TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS
CHS Clarifies Current Priority Funding Level
Mission Statement: To ensure
services are available at the end of the
calendar year, Contract Health Services
(CHS) manages money by fluctuating
services to stay within the budgeted
level of funds. You may experience your
care being deferred due the level of
spending occurring in CHS.
Priority I: Emergent/Acutely
Urgent Care Services
Definition: Diagnostic or thera
peutic services that are necessary to
prevent the immediate death or serious
impairment of the health of the
individual, and which, because of the
threat to the life or health of the
individual, necessitate the use of the
most accessible health care available
and capable of furnishing such service.
Diagnosis and treatment of injuries or
medical conditions that, if left
untreated, would result in uncertain but
potentially grave outcomes.
Priority il: Preventive
Care Services
Definition: Primary health care that
is aimed at the prevention of disease or
disability. This includes services proven
effective in avoiding an occurrence
(primary prevention) and services
proven effective in mitigating the
consequences of an illness or condition
(secondary prevention). Level II
services are available at most IHS or
tribal facilities.
Priority III: Primary and
Secondary Care Services
Definition: Inpatient and outpatient
care services that involve the treatment
of prevalent illness or conditions that
have a significant impact on morbidity
and mortality. This involves treatment
for conditions that may be delayed
without progressive loss of function or
risk of life, limb, or senses. It includes
services that may not be available at
many IHS facilities and/or may require
specialty consultation.
Priority IV: Chronic Tertiary and
Extended Care Services
Definition: Inpatient and outpatient
care services that 1) are not essential
for initial/emergent diagnosis or
therapy, 2) have less impact on
mortality than morbidity, or 3) are high
cost, are elective, and often require
tertiary care facilities. These services
are not readily available from direct
care IHS or tribal facilities. Careful case
management by the CHS Gatekeeping
Review Committee is a requirement, as
is monitoring by the medical officer or
his/her designee. Depending on cost,
the referral may require concurrence by
the clinical/medical director.
The Siletz CHS program is
currently approving services at level II.
July USDA Distribution Dates
Siletz
Monday, July 7
Tuesday, July 8
Wednesday, July 9
Thursday, July 10
Friday, July 11
9a.m.-3 p.m.
9 a.m.-3 p.m.
9 a.m.-3p.m.
9 a.m.-3 p.m.
9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Salem
Monday, July 21
Tuesday, July 22
Wednesday, July 23
2 p.m.-7 p.m.
9 a.m.-7 p.m.
9 a.m.-5 p.m.
We would like to remind you of the
incentive gift certificates available to
those (clients as well as non-clients)
willing to prepare a
meal during our
distribution dates.
Feel free to ask
about how you can
receive a gift certif-
icate. Call 1 -800-922-1399, ext. 393, or
541-444-8393.
See you soon and have happy meals!
Indian Family Wellness Position Open
Interviewers: Hourly interviewer
for Indian Family Wellness Project
based in Siletz, Ore. Conduct struc
tured one-on-one interviews at office,
in participants’ homes, and by phone.
Requires three years of experience
working in Native American commu
nity, interviewing/working with fam
ilies, or two years of education beyond
high school related to position and one
year of related experience, or an equiv
alent combination of experience and
education. Requires computer literacy;
knowledge of laptop computers;
driver’s license, transportation, insur
ance, and residential telephone;
excellent verbal and written commu-
nication skills; ability to attend to a high
level of detail. Day travel to Salem, Port
land, and Eugene to collect information.
Preference given to applicants who
are enrolled Siletz Tribal members or
have documented Native American
heritage. Hours vary. Beginning pay
$8.88/hr; may be higher depending on
qualifications and experience. Job
description and application available
at <http://www.oslc.org>. Submit
application, letter of intent, and resume
by July 31,2003, by mail to Oregon
Social Learning Center, Attn: Mary P.,
160 E. 4th Ave., Eugene, OR 97401; by
fax 541-485-7087, Attn: Mary P.; or by
e-mail, maryp@oslc.org. EEOAA.
Volunteers
Needed for
Elders Woodcut
The Natural Resources
Committee is sponsoring an
elders woodcut at the
tribe’s South Fork
#2 firewood unit
on July 19 from
7 a jh . to 2 p jn.
Volunteers are
needed to cut,
split, load, and deliver firewood to tribal
elders. We particularly need people with
pickups (4x4 preferred) who are willing
to be matched up with elders in need of
wood, especially outside of the Siletz
area. We also need chainsaws and
splitting mauls. Even if you don’t have
any of these items, please come and
help provide a source of winter warmth
for tribal elders.
Elders who need wood for this winter
should contact either Kathryn Dick
at 541-444-8261 or 1-800-922-1399,
ext. 261, or Vai Hibdon at 541 -444-8233
or 1-800-922-1399, ext. 233, to get on
the list for wood from this event.
Anyone who can volunteer to deliver
wood using their own pickup also
should contact Kathryn or Vai to get
matched up with an elder.
Volunteers will meet at the tribal
administration building in Siletz at
6:30 a.m. to caravan up to the unit. For
anyone coming later than that,
directions to the unit are included
below. They also will be posted on the
administration building doors.
Directions to woodcut: From
Siletz travel east on Logsden Road to
Logsden. After crossing the bridge, take
a left on Moonshine Park Road and
travel 0.6 miles to Mill Creek Road
(gravel road on right). Take Mill Creek
Road to the first road to the right
(Cerine Creek Road). On Cerine Creek
Road, go past the yellow gate and travel
approximately 1.5 miles to a spur on
the left. This is the E600 Road. Take
the E600 Road uphill approximately
1 mile to the firewood unit (stay left at
the two spurs near the top). Signs will
be posted on the gravel roads.The E600
Road is a steep, narrow gravel road.
Drive with care.
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