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Gagliardo said foster care parents
for tribal member children are
needed right now.
"We have a good foster care pro
gram," said Gagliardo. "Basically, we
recruit certified Native foster care
homes and even non-Native homes
if they have certain ties to the Tribe.
We do the placements. When a child
is removed from a family, the foster
care coordinator will make a place
ment in one of those homes or refer
rals to treatment centers.
"Unfortunately, we need more fos
ter care homes," said Gagliardo.
"We're hurting."
The department's domestic violence
component works with victims of do
mestic violence to get them out of
harm's way and keep them away.
"The program will assist the client
to get out of the home," said Gagli
ardo. "Next, staff will work with the
client to develop a safety plan then
get a restraining order from one of
the courts. We will then provide ser
vices to that person to keep them safe.
So, we kind of cushion that a little
bit. We make it easier for them to
stay away."
Part of the domestic violence pro
gram is a new batterer's treatment
component. The emphasis is on
reaching both sides of the domestic
violence issue.
"We have now developed a batter
er's treatment program," said
Gagliardo. "It is going real well. We
made it through the first month, this
u the second month. This is a six
month long program and it is very
intensive. We are using a lot of the
materials that most of the well
known state' places are using."
Gagliardo said he thinks the pro
gram will be a success because it cre
ates solutions.
Much of the program's success de
pends on a healthy relationship with
the state social service workers who
also interact with tribal member
families.
In the past, Gagliardo said there
had been some acrimony between the
state and certain tribes in the social
and community services realm. He
said the Grand Ronde Tribe's Social
Services department has now as
sumed a leadership role among other
tribes and has improved the profes
sional relationship with the state
workers as well.
"There is a good partnership right
now between the state and the Tribe,"
said Gagliardo. "We've had to work
real hard over the past few years to
get that going. We are leading the
way for other Tribes. Grand Ronde
is really taking a huge step and other
tribes are watching us and falling in
line with what we are doing."
Gagliardo said many tribes contact
Grand Ronde to consult with depart
ment staff on how to handle their
own cases.
"I think we were consistent with
what we wanted," said Gagliardo of
improved relations with the state and
SOCIAL SERVICES
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We are leading the way
for other Tribes. Grand
Ronde is really taking a huge
step and other tribes are
watching us and falling in
line with what we are doing.
Anthony Gagliardo
Social Services Manager
other tribes. "We just keep working
at maintaining that line of commu
nication. Now, when we leave a
meeting with the state, even if we
disagree we don't cut communication.
We go back and the state is starting
to do the same thing. We're not will
ing to give up all the services and
the rights of the children just because
of an argument or a disagreement.
We'll figure out a way and we usu
ally do come out somewhere in the
middle."
Gagliardo said it is the goal of the
department to try and learn to walk
in both worlds the Native culture
and the dominant culture.
"Right," said Gagliardo. "We want
a working relationship for both us
and them (the state)."
Maybe the most important part of
what the department does now for
tribal members in tough situations
is provide life skills training.
According to Gagliardo, social ser
vices programs can be well intended,
but still miss the mark in helping cli
ents who need more basic social skills.
"Maybe this person doesn't know
how to ask for a job, maybe this per
son doesn't know how to fill out a re
sume," said Gagliardo. "We're start
ing out with the basics. We have cre
ated a life skills program that is the
first place a client will start once the
case manager determines which pro
gram to get them involved in. That
could be employment, it could be wel
fare and work, general assistance,
mental health, alcohol and drug or
whatever we have out there. They
will go through this life skills class
and pickup the skills necessary to get
involved with those programs. So,
now the person, hopefully, has built
a little self-esteem and now they are
ready to work with the program."
The life skills program will focus on
personal growth, stress management,
job readiness, building self-esteem
and personal finance.
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