TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS/NOTICES
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Tribe
Honored
by City
of Siletz
Siletz
Monday, Jan. 7
Tuesday, Jan 8
Wednesday, Jan. 9
9 a.m,-3 p.m.
9 a.m.-3 p.m.
9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Salem
Monday, Jan. 14
4 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 15
9 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 16
9 a.m.-5 p.m.
New Web Site Helps Recruit
Students to Federal Jobs
The Office of Personnel
Management and the U.S. Department
of Education recently unveiled a new
Internet site - www.studentjobs.gov -
designed specifically for high school
and college students who are looking
for temporary employment with the
federal government
In April 2000, OPM and the
Department of Education’s Student
Financial Assistance (SFA) office
formed a partnership to develop
studentjobs.gov. For students looking
to get into the work force, the site lists
federal job openings and provides
valuable insight into the hiring process,
programs, and benefits. It also offers
links to other federal Web sites.
Studentjobs.gov features include:
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Links to student-employment pages
for more than 50 federal agencies
Links to articles that profile student
job opportunities
A link to the federal government’s
worldwide
employment
information database of permanent
federal jobs
E-mail notification every 24 hours
for newly posted vacancies that
meet the student’s personal job
search profile
A resume builder and online
application tool
The Siletz Tribe
received the annual
Mayor’s Award from
the city of Siletz in
Delores Pigsley, chairman of the Siletz Tribe,
a presentation on
accepts the Mayor’s Award from Danny Rilatos,
Dec. 10. The award
mayor of Siletz.
is inscribed with
“Mayor’s Award 2001, presented to the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
in appreciation of outstanding service to the citizens of the community.’’
The tribe was cited for its donations to the new community skatepark.
Previous award recipients include the Siletz Library and the Siletz Valley
Volunteer Fire Department. The award was first presented in the 1980s to Eugene
and Evelyn Lassiter, who started the community Christmas program.
EITC
Available
Called "the tax break for hard-working people,” the Earned Income Tax !
Credit is available to some individuals who don’t earn a high income. You may !
qualify for the EITC on your 2000 tax return if you
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Earned less than $10,380 and have no qualifying child
Earned less than $27,413 and have one qualifying child
Earned less than $31,152 and have more than one qualifying child
by Walt Klamath
The program also requires all
applicants to complete a First-Time
Homebuyer Education Program before
entering into a purchase agreement
on a property. The Salem Finance Office
does the training on an individual basis.
For those applicants who cannot
make it to Salem, other training sites
are available.
After completing the training
requirement, the applicant should
contact a lender and become pre
qualified for a first mortgage loan (most
first mortgages are 30-year loans).
Although the Salem Finance Office
works with many lenders, we
recommend that applicants apply for
pre-qualification with lenders who are
familiar with state bond programs. For
example, first-time homebuyers in
Oregon can obtain an interest rate
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one percentage point below market
rates by qualifying for the Oregon
Bond Program.
After the tribal member has
completed the first three steps (grant
application approval, completing the
training requirement, and pre-qualifying
for the first mortgage), he/she then will
have the opportunity to start looking for
a property to purchase.
For more information on the
Down Payment Assistance Program,
call the Salem Finance Office at
1-888-870-9051 or 503-304-4064. The
staff consists of Dave Litchy, finance
manager, and
Bunni
Snook,
administrative assistant. Applications
are available at the Salem Finance
Office, the Housing Authority Office at
Siletz, or at any area office.
January 2002
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For more information, contact the 1RS at 1-800-829-3676 or visit www.irs.gov. ।
Walt’s Words of Wit and Wisdom
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way, then the other. After he had
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Coyote used in the making of
with a plan. He would put
the mouths.