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JANUARY 1989
THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE
GRAND RONDE COMMUNITY i OF OREGON
COUNCIL CONSIDERS
BURIAL INSURANCE FOR
MEMBERS
The Grand Rondc Tribal Council has begun reviewing
proposals for establishng a burial insurance policy for
tribal members.
Besides looking at proposals from insurance companies,
the Council is considering the feasibility of self insur
ance. The policy benefit has not been determined, but
would be paid for with tribal timber revenues.
The Council will also be formulating guidelines on
burial standards. Carrying out the guidelines set for the
insurance policy would be the tribal Cemetery Commit
tee. The Council hopes to have a policy into place within the
next few months.
REAGAN SIGNS INDIAN
HEALTH CARE ACT
President Reagan signed into law the 1988 Indian
Health Care Improvement Act Amendments on Novem
ber 23, 1988. The Amendments include important
changes for health programs.
The Act includes a new Indian Health Care Improve
ment Fund, which will be targeted to tribes with the
greatest resource deficiences.
"The Act creates an Indian Health Professions Scholar
ship Program in which Native American participants
would repay the grant by employment with a tribal
organization. The Program is aimed at increasing the
number of Native Americans in Health related fields.
The Act also includes new policies for health facilities
and sanitation construction, allows third-party reim
bursements directly to health contractors, and estab
lishes urban Indian health care programs as a perma
nent part of the Indian Health Service.
TRIBE LEASES KEIZER FACILITY
Facility will be used for an American
Indian Youth Residential Treatment
Center.
The Grand Ronde Tribes signed a six month lease
agreement with Southwestern Washington Hospitals
Incorporated, for the former TurnAround Treatment
Center in Keizer, Oregon.
The Tribes will use the building to operate the Ameri
can Indian Residential Treatment Center which will
provide services to Indian youth assessed to be needing
substance abuse treatment.
The Center, scheduled to open in January 1989, will
serve about 42 youth who reside within the Portland
Area of the Indian Health Services, which includes the
states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
The Tribe decided to set up a youth residential program
after formulating a Tribal Action Plan on Alcohol and
Substance Abuse. The planning process identified the
need for a Youth Residential Treatment program,
according to Health Director Cheryle Kennedy.
From then on, things just seemed to fall into place, said
Kennedy. The TurnAround Center became available,
and the Tribe worked to get federal and state funds that
were set aside for drug and alcohol abuse, she said.
A director for the program is expected to be hired in
late December. At full capacity the Center will employ
25, including administrative and maintenance staff,
cooks, counselors, and teachers.
The Tribe expects to purchase the facility before the end
of the six month lease agreement. Also within six
months, the Tribe plans to transfer the Treatment
Center over to a board of directors who will oversee its
operation. The Tribe would retain ownership of the
facility. .
The building, owned by Southwest Washington Hospi
tals Incorporated, has headquarters in Vancouver,
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Washington and operate a chain of hospitals and adult
and youth alcohol drug centers. The facility is three
years old and built primarily as a residential treatment
center.
The treatment center will add to the Tribe's other
alcohol and drug services which include an Out-Patient
Prevention-Education Alcohol Program; and a Rehabili
tation Aftercare Alcohol Program.
An Open House at the facility is scheduled for January
21, from 10 - 5 p.m. The facility is located at 5119 River
Road N in Keizer.
AMERICAN INDIAN RESIDENTIAL
TREATMENT CENTER
OPEN HOUSE
JANUARY 21 ,1989
5119 RIVER ROADN.
KEIZER, OREGON
10 -5 P.M.
INSIDE:
Chairman's Report p. 2
Honoring Our Warriors p. 3
Handling Stess p. 4
Job Training Programs p. 5
Planning For Higher Ed p. 6
The Effects of Marijuana p. 9
Confederated Tribes of the
Grand Ronde Community of Oregon
Post Office Box 38
Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347
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