Cape Perpetua receives grant to help
support transportation for field trips
YACHATS, Ore. – The Cape Per-
petua Scenic Area has long been a favorite
destination for school field trips. Tight
budgets, however, sometimes make trans-
porting students to the coast unaffordable.
A recently received grant now will
make it possible for Cape Perpetua staff to
ease transportation burdens for field trips.
The National Park Foundation
awarded Cape Perpetua $5,500 to offset
the transportation costs of schools sending
children to the scenic area for field trips.
The Open OutDoors for Kids grant pro-
gram is part of the White House’s Every
Kid in a Park initiative to connect youth
with nature through public lands.
Each year, about 40 school groups and
2,000 schoolchildren visit Cape Perpetua
on field trips.
To be eligible for transportation
funding, fourth-graders must participate
in the field trip. The Every Kid in a Park
program targets fourth-graders, giving
them free annual passes for public land
entrance or day-use fees.
To inquire about transportation assis-
tance, contact Cape Perpetua staff at
541-547-3289.
Every Kid in a Park passes available
Fourth-grade students can still pick
up a free pass, good for admission or day-
use fees at national parks, national forests
and other federal lands across the U.S. To
receive a free pass, fourth-graders must
obtain a paper voucher through the Every
Kid in a Park website and then exchange
the voucher for the pass at a participating
agency’s field office.
These passes can be obtained at Siuslaw
National Forest offices in Corvallis, Hebo
and Waldport, as well as the Cape Perpetua
Visitor Center in Yachats and the Oregon
Dunes Visitor Center in Reedsport.
For more information about the Every
Kid in a Park program, call 541-750-7000.
Courtesy photo
Thanks to the generous donation of $5,000 from the Siletz Tribal Charitable
Contribution Fund, the interior of the Tenas Illahee Child Care Center was
recently repainted. The children, staff and parents are deeply appreciative of
the donation, which covered the entire cost of having the interior completely
repainted. All of the classrooms and the hallway in the kitchen look brighter
and just nicer. Thanks again, Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund, for all
you do for our children, families and communities.
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that recognizes high quality education as
a prerequisite to success in today’s global
economy and Tribal government’s role in
building an educated and skilled Tribal
workforce by delivering world class and
culturally appropriate education to Indian
Country’s children, youth and adults.
The requested $1.1 billion investment
in Indian education supports the BIE’s
multi-year transformation into a capacity
builder and service provider and includes
increased program investments totaling
$49.4 million to:
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Improve opportunities and outcomes
in the classroom
Expand multi-generational programs to
advance early childhood development
Provide improved educational instruc-
tional services and teacher quality
Promote enhanced language and cul-
ture programs
Enhance broadband and digital access
Support Tribal control of student
education
The investment continues the FY
2016 commitment with $138.3 million
in FY 2017 for education construction
programs to replace, repair and address
deferred maintenance needs at the BIE’s
183 elementary and secondary schools.
This funding will support the next BIE
replacement school construction list
expected early this year.
In continuing to recognize the impor-
tant role Tribal post-secondary institutions
play, the request includes an increase of
$2 million for the BIE-operated Haskell
Indian Nations University and the South-
western Indian Polytechnic Institute, and
an additional $500,000 for the two Tribal
technical colleges funded by BIE – United
Tribes Technical College and Navajo Tech-
nical University.
It also includes $6.8 million in pro-
gram increases for Tribally controlled,
post-secondary education scholarships
with a focus on recipients seeking degrees
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in science, technology, engineering and
mathematics.
To foster public-private partner-
ships to improve student experiences at
BIE-funded schools, the request pro-
poses appropriations language enabling
the secretary of the interior to activate
the National Foundation for American
Indian Education. The foundation’s mis-
sion will be to raise funds to create oppor-
tunities for Indian students in and out of
the classroom.
The request also includes an increase
of $3.6 million for Johnson-O’Malley
grants, which is funding primarily distrib-
uted by Tribes to non-BIE schools to sup-
port the education of their Indian students.
