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
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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-
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The winning logo artist will receive a
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Please submit your artwork to the
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P.O. Box 549, Siletz, OR 97380-0549.
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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.