The new face of Behavioral Health includes familiar and new programs
By Tina Retasket, Acting Behavioral
Health Program Administrator
Lots of changes are happening within
the Behavioral Health Department. When
the new clinic was built, a special wing
was created downstairs named Behavioral
Health. This wing has private access and
comes complete with meeting rooms,
offices and a waiting area for clients.
We are beginning to merge Alcohol
& Drug, Prevention, Mental Health, TLC
and the Office of Juvenile Justice Youth
Program (OJJDP) into one Behavioral
Health Department.
We are fortunate to have outpatient
counselors Zeb Payne and Delina John in
Siletz and Andulia WhiteElk in Salem/
Portland; mental health therapists Mary-
Beth Nickel in Siletz and our new thera-
pist, Rachel Adams, in Salem/Portland;
Dee Butler is our prevention specialist
trainee in Siletz; Wylie Stokes is the Men’s
TLC coordinator and his counterpart is
Jen Metcalf, the Women’s TLC coordina-
tor; Sharla Robinson is our OJJDP youth
development director; Jacob Reid is our
CTSI Jobs
Tribal employment information
is available at ctsi.nsn.us.
Note: “Open Until Filled” vacan-
cies may close at any time. The
Tribe’s Indian Preference policy will
apply. Tribal government will not
discriminate in selection because of
race, creed, age, sex, color, national
origin, physical handicap, mari-
tal status, politics, membership or
non-membership in an employee
organization.
CTSI constantly is looking
for temporary employees to cover
vacancy, vacations, maternity leave
and extended sick leave. If you are
looking for temporary work that can
last from 2-12 weeks, please submit
an application for the temp pool.
For more information about
the Siletz Tribe, please visit
ctsi.nsn.us.
new data coordinator/receptionist; and
Ashleigh Ramirez, who is on temporary
educational leave, is our service learning
coordinator with the OJJDP grant.
Currently, the Tribe is searching for
a Behavioral Health director to lead this
department. In the interim, I have been
asked to be the acting Behavioral Health
Program administrator on a temporary
basis and Janet Wicklund is providing
clinical supervision to the A&D staff on
a temporary basis until the Behavioral
Health director position has been filled.
The staff can provide a broad range
of services, from individual and family
outpatient therapy to a number of group
meetings. Addiction is a family issue, not
just an individual issue, so we attempt
to make services available for the entire
family – youth and adults.
With the implementation of the
Affordable Care Act, more people have
insurance than before and the wait time
for those interested in inpatient treatment
is much shorter. We continue to place cli-
ents in American Indian-based treatment
Dec. 28 • 5-7 p.m.
Siletz Tribal Community Center
Siletz Tribal members and their fam-
ilies are invited to come and learn how to
string dentalium. All ages are welcome.
Young people under age 10 need an adult
to accompany and assist them.
The Siletz Culture Department
will provide material and instructors.
If you have your own materials, please
bring them.
Contact: Bud Lane, budl@ctsi.nsn.
us; 541-444-8320 or 800-922-1399,
ext. 1320.
Sponsored by the Education and
Culture Departments
Our staff will help clients find a
suitable inpatient treatment program to
meet their needs. Those who seek out-
patient services can get them through
individual and/or family therapy sessions
and through attending a variety of group
meetings, such as a Step Group (work-
ing on the 12 steps of AA/NA), Relapse
Prevention groups, and Alcohol & Drug
education groups.
We even have a Girls Group to help
strengthen and support developing youth,
which currently meets on the first and
third Thursdays of the month.
Mary-Beth has been with the Tribe
for about a year providing mental health
services to individuals and families, youth
and adults. She has served more than
50 ongoing patients to date. She offers
a group meeting entitled Staying in the
Window to help people build skills for
coping and calming.
Recently, the Tribe was fortunate to
recruit Rachel as the mental health thera-
pist serving both the Salem and Portland
area offices. Rachel is just beginning to
assemble her client caseload, but she is
well-qualified to assist our Tribal member
clients in the area offices.
Dee and Sharla have been co-teaching
a 12-week prevention curriculum to sixth-,
seventh- and eighth-graders at the Siletz
Valley School. We are excited about the
prospect of planting seeds in the minds
of our youngsters and working toward
preventing them from reaching out to
alcohol, drugs, tobacco, etc.
Dee, Sharla and Rachel recently
participated with other staff in our very
successful annual Youth Conference.
We’re excited about all the changes
happening in the Behavioral Health
Department and want to make sure you
are aware of all the resources available
to you. Siletz area staff can be reached at
541-444-8286, and Andulia and Rachel
can be reached at 503-390-9494 (Salem)
or 503-238-1512 (Portland).
USDA distribution dates for December and bread recipe
Siletz
Thursday
Friday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Dec. 1
Dec. 2
Dec. 5
Dec. 6
Dec. 7
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Salem
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Dec. 12 1:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Dec. 13 9 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Dec. 14 9 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Dec. 15
9 – 11 a.m.
I posted this recipe on our Facebook
page, but I will put it here too because it’s
that good.
Cloud Bread with Tuna
Salad
3 eggs separated*
3 tablespoons cream cheese (room temp)
¼ teaspoon baking powder (or cream of
tartar)
Optional: 1 tablespoon honey or natural
sweetener, salt, garlic powder, rosemary
Culture Craft Night
Dentalium Stringing Class
centers, but other options are available for
those with insurance and clients can be
seen at other facilities.
Preheat oven to 300 F.
Separate eggs; there must be no yolk
in the white. In one bowl, mix together
the egg yolks, cream cheese and honey
until smooth.
In the second bowl, add ¼ teaspoon
baking powder to the whites and beat the
whites with the hand mixer on high speed
until they are fluffy, form a nice peak and
hold their peaks. Slowly fold the egg yolk
mixture into the egg whites and mix care-
fully. You don’t want to break the fluffiness
of the egg whites too much.
Do the following as quickly as pos-
sible or the mixture may start melting:
Spoon the mixture into 10-12 even rounds
onto a lightly greased baking sheet.
Sprinkle with rosemary or favorite spices
(I used dill) and put in the oven.
Bake for 18-20 minutes on the middle
rack. Then, broil for 1 minute or until
golden brown. Remove from oven and
let cool. Put a dollop of tuna salad in the
middle of each bread, roll it up and eat it.
*Indicates commodity foods used
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Siletz Tribal FDPIR.
Joyce Retherford, FDP Director
541-444-8393
Lisa Paul, FDP Clerk/Warehouseman
541-444-8279
2017 Standing Committees
Applications Due by Feb. 8, 2017
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 Feb. 8,
2017.
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: _______________________________ State: ___________ ZIP: ___________
Telephone: Day ( ) _______________________ Evening ( ) ____________________
If you only want to be considered for one committee, please indicate by insert-
ing the number 1 next to the committee of interest. If you have interest in more than
one committee, please indicate by numbering your preference, 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 (4)
____ Budget Committee (1)
____ Enrollment Committee (2)
Committee appointments will be made at the Regular Tribal Council meeting
in February 2017.
If you have any questions, please call Tami Miner, executive secretary to Tribal
Council, at 800-922-1399, ext. 1203, or 541-444-8203.
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