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AUGUST 15, 2019
Public Notice Open For Comment
This is a Public Notice for Comment on the Grand Ronde Tribe’s
application for 2020 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
(LIHEAP) Funding. The Grand Ronde Tribe obtained a LIHEAP
grant last year from the Division of Energy Assistance within the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This grant pro-
gram assists income-eligible Tribal members with energy assistance
(utility bills, firewood, etc.), cooling assistance, crisis energy assis-
tance, and weatherization (e.g. furnace repair, caulking, insulation).
The Tribe’s LIHEAP service area includes Polk, Yamhill, Marion,
Multnomah, Washington, Tillamook and Clackamas counties. If
you are interested in obtaining services from the current program,
please contact Social Services at 800-242-8196 for energy assistance
and Tribal Housing at 503-879-2405 for weatherization.
The Tribe is taking public comment on the 2020 LIHEAP applica-
tion and plan and the associated policies, which are to be submitted
by Sept. 3, 2018. The latest draft will be available for review at
the Social Services Department at the Community Center starting
Aug. 16, 2019. It also will be available at Tribal Housing’s booth at
the Contest Powwow starting Aug. 16, 2019. You may also call the
Planning & Grants Development at 503-879-2250 with your com-
ments on the plan or to obtain more information about the plan.
Foundation seeking artist
fellowship applicants
The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, a regional individual artist
project, is offering a fellowship open to eligible, established American
Indian and Alaska Native artists of 10 years or more who want to mentor
an emerging American Indian or Alaska Native artist apprentice in either
traditional or contemporary visual arts for 15 months beginning April 1,
2020, and ending June 30, 2021.
Mentor Artist Fellowship is a $30,000 award distributed to the mentor
with $20,000 for the mentor, $5,000 for a joint art project and $5,000 to
fund the apprentice’s participation.
Deadline to apply for the fellowship is Sept. 30, 2019.
Apply at bit.ly/nacf-2019mentor or contact the Native Arts and Cultures
Foundation at 360-314-2421 in Vancouver, Wash.
It has been an honor to serve
our people on Tribal Council.
Notice of planned ICDBG application & Community
Development Statement Early Childhood Education
Building Addition Project
The Grand Ronde Tribal Council collected comments and sug-
gestions from the Tribal community regarding recent, current and
proposed ICDBG projects including at the June 12, 2019, Community
Input meeting. Tribal staff are proposing an ICDBG project that
provides: 1) An 850 sq. ft. classroom addition to the ECE Building
for the K-2 after school program; 2) A renovated classroom on the
adjacent wall to the addition as a new Early Head Start (EHS)
classroom (707 sq.ft.); 3) Renovation providing bathrooms and stor-
age space for both these classrooms; 4) A 270 sq. ft. addition to the
kitchen and 83 square feet of kitchen renovation for the Early Head
Start & Head Start programs; and 5) A 146 sq. ft. HS/ EHS office
area addition. The project funding includes $208,032 from this HUD
ICDBG request, $167,000 in local IHBG matching funds, $79,750
in Spirit Mountain Community Fund monies, $124,080 in Early
Head Start funding and $76,138 in Tribal funds. The Grand Ronde
Housing Department included this general project in the Tribe’s
Indian Housing Plan.
The Tribe has received expanded Early Head Start funding to cov-
er the operating cost for this additional EHS classroom. The added
building space will increase facility operation and maintenance costs
by an estimated $18,000 a year.
To comment on this application, please contact Kim Rogers, Plan-
ning & Grants manager, at 503-879-2250, kim.rogers@grandronde,
or mail them to him at 9615 Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR
97347. Comments should be provided by 8:30 a.m. Aug. 27, 2019.
Tribal Council also will collect comments by its Aug. 27, 2019, Leg-
islative Action Committee meeting and at its Aug. 28, 2019, 5 p.m.
Council meeting where they will consider authorizing this applica-
tion. The resulting application will be available for review.
NOTE: This ICDBG application is an amendment to the Tribe’s
2015 grant award when the Tribe applied to add preschool class-
room and kitchen space to the ECE Building to benefit the EHS
program. The Tribe would like to swap rooms so that the added
classroom (larger) is used by the K-2 program and the renovated
(smaller) classroom is used by EHS (which has class-staff ratio
limits) and so that all the EHS rooms would be co-located while
K-2 would be on the wall nearest Youth Education where the rest
of the After School Program operates. The HUD review/approval
process for this change requires resubmittal of the Tribe’s appli-
cation in the way of requesting an amendment. [This proposed
amendment was specifically included in the materials (fliers,
banners and PowerPoint presentation) at the June 12, 2019,
Community Input meeting.]
We must move forward with
integrity, courage and vision to
create a strong Grand Ronde
future rooted in our culture.
We have learned from the
mistakes of the past while not
allowing fear of them to blind
us to new opportunities.
I humbly ask for your vote to
continue serving our people.
Hayu masi.
10th Annual End Of The
DATE: Aug. 30, 2019
WHERE: Tribal Housing, covered
basketball court
- More accountable Tribal Council. We put the people first by
treating all tribal members and families fairly.
Summer Community BBQ Bash &
Movie Night
TIMES: BBQ at 6:30 p.m.
Raffle prizes at 7:30 p.m.
Movie at dusk
We will provide the hamburgers and hot
- Diversification of economic development while revitalizing
our casino benefits all tribal members.
- In enrollment matters we applying our tribal law
consistently and making members’ entire file available for
review.
- Free Press to inform tribal members without influence from
Tribal Council. When we have nothing to hide, there is no
need to fear a Free Press.
dogs , watermelon, and chips. You all
bring your favorite side dishes,
NON
SMOKING
EVENT
Family Costume Contest
7 p.m.
Rules: dress up like a charac-
ter off the Movie Dumbo,
(hint: a clown, ringmaster,
circus animals Dumbo, etc.)
1st prize: family prize
2nd & 3rd prize movie tickets,
gas card and regal gift cards
Thank you for respecting our Grand Ronde Community & Culture by not displaying
gang affiliation and by not bringing drugs, alcohol, or weapons to this event
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