The FY 2017 budget request includes
an additional $2 million to support Tribal
youth participation in BIA programs that
focus on management of Tribal natural
resources through science, education and
cultural learning. These programs pro-
vide job opportunities, instill respect for
resources and engender an appreciation of
the important role that natural resources
play in Tribal cultures and economics.
The request will support approxi-
mately 60 new Tribal youth projects and
training programs throughout Indian
Country and supplement existing training
programs within the BIA’s forestry, water
and agricultural programs.
In addition, the president’s bud-
get includes other federal agencies
through Generation Indigenous that sup-
port educational outcomes and provide
wrap-around services to help address
barriers and provide opportunities for
Native youth.
These new investments will build on
current efforts to better coordinate ser-
vices for Native youth and demonstrate
results across the federal government.
have expressed concern about the need
to preserve Tribal communities by sup-
porting Indian family cohesiveness and
stability while also promoting safe Tribal
communities.
As part of his commitment to protect-
ing and promoting Indian families and
communities, the president’s FY 2017
budget request for the BIA supports Tribal
communities by investing $21 million in
program increases to support continued
expansion of the Tiwahe initiative.
Tiwahe, which means family in the
Lakota language, promotes a compre-
hensive, integrated and community-based
approach to support child welfare, family
stability and strengthening Tribal commu-
nities as a whole. The initiative requests
increases across human services, public
safety, courts and job training programs.
The initiative directly supports the
Generation Indigenous objective of
leveraging BIA programs in concert
with other federal programs to support
family and community stability and cul-
tural awareness.
The budget request includes $17.4
million over FY 2016 for BIA Human
Services programs, with increases of:
Supporting Indian families and
protecting Indian Country
To support family stability and to
promote public safety, the BIA’s Office of
Justice Services (BIA-OJS) works with
Tribal courts to address the underlying
causes of repeat offenses by making
Tribal communities often experience
disproportionate rates of poverty and a
lack of access to services. Tribal leaders
March 2016
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$12.3 million for social services to
provide additional resources to Tribes
and Tribal organizations to build and
enhance capacity within their social
services programs
$3.4 million for Indian Child Welfare
Act programs that work with social
services programs and courts to main-
tain the placement of children within
their Tribal community, where pos-
sible, to avoid the trauma of removal
$1.7 million to improve access to
suitable housing for Indian families
with children
mental health services, alternatives to
incarceration and other support services
more widely available.
In 2017, BIA-OJS will continue pilot
programs aimed at reducing recidivism at
five sites by 3 percent by Sept. 30, 2017.
The FY 2017 budget request invests
an additional $2.6 million for Tribal
courts. This funding will be used to ensure
the judicial branch of targeted Tribal pub-
lic safety systems can function effectively
to meet family and community needs
under the Tiwahe Initiative.
BIA-OJS also provides technical
assistance to Tribal governments seeking
to update their legal codes to better reflect
the Violence Against Women Act’s provi-
sions. These provisions provide stronger
protections and safety for vulnerable
populations and expand the jurisdiction
of Tribal law enforcement and justice
systems to address domestic violence in
Tribal communities.
The BIA also is implementing train-
ing for direct service law enforcement
program staff in the areas of law enforce-
ment, social services, victim servicees
and courts, as well as making it available
to Tribes operating these programs via
self-determination contracts and self-
governance compacts.
Tribal nation-building
The FY 2017 budget request supports
Tribal nation-building and self-determi-
nation by providing funding increases for
contract support costs and investing in
data for Tribal governments and federal
agencies to guide future funding.
The request continues the administra-
tion’s commitment to fully fund contract
support costs with an increase of $1 mil-
lion above the FY 2016 enacted level to
fully address requirements for 2017. The
budget also includes a legislative proposal
to fully fund BIA and Indian Health Ser-
vice contract support costs as mandatory
funding, beginning in 2018.
The FY 2017 budget request includes
an increase of $12 million for work with
