General Welfare Exclusion Housing
Rehabilitation Program
Formerly Over-Income Rehabilitation Grant
The Over-Income Rehabilitation Construction program funds over-income families
with a $10,000 grant for construction rehabilitation on the primary residence they own.
The over-income grant is for eligible applicants and is limited to one grant per
person/address/household. If you have already received a General Welfare Exclusion
Housing Rehabilitation Grant, you are not eligible to apply.
If you have received services through the following programs, you are not eligible
to apply for the General Welfare Exclusion Housing Rehabilitation Grant for five
years: NAHASDA Rehabilitation Program, NAHASDA Elders Replacement Program,
NAHASDA Rehabilitation Program for Elder Tribal Members, NAHASDA Rehabilita-
tion Program for Disabled Tribal Members, and HIP Program.
Rehabilitation refers to repairs or renovations to the home, but does not include
appliances, saunas, hot tubs, swimming pools, driveways, fences, etc.
Over-income refers to Tribal members whose income exceeds the income limits set
by the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA).
These are listed below:
1
$54,768
2
$62,592
3
$70,416
Base 4
$78,240
5
$84,499
6
$90,758
7
8
$97,018 $103,277
Applications, including proof of current annual income, enrollment and proof of
homeownership with the Tribal member’s name on it, must be submitted to the Housing
office by Wednesday; July 31, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. Applications received after that date
and time will not be accepted by the Siletz Tribal Housing Department.
Qualified applicants will be placed in the lottery drawing, which will be held dur-
ing August on a date approved by the Tribal Council.
If you would like an application or have any questions, please call Jeanette Mason
at 800-922-1399, ext. 1316, or 541-444-8316; or email jeanettem@ctsi.nsn.us.
PRC process for getting hearing aids
Purchased/Referred Care (PRC) has collaborated with Costco Hearing Aid
Centers to purchase hearing aids for Siletz Tribal members regardless of where
the referral is made for a hearing evaluation. Purchasing hearings aids at Costco
will stretch PRC funding, allowing for more services that will benefit you and all
Siletz Tribal members. Once you have your hearing evaluation and referral for
hearing aids, you’ll need to make a request for the Gatekeeping Review Commit-
tee to approve the first pair. Once approved, you will be sent an approval letter and
a copy of the protocol for purchasing hearing aids, which can be purchased every
three years. Contact PRC at 541-444-9677 for more information.
Pequot Prescription Reimbursements
If you have paid out of pocket for
your prescriptions, Pequot can reim-
burse you up to $500 for the calendar
year. Please do not wait until the end of
the year to send in receipts as there is
no guarantee how far back Pequot will
do reimbursements.
To start the process for reimburse-
ment, please send in your receipts
quarterly to Purchase and Referred Care
(PRC) via mail or email. It takes 4-8
weeks to receive Pequot reimbursements.
Purchased/Referred Care
Email: siletzprc@ctsi.nsn.us
Website: www.ctsi.nsn.us
P.O. BOX 320 Siletz, OR 97380
Local: 541-444-9677
Fax: 541-444-9645
If you would like to mail them
yourself and avoid the PRC middle-
man, please email Selina Rilatos via
selinar@ctsi.nsn.us to receive a Pequot
reimbursement form by email or mail.
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infrastructure. With other critical issues,
such as the high rate of Missing and Mur-
dered Indigenous Women, environmental
protections and economic development in
the balance, Native voices need to be heard
at every level of government.
One hundred years ago on June 2,
the U.S. government unilaterally extended
U.S. citizenship to American Indians with
the passage of the Indian Citizenship Act.
As dual citizens of their Tribal nations and
the United States, members of federally
recognized Tribes have the right to reg-
ister and participate in both non-Tribal
(federal, state and local) elections and
Tribal elections to decide who should
represent them.
“Native people were often deterred
from exercising that right and continu-
ally litigated for that right to be honored.
Only in 1958, 38 years after the Indian
Citizenship Act, did Native voters par-
ticipate in elections in all 50 states,” said
Cheryl Crazy Bull, president and CEO of
the College Fund. “By voting in Tribal,
local, state and national elections, Native
people exercise their legal right to vote
and honor the ancestors that fought for it,
while ensuring we have a say in our futures
as Native people and sovereign nations.”
To make Native voices heard and exer-
cise the right to vote, every Native citizen
must register to do so in their state of
permanent residence. The College Fund’s
Make Native Voices Heard webpage
shares information on how to register to
vote in every state at https://collegefund.
org/vote/register/.
As part of the campaign, the College
Fund will also share information about
how to make a voting plan and how voting
impacts Native communities in big ways.
Native students; Tribal college presidents,
faculty and staff; and others are also
invited to share their reasons for voting
and voting plans in blogs and videos at
https://collegefund.org/vote/.
The College Fund also offers $500
awards to TCU students who are leading
voter education events.
For more information on how to
submit a blog or video, grants for voter
education events and to follow the cam-
paign, visit https://collegefund.org/vote/
or follow the College Fund on Facebook at
American Indian College Fund and Native
Pathways. The campaign will run through
early November.
munity and Tribal college support.
It also supports a variety of academic
and support programs at the nation’s 35
accredited Tribal colleges and universities,
which are located on or near Indian reser-
vations, ensuring students have the tools
to graduate and succeed in their careers.
The College Fund consistently
receives top ratings from independent
charity evaluators and is one of the nation’s
top 100 charities named to the Better
Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance.
For more information, please visit
www.collegefund.org.
About the College Fund
The American Indian College Fund
has been the nation’s largest charity sup-
porting Native higher education for 34
years. It believes “Education is the answer”
and provided $17.4 million in scholarships
and other direct student support to Ameri-
can Indian students in 2022-23.
Since its founding in 1989, the Col-
lege Fund has provided more than $319
million in scholarships, programs, com-
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