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OCTOBER 15,2011
EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 2011
Changes to Social Services
Emergency Assistance
and Medical Gas Voucher Program
For all income criteria programs, wage verification for past 60 days
(wage stubs) will need to be submitted. If client has not worked for a
period of time, client will need to submit a printout from their State
Employment Office or printout from Oregon Self Sufficiency Office
as verification of income. Rentaldeposit or utility assistance may
be utilized only one time in a 24-month rolling calendar period and
is not to exceed the maximum contribution of $1,000 per household
within any 24-month rolling calendar period.
Medical Gas Vouchers
Social Services will not provide gas vouchers for medical appoint
ments, counseling or drug & alcohol treatment. The only exception to
this is for scheduled treatment plans, (i.e.: radiation, chemotherapy,
surgery, etc.) and has caused hardship on the family, medical gas
vouchers can be distributed to meet the need of the circumstances. A
copy of all scheduled treatment plans must be received before client
is eligible to receive this service. Assistance will end on the date of
the last treatment appointment.
For a complete copy of policy or questions, please contact Tammy
C. Garrison at 503-879-2077. B
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11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, according
to ATNI Conference Coordinator
Phillip Hillaire (Lummi).
The Grand Ronde Canoe Family
will drum and sing, welcoming pro
cession attendees from among some
2,500 attendees to the Convention
Center. A procession to follow will
walk up Naito Parkway, across the
Broadway Bridge and to the Con
vention Center.
In addition, on Tuesday night, a
culture presentation will be led by
Cowlitz Tribal Chairman Bill Iyall.
Drum groups have been invited
from the Southern Plateau Tribes,
the Umatillas, the Washat Nation,
the Makahs and Squaxin Island. In
addition, the Grand Ronde, Cowlitz
and Westshore canoe families have
been invited to perform.
Planners are expecting 150 ven
dors, both Native and non-Native,
including many well-known Native
artists.
A limited edition blanket designed
by Yakama Tribal artist Toma Villa,
woven by Portland-based Pendleton
Woolen Mills, will be for sale at the
conference with proceeds benefiting
ATNI's local planning efforts. The
blanket run is limited to 250.
Among the sessions slated for
the conference are ones discussing
food sovereignty in Indian Country
and the battles over treaty fishing
rights.
For Grand Ronde Tribal mem
bers, the conference cost can be
paid through the Tribe's Higher
Education Noncredit Program,
said Tribal member and Education
Specialist Bryan Langley.
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basket weaving class
Tribal Elder Connie Graves teaches a basket weaving class at 12:30 p.m.
Tuesdays in the Elders' Activity Center.
The class is open to the public.
For more information, contact Tribal Cultural Education Specialist Brian
Krehbiel at 503-879-4639 or brian.krehbielgrandronde.org. O
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