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Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians 2014 Community Meetings Return your Questionnaire to be eligible for a prize drawing! Comprehensive Plan ************************************** Eugene Community Meeting Jan.9,2014•5:30p.m. Eugene Area Office Refreshments Served Attention Siletz Tribal Members Have you turned in your Questionnaire yet? The deadline to turn it in to your local area office and be eligible for prize drawings is Feb. 3, 2014. ************************************** Siletz Community Meeting Jan.16,2014•5:30p.m. Tribal Community Center Refreshments Served Download it from the CTSI website: http:// www.ctsi.nsn.us/multnomah-falls-siletz-news- events/current-events or pick one up at an area office. Questionnaires also will be available at the upcoming Community Meetings in January. **************************************** Salem Community Meeting Jan.23,2014•5:30p.m. Salem Area Office Refreshments Served Questions? Call Dave Davis at 800-922-1399, ext. 8235, or 541-444-8235. ***************************************** Portland Community Meeting Jan.30,2014•5:30p.m. Portland Area Office Refreshments Served Questionnaires due: 02/03/14 emergency Housing Assistance opens Jan. 1, not available again until 2015 By Brett Lane, Admissions Specialist, Siletz Tribal Housing Department The Siletz Tribal Housing Depart- ment’s Emergency Housing Assistance (EHA) program will begin accepting applications Jan. 1. No applications will be accepted early. Applications are available through the Siletz Tribal Housing Department, the Tribal website and all area offices. This program is operated on a first- come, first-served basis. Only completed applications will be processed and served. If your application is not complete, funds will not be held for you. Once the funds are depleted, the pro- gram will close and will not reopen until the next funding cycle in January 2015. Service district is throughout all of the United States. • EHA can be used to enable a Tribal member/Tribal family to get into a permanent home if there is a situation of homelessness. Homeless is having no personal residence or if the person/ • • • 2014 Standing Committee Applications Due Deadline for consideration for committees is Jan. 31, 2014 Any Tribal member interested in serving on a committee for a two-year term must fill out the following form and return it to the address below prior to Jan. 31, 2014. Please mail or fax your application to Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, Attn: Executive Secretary to Tribal Council, P.O. Box 549, Siletz, OR 97380-0549; fax: 541-444-8325. • family is temporarily staying with someone else. EHA should not be used as a tool to move from one residence to another without good cause. EHA is available every three years, to the date. Your application will not be set aside until your date comes up and it will not be accepted if you apply early. Your application must be complete and you must comply with all stipu- lations of the program (income veri- fication, proof of Tribal enrollment, Social Security card copies and proof of household composition) before funds will be payable. If you are homeless and are approved for assistance, you will have 14 days CTSI Jobs in which to find a place to live, obtain a rental agreement and get informa- tion to STHD to process payment. • If you are facing eviction, you must have a signed 72-hour eviction notice from a landlord or rental property. • If you are facing foreclosure, you must have proper documentation from the mortgage lender in order to process. • Assistance cannot be provided to those already participating in Low Rent, Mutual Help and Rental Assis- tance programs. If you have any questions, please call me at 541-444-8317 or 800-922-1399, ext. 1317. Tribal employment information – ctsi.nsn.us. Name: __________________________________ Roll No: _______________ Natural Resource Committee Vacancy Address: _______________________________________________________ Term ending February 2015 City: ___________________________ State: __________ ZIP: ___________ Deadline for Consideration – Jan. 31, 2014 Telephone: Day ( ) ________________ Evening ( ) ___________________ If you only want to be considered for one committee, please indicate this by inserting the number 1 next to the committee of interest. If you have interest in more than one committee, please indicate by numbering your preference as 1 (first choice), 2 (second choice) and 3 (third choice). ____ Education Committee (3) ____ Natural Resources Committee (3) ____ Health Committee (3) ____ Cultural Heritage Committee (3) ____ Housing Committee (3) ____ Pow-Wow Committee (3) ____ Budget Committee (1) ____ Enrollment Committee (3) Committee appointments will be made at the Regular Tribal Council meeting in February 2014. If you have any questions, please call Tami Miner, executive secretary to Tribal Council, at 800-922-1399, ext. 1203, or 541-444-8203. Any Tribal member interested in filling the current vacancy on the Natural Resources Committee should fill out this form and return it to the address below prior to Jan. 31, 2014. Please mail or fax your application to Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, Attn: Executive Secretary to Tribal Council, P.O. Box 549, Siletz, OR 97380-0549; fax: 541-444-8325. Name: Roll No: Address: City: Telephone: Day ( State: ) ZIP: Evening ( January 2014 ) • SiletzNews • 3