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HUD, VA award $5.9 million to 26 Tribes to help homeless Indian veterans WASHINGTON – For the first time, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded $5.9 million in grants to 26 Tribes to offer a permanent home and supportive services to American Indian veterans who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness. The Tribal HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (Tribal HUD-VASH) Program is a demonstration program that will combine $5.9 million in rental assis- tance from HUD with case management and clinical services provided by VA to serve 500 American Indian veterans HUD Secret ar y Julián Castro announced the recipients in Tulsa, Okla., on Jan. 8 at the winter meeting of the Inter- Tribal Council of the Five Civilized Tribes. “By targeting resources directly to Tribes, we can better honor the service and sacrifice of Native American veterans who now need a roof over their heads,” said Castro. “These heroes deserve hope for a brighter future and by offering permanent housing solutions combined with needed services and case management, we can work with Tribes to end veteran homelessness.” HUD invited 30 eligible Tribes to seek Tribal HUD-VASH vouchers to help house and serve hundreds of American Indian veterans who are currently expe- riencing homelessness or at extreme risk of becoming homeless. Twenty-six Tribes, from Alaska to New Mexico, will deliver and manage the housing vouchers among their members who need them on Tribal lands. “Targeting HUD-VASH vouchers to veterans living on Tribal lands opens new opportunities for helping Native American veterans exit homelessness as quickly as possible” said Secretary of Vet- eran Affairs Robert McDonald. “We are Grants, continued from page 1 District/School/ESD Program Name Baker Technical Institute, Baker Technical Welding Proposal Baker School District 5J Award $330,930 Astoria School District Clatsop County CTE Center $305,469 David Douglas School District Project LAB (Learning Aligned with $390,745 Business Elgin School District Fabricating Quality Careers in Agriculture $378,426 Gaston Jr./Sr. High School Dream, Plan, Build Gaston $360,478 Harney School District #3 Harney Frontier Schools CTE Revitalization $368,382 Henley High School Revitalizing CTE in Klamath County $390,605 pleased that recent statutory changes to the HUD-VASH Program made it possible to award these vouchers for use within Indian Country, where Native American veterans have existing support systems that can be aided by those provided under the HUD-VASH Program to help the veterans remain stably housed.” Since 2008, more than 79,000 vouch- ers have been awarded and approximately 90,000 homeless veterans have been served through the broader HUD-VASH program. Rental assistance and supportive services provided through HUD-VASH are a critical resource for local communi- ties in ending homelessness among our nation’s veterans. In FY2015, Congress authorized funding for a demonstration program to expand the HUD-VASH program into Indian Country and directed HUD to coordinate with Indian Tribes, Tribally Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow Attention Siletz Tribal Artists Royalty Crown Proposals The 2016 Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow Committee is once again having a logo contest for the upcoming pow-wow in August 2016. The 2016 Pow-Wow Committee is now accepting proposals for 2016-2017 royalty crowns. Proposals are being accepted for Miss Siletz, Junior Miss Siletz and Little Miss Siletz. All Siletz Tribal artists are encour- aged to submit a pow-wow-themed logo. The winning logo artist will receive a cash prize of $250 and a professional banner with your logo. The winning artist will have his/ her logo highlighted on Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow flyers and merchandise. Hillsboro Manufacturing Training and $385,188 Hillsboro School District Learning Center La Grande School District, La Real Science Creating Real Industry $379,852 Grande High School Skills in CTE Malheur Educational School Treasure Valley Tech $488,432 District Please submit your artwork to the cultural education director’s office at the Siletz Tribal Community Center or mail it to Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, Attn: Pow-Wow Logo Contest, P.O. Box 549, Siletz, OR 97380-0549. McMinnville School District Protective Services Career Pathway Project $146,796 Heppner High School Morrow County Welding and Manufac- $390,745 turing Project All entries must be received no later than Feb. 29, 2016 Pendleton School District Pendleton Technology and Trade Center $390,745 Building the Hub of Entrepreneurship: Redmond High School Innovation and Ideation at Redmond $231,700 High School Roseburg High CTE Revitalization – Roseburg High School $358,909 Skills for the 21 st Century Sabin-Schellenberg Profes- Equitable Opportunities in Emerging $323,884 sional Technical Center Technology Scio High School Scio CTE Expansion $383,052 South Coast Educational South Coast Healthcare Pathway Program $418,488 School District Southern Oregon Educational Manufacturing by Design $488,432 School District St. Helens School District #502 Renovations and Remodeling $380,197 Sunset High School Sunset High School Engineering Pathway $325,642 Tigard-Tualatin School District Tigard-Tualatin Manufacturing CTE $385,215 Program of Study Waldport High School, Lin- Full S.T.E.A.M. Ahead $384,735 coln County School District College and Career-Ready: CTE Revi- $390,745 Willamina School District talization Grant Yamhill Carlton High School 16 • Siletz News • Yamhill Carlton Career Academy February 2016 $222,208 designated housing entities (TDHEs) and other appropriate Tribal organizations on the design of this program, and to ensure the effective delivery of housing assis- tance and supportive services to eligible American Indian veterans. The Tribal HUD-VASH Program will provide rental assistance and supportive ser- vices to American Indian veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness living on or near a reservation or other Indian areas. HUD willmake available $5.9 mil- lion in grant funding to Indian Tribes and TDHEs to fund rental assistance and associated administrative fees. Indian Tribes and TDHEs participating in this program will partner with VA to provide health care assistance to eligible American Indian veterans. More information about HUD and its programs is available on the Internet at hud.gov and espanol.hud.gov. Proposals for a crown are required to include art design, size of the crown and a bid for the crown or crowns of your interest. Proposals can be submitted for individual crowns, two crowns or you can submit a bid for all three crowns. Crown proposals must be turned in to the committee no later than Feb. 29, 2016. Proposals can be sent to Siletz Pow- Wow Committee, P.O. Box 549, Siletz, OR 97380-0549. If you have any questions, contact Buddy Lane at 800-922-1399 ext. 1230, or 541-444-8230. Funded Orthodontic Treatment Screening The 2016 Funded Orthodontic Treatment Program is fast approaching! If you are interested in applying, please contact the dental department at the Siletz Community Health Clinic to be placed on a list starting January 2016. The screening dates have not yet been set, but likely will be sometime in late spring 2016. The program and amount of accepted applicants will depend on funding for that year. Applicants are selected by case severity and are chosen based on motivation by the patient and parent, reliable transporta- tion and the oral hygiene of the patient, to name a few. The non-biased selection process is performed under the guidance of an orthodontic specialist and applicants are chosen through a committee. We want the best results possible for the patient and thus place emphasis on these items in order to achieve this. This program is open to all ages w h o a re S i l e t z Tribal members only. All applicants will be notified by mail if they have been chosen. Please contact the Siletz Dental Clinic at 541-444- 9681 or 800-648- 0449 if you have any questions.
