NEW SERVICES AVAILABLE
Mental Health Services & Life Alert
Mental Health Services
What services are available?
• Counseling Services – individual or
family
• Psychiatry Services
• Prior to making an appointment with
a provider – confirm the provider will
accept PRC as payment.
• Benefits are limited, first-come, first-
served.
What you need to know:
• Psychology Services
Up to 8-visits annually (more if medi-
cally necessary)
Who’s eligible?
• Siletz Tribal members eligible for
Purchased/Referred Care (PRC),
formerly Contract Health Services
(CHS)
How do I get benefits?
• Call PRC at 800-628-5720 or 541-
444-9648 to speak with Rhonda
Attridge, PRC Tech I.
• After calling PRC for benefits, the
patient will receive a letter with pro-
gram details. The letter also provides
information that the patient can give
to their provider for payment process-
ing information.
• You will not be required to use other
resources first. This will allow you to
go to a provider who does not accept
Oregon Health Plan/Medicaid or your
private insurance.
Life Alert
Please contact your local community
After-hours crisis line now available at
541-444-8286 or 800-600-5599
Because mental health and relapse
crises do not always happen during busi-
ness hours, Siletz Behavioral Health has
arranged a collaboration with an after-
hours crisis line called Lines for Life.
On weekends and during the weekday
hours of 5 p.m. to 8 a.m., the number to the
Behavioral Health front desk is forwarded
to Lines for Life, where you will be con-
nected with a live mental health counselor.
The counselor will do everything he/she
can to help de-escalate, advise and support.
Of course, if there is an emergency
and you fear that you or someone else is
in imminent danger, please call 911. That’s
always the fastest way to get help.
Are you an unpaid caregiver for an elder with
memory loss and thinking problems? If so,
please join us for this free, six-week program
that provides strategies, skills and group support
for family members who care for loved ones
living with Alzheimer’s disease or another
dementia.
Where:
Training will be done via
Zoom
When:
Tuesdays, May 5 – June 9
from 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Who:
This program is for Native
and non-Native family
caregivers of persons living
with a type of dementia or
memory loss
For more information or to register, contact Suzy Deeds, family caregiver
support specialist, at 503-304-3429 or suzy.deeds@nwsds.org. Once you
are registered, you will be given a password to use with this Zoom link –
https://nwsds.zoom.us/j/97491883438. To join by phone, please call toll-
free 877-369-0926 and follow the prompts to enter the meeting ID –
974 9188 3438.
Siletz News
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May 2020
Steps to get Life Alert:
• Contact your local CHA –
• The CHA will determine if you meet
the criteria for Life Alert (examples:
live alone, health condition, etc.)
• The CHA will assist you in applying
for Life Alert at no cost through com-
munity options. If you do not qualify
for Life Alert at no cost, the Siletz
Community Health Clinic will cover
the cost.
You can reach the community health
advocates at:
• Siletz – Amy Garrett or Hannah
Glaser at 541-444-1030
• Salem – Cecilia Tolentino at 503-
390-9494
• Eugene – Adrienne Crooks at 541-
484-4234
• Portland – Verdene McGuire at 503-
238-1512
Siletz Tribal Behavioral Health Programs
Prevention, Outpatient Treatment, and Women’s and Men’s
Transitional Living Center
Siletz: 800-600-5599 or
541-444-8286
Eugene: 541-484-4234
Salem: 503-390-9494
Portland: 503-238-1512
Narcotics Anonymous Toll-Free
Help Line – 877-233-4287
For information on Alcoholics
Anonymous: aa-oregon.org
Afterwards, this information can be
shared with our mental health counselor
so follow-up care can be provided.
Savvy Caregiver in Indian Country
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health advocate (CHA) if you think
you or another Tribal elder could
benefit from Life Alert.
• Eligibility Criteria:
• Enrolled Tribal member eligible
for PRC
• Work with CHA to determine need
and apply for local services
Poster contest
entries due by
June 30, 2020
3 age groups:
5-10, 11-13,
14-18