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appreciate it,” Rife adds. Rife, who remembers some of her current clients from when they were children at the former Grand Ronde Grade School, says that the 477 Employment and Vocational Rehabilitation Program is a support system for Tribal members and Native Americans in the seven-county service area (Marion, Polk, Yamhill, Tillamook, Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington). And, like any good supportive relative, staff members also will occasionally give a client encouragement to keep them …

for abused children; Marion-Polk Food Share of Salem, $20,523 to replace a truck to increase emergency food service capacity; Northwest Family Services of Portland, $50,000 for its enhanced Peer Court/Gang Prevention project; Oregon Justice Resource Center of Portland, $27,413 for its “Women in Prison” project; Portland Homeless Family Solutions, $20,000 for overnight shelter coordinators for homeless families with children; Salem Free Clinics, $34,500 to fund culturally competent care for uninsured …

," Kitzhaber said. "At the end of the day, we're having a real problem with service delivery." Kitzhaber added that pooling resources probably will be necessary because "no magic pot of money will suddenly appear. We have to do a better job of leveraging the resources that we have." Leno then switched to the Red Hills controversy in which the Warm Springs Tribe is attempting to purchase land near Lafayette in Yamhill County - smack dab in the middle of Grand Ronde's ceded lands - as part …

the community toward food self-sufficiency. Under the plan being considered, Food Share will bring its leadership skills and experience with food self-sufficiency to Grand Ronde to help create new possibilities for the local food bank. The partnership would be unique to both the Tribe and Food Share. And the local food bank and community gardens will participate. Marion-Polk Food Share supplies food to the Community Resource Center and 97 other partners in its service area. One goal for Food Share, said …

of Oregon in Portland for its Rockwood Youth Violence Prevention Initiative, $20,000; • Polk County Sheriff's Office in Dallas for Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Enhanced Law Enforcement, $225,000; • Portland Homeless Family Solutions for capacity building to support Portland's homeless families, $30,000; • Randall Children's Hospital Foundation in Portland for its Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program, $20,000; • Returning Veterans Project of Portland for its Service Expansion …

in March. Administrative Program Manager Joani Dugger reviewed the assistance programs administered by the Housing Authority, which include Down Payment Assistance grants, Medical Adaptation grants, Home Repair grants, Indian Health Service Water and Sanitation funding, Tenant Based Rental Assistance and Student Rental Assistance. Dugger said the Student Rental Assistance program is the largest that the Housing Authority administers, helping more than 450 Tribal students since 2006 in paying …

we can do it." Public Affairs Director Siobhan Taylor said that the Tribe wants to know, "What can we do for you?" Involved in the Friday meeting were representatives of the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service, Oregon State Parks, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Jackson County Board of Commissioners, Medford City Council, The Nature Conservancy and the Lomakatsi Restoration Project . From the Tribe, in addition to Leno …

employees who have worked at the Tribe for more than 30 years – Tresa Mercier and Gregg Leno – are both Tribal members. “There has been more of an emphasis on hiring Tribal members and giving them an opportunity to do the job,” Fullerton says. “I think Tribal members do want to work for the government and Tribal members in the service-based departments that we have really take pride in providing good services to the membership.” The growth in overall Tribal governmental employees from 316 in 2013 …

with a civil issue in the 48000 block of Dragonfly Drive. Thursday, April 19 Suspicious activity reported in the area of milepost 1 on Agency Creek Road. Illegal camping reported in the area of Service Road 302. Assist outside agency with a reported missing person in the 27000 block of Salmon River Highway. Criminal trespass reported in the 100 block of Wind River Drive. Male subject was arrested and transported to the Polk County Jail in Dallas. Suspicious vehicle reported in the area of Fort Hill …

on Salmon River Highway across from Jim’s Trading Post and is currently working toward opening his own three-bay auto repair shop – Grand Ronde Auto Repair – sometime in 2016. “We set up a ‘modified teepee’ on a concrete slab so I could work on one vehicle at a time,” Freeman says of his son, Andrew. Freeman is currently National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence-certified in five areas and will become a master technician after earning three more ASE certifications. “I’ve received …