Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
December 7, 2016
Housing has help for homeless veterans
The Warm Springs Hous-
ing Authority has imple-
mented a new program to
help homeless veterans.
Jonathan Smith, the Resi-
dency Opportunity and Self
Sufficiency Coordinator at
Housing, is working with
veterans on this program.
Four veterans have been
helped so far, and there is
funding to help 16 more, he
said.
This program is made
possible by a Housing and
Urban Development grant
that came through last year.
Warm Springs was one of 26
tribes across Indian Country
to receive funding. “Our
goal is to end homelessness
among veterans,” Jonathan
says.
The program is available
to veterans who are home-
less, or at risk of becoming
homeless. The help is in the
form on rental assistance.
A participating veteran
finds a home of his choos-
ing, and then a monthly
voucher is provided, based
on the residence market
value.
Any veteran who is eli-
gible for Veterans Adminis-
tration services is eligible for
the Housing program.
Meanwhile, Housing is
starting a survey to deter-
mine an approximate num-
ber of veterans who are
homeless.
This is being done with
cooperation from the local
American Legion, VFW
and Ladies Auxiliary.
Native STAND
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Christmas Bazaar Friday
A Christmas Bazaar,
with baked goods and
handmade gift items, will
be this Friday, December
9, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
There will be Indian
tacos and more. The ba-
zaar will be at the Warm
Springs Presbyterian
Church. For more infor-
mation please call 541-
553-1237.
Community Christmas dinner
The Warm Springs Baptist
Church will host a Commu-
nity Christmas Dinner this
Saturday, December 10.
All are invited to enjoy this
free community holiday din-
ner, provided by the church.
You can reach the church,
located at 2230 Elliot
Heights, at 541-553-1267.
Dinner on Saturday will start
at 5 p.m.
Schools
Courtesy Scott Kalama/Prevention
Youth participants at the Native STAND conference at Kah-Nee-Ta.
Warm Springs Pre-
vention hosted the Na-
tive STAND—Students
Together Against Nega-
tive Decisions—at Kah-
Nee-Ta in November.
Scott Kalama and
Anita Davis from Preven-
tion were the facilitators.
The conference was in
partnership with Family
Preservation. The confer-
ence, for youth ages 12-18,
focused on goals and val-
ues; culture and traditions;
honoring diversity and re-
specting differences. Drug
and alcohol abuse prevention
were another area of focus.
During the three-day con-
ference, Prevention took the
STAND youth on field
trips around the reserva-
tion.
For more information
on Prevention, call Scott
or Anita at 541-553-
3205.
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Impact Aid replaces
this revenue discrepancy.
District finance of-
ficer Martha Bewley pro-
vided information on
spending and revenue.
One of the categories
was district expenditure
per student.
The Warm Springs
Academy figure is
$11,232 per year per stu-
dent. This was the high-
est among the district
schools, made possible in
part by a grant that pro-
vides more staffing at
the school.
For comparison, ex-
penditure at Buff El-
ementary is $7,756 per
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student per year, the in-
formation shows.
Public comment at the
Impact Aid hearing was
limited to three minutes
per person, as required by
policy.
This was a point of
contention at times. Dis-
trict board member Tom
Norton explained that he
was trying to conduct the
meeting according to the
established policy, with no
intention of limiting pub-
lic input.
There is a chance to
comment on Impact Aid
at the district website:
jcsd.k12.or.us. Com-
ments will be taken until
mid December.
Vets: If you can think of
it, We can get it done. No
job too big or too small.
Resolutions of Tribal Council
Scholarship
fund
Whereas the Tribal
Council has established the
Warm Springs Scholarship
Fund for the purpose of pro-
viding assistance to eligible
Tribal members in obtaining
a post secondary or voca-
tional education; and,
Whereas it is the stated
policy of Tribal Council that
the fund be managed with
the objective of being self-
sustaining; and,
Whereas the Tribal
Council has reviewed the
Warm Springs Scholarship
Fund and the amounts
needed to provide for schol-
arships for calendar year
2017; and,
Whereas the amount of
$430,000 recommended for
expenditure for the purpose
of providing post secondary
education, $223,000 is rec-
ommended for providing
post vocational education
scholarships including post
baccalaureate and distance
learning, and $47,000 for
Operational costs to support
the administration of the
Scholarship Program, for the
Calendar Year 2017; and,
Whereas the 2017 schol-
arship fund budget of
$700,000 is not recom-
mended by the investment
advisory committee to meet
the long term objective of
self-sustainability of the
fund and provides an ap-
proximate remaining life of
8 years. A self-sustaining
fund would utilize the inter-
est earnings only and not
draw from the principal.
Given the Scholarship fund’s
principal and the historical
interest earned an amount
of approximately $300,000
per year is recommended to
be managed with the objec-
tive of being self-sustaining;
now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the
Twenty-Seventh Tribal
Council of the Confeder-
ated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Or-
egon, pursuant to Ordi-
nance 26 and Article V, Sec-
tion 1 (f) of the Constitu-
tion and By-Laws as
amended, that an amount
not to exceed $700,000 is
hereby authorized for ex-
penditure from the Scholar-
ship Fund For calendar year
2017. ( R e s o l u t i o n n o.
12,252)
Senior
Pension
Whereas the Tribal
Council has established the
Warm Springs Senior Distri-
bution Fund for the purpose
of providing payments to
Tribal Members who have
attained the age of 60; and,
Whereas it is the stated
policy of the Tribal Council
that the fund be managed
with the objective of being
self-sustaining, however has
failed to do so in previous
years due distributions being
in excess of earnings; and,
Whereas the Tribal
Council has reviewed the Se-
nior Distribution Fund and
the estimated amounts
needed to provide for dis-
tribution payments in the fu-
ture; and,
Whereas the recom-
mended benefit payments
for calendar year 2017 be
$300 per month to all se-
niors reaching the age 60;
and,
Whereas the approxi-
mate amount of $1,774,800
is recommended for expen-
diture for the purpose of
providing such pension pay-
ments to approximately 493
Tribal Members for the cal-
endar year 2017; and,
Whereas the recom-
mended approximate expen-
diture of $1,774,800 from
the fund is not consistent
with the long term objectives
of the fund and is projected
to be fully expended during
2017 if new revenue is not
generated to sustain the pro-
gram; now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the
Twenty-Seventh Tribal
Council of the Confeder-
ated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Or-
egon, pursuant to Article V,
Section 1 (f) of the Tribal
Constitution and By-Laws as
amended, that an amount not
to exceed $1,774,800 is
hereby authorized for ex-
penditure from the Senior
Distribution Fund for calen-
dar year 2017. (Resolution no.
12,251)