Seeking Siletz Tribal members to join the
Community Visioning Team
The Confederated Tribes of Siletz
Indians is launching a collaborative
community engagement process
to gather valuable input for the
next comprehensive plan. This
comprehensive plan is the official
document for guiding Tribal government
and leadership through decisions they
will make throughout the next 10 years.
We are seeking members to join the
Community Visioning Team (CVT) to
create the community engagement plan that will inform the comprehensive plan.
Responsibilities include:
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Attending up to 6 meetings over the next 6 months (either in person or virtual)
and associated tasks (the first meeting will be on Nov. 27, 2018, in the evening;
location TBD with call-in/video option)
Sharing your ideas and insights on how to engage the whole Tribal community
Sharing the activities and outcomes of the CVT with the membership
Holding the value of securing historical and future lifeways
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Our goal is to have broad representation of up to 30 people from throughout the
entire Tribal community – youth, elders, parents and more!
Interested in joining or recommending someone to the
Community Visioning Team?
Sign up below!
Write the name of the recommended CVT person here:
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What is their contact information (email and/or phone)?
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Why would this person be a remarkable member of the Community Visioning Team?
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What is your name?
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What is your contact information (email and/or phone)?
Nominate yourself or others by Oct. 12, 2018:
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Go to the Community Visioning Team website at https://tinyurl.com/2018CTSI
Complete a Nomination Form at your Tribal area office
Email Project Coordinator Shadiin Garcia at shadiin@thinkshorelines.com
Call Project Coordinator Jeneen Hartley at 612-250-9949
Siletz Clinic: No-show optometry patients
must use walk-in clinic
In the Siletz Clinic’s Optometry
Department, after one no-show patients
will not be able to schedule appoint-
ments for six months. Patients will
have access to our walk-in clinic on
the last Thursday of the month from
8:15 – 11:15 a.m.
Thursdays
Oct. 25
Nov. 29
Dec. 27
Patients will be seen on a first-
come, first-served basis.
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Please return this completed form to your Tribal area office or
submit to shadiin@thinkshorelines.com.
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Head Start nutrition is a concern for the entire community
By Nancy Ludwig, MS, RDN, LD, Head
Start Consulting Nutritionist
performance standards. Briefly the areas
include the following:
Did you know that Head Start has
nutritional goals? Head Start is also
required to have a nutrition consultant
with credentials as a registered dietitian/
nutritionist (RDN). I have been in that role
since 2012. I have also been providing
articles for Siletz News since 2013.
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Because children are cared for and
influenced by others, Head Start nutrition
is a community concern. The connec-
tion between our health and what we eat
also extends to the health of the entire
community.
My nutritional messages often relate
traditional foods with health. On a practi-
cal note, I usually include the concept of
nutritional equivalents to feature economi-
cal foods that are available in grocery stores
with preparation ideas for busy families.
This month my focus is on how Head Start
addresses child nutrition as well as how
you and your family can benefit.
The nutrition requirements are com-
municated in five areas, each of which has
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Identification of nutritional needs
Nutritional services
Meal service
Family assistance with nutrition
Food safety and sanitation
A variety of opportunities exist for
staff and parents to discuss and identify
each child’s nutritional needs. This can
include time during enrollment, a home
visit or other meetings with the staff.
It is important that parents share the
special nutritional and feeding require-
ments for children with disabilities and/
or food sensitivities. The child’s growth
(height and weight) are measured and
monitored. A registered dietitian (me) is
available to support families with nutri-
tional needs and concerns. This can hap-
pen at any time throughout the school year.
The nutrition program must serve a
variety of foods that consider cultural and
ethnic preferences and broaden the child’s
food experience along with meeting nutri-
tional needs and feeding requirements for
the children (including special needs).
October 2018
If you have concerns about this, please
contact the program or ask to speak to me.
In some cases, such as a food allergy,
a doctor may need to verify the unique
needs for your child before special
arrangements are made. For 3- to 5-year-
olds, the quantities and kinds of food
served must conform to the recommended
serving sizes and minimum standards
for meal patterns recommended in the
USDA meal pattern or nutrient standard
menu planning requirements outlined for
the program.
The foods served must be high in
nutrients and low in fat, sugar and salt.
Meals and snacks are appropriately sched-
uled and offered at consistent times.
Family-style meals are offered to
contribute to the development and social-
ization of each child through offering a
variety of foods at a table where children
serve themselves with sufficient time to
eat. Conversation is encouraged and food
is not to be used as reward or punishment.
Please ask your children about their
meals in school. These practices may work
well to apply at home.
Family assistance with nutrition
includes parent education activities and
opportunities for education on food
preparation and nutritional skills. Previ-
ously this goal was met through classroom
activities, family fun nights and/or parent
meetings with the nutritionist up to twice
per year.
Please express your interest if you would
like more hands-on nutrition activities with
a nutritionist. Articles in Siletz News are
another form of nutrition outreach.
Following food safety and sanitation
measures protects the health and safety of
everyone. Tribal health inspectors, as well as
the state, review and audit the program. Self-
inspections are also conducted quarterly.
Siletz Tribal Head Start offers nutri-
tional support at no cost to Head Start
families. This usually occurs over the
telephone. If you have questions or nutri-
tion concerns about your Head Start child,
please contact your teacher or the director
and ask to speak to the nutritionist.
Furthermore, please let us know if you
have concerns in any of the five nutrition
areas, such as how well you think Head
Start is able to meet the cultural and ethnic
needs for traditional foods.