health
Department. Dave Litchy and Patricia
Puma shared information on tribal
Housing programs, including Welfare
to Work and Section 8.
USDA
Distribution in
October
Siletz
9 a.m.- 3
Monday, Oct. 8
9 a.m.- 3
Tuesday, Oct. 9
Wednesday, Oct. 10 9 a.m.- 3
9 a.m - 3
Thursday, Oct. 11
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
Salem
Monday, Oct. 22
4 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 23
9 a.m.-7:3O p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 24 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
The afternoon began with the
awarding of incentive payments and
achievement certificates to many ESP
clients who have achieved milestones
in their goals of self-sufficiency. Each
received a certificate as well as an
incentive, which ranged from meals,
free video rentals, and gift certificates
to cash awards.
Other important sessions included
Intervention Specialist Angela Clarke’s
presentation about depression and how
to spot it, and a presentation on the help
that can be provided through the
Veteran’s Workforce Investment
Program. One of the last sessions that
afternoon was called Moving On, which
featured three former ESP clients who
have successfully completed their ESP
objectives and now are very successful
in their chosen careers.
The second day was equally as
busy. The keynote speaker was Don
Chapin, who has long been an advocate
for protecting and guiding people who
are or have been victims of domestic
violence. He talked about each person’s
ability to control his or her destiny.
Top: Nancy McCrary (I), Ticey Casey,
Shelley Christensen, Trevor Trachsel,
and Nora Moore help people register
for the seminar.
Above: Craig Whitehead
(I, standing), Robert Kentta, and
Selene Rilatos conduct a session on
ceremony and healing.
Following his presentation, participants
attended the breakout session of
their choice.
These sessions again were geared
toward learning more about how to
become self-sufficient. There were
sessions on writing cover letters and thank
you letters to prospective employers and
reducing the burden of paying child
support by finding suitable employment.
Other sessions focused on helpful
hints on changing a person’s lifestyle
to overcome barriers that many people
face when they are unemployed and
desperate, including some excellent
ways to live within a budget.
A session on how domestic
violence affects everyone was presented
to a large audience, as was a session
given by the tribe’s Alcohol and Drug
Program. Terry McDowell talked about
incorporating tribal traditions in
overcoming the effects of drug and
alcohol addiction and how to begin the
healing process from these devastating
and deadly addictions. The second day
ended at noon with everyone receiving
gift certificates to McDonalds so they
could have a meal on the way home.
The Increasing Your Success
Committee - Laurie Brown-Godfrey,
Valerie Hibdon, and Danelle Smith -
worked hard on this event. Laurie
brought her expertise from working on
this event for the past four years. The
ESP Program expects continued success
in this event and will hold it on an
annual basis.
October 2001
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