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March 15th, 2022 - Tribal Sponsorship Program

Tribal Sponsorship Program

We are accepting applications for ALL of the Tribal Sponsorship programs until 5:00pm on Saturday April 30th.  Any completed applications received before this deadline will be reimbursed.  Any applications received after this date will NOT be funded.  IF you have already received this funding you are not eligible.

The Tribal Sponsorship Program is offered to aid Tribal members in accessing reimbursement funding to address the following needs: Emergency Preparedness and Energy Generation, Health and Fitness, Healthy Foods, and Technology. Tribal Sponsorship can be used on items like emergency meal kits, portable power stations, generators, batteries, emergency survival backpacks, water filtration systems, solar equipment, etc. Applicants will need to provide copies of receipts with the application verifying the purchase you will be requesting reimbursement for. This program is a limited duration program and will end once the funding has been exhausted.

If you owe a debt from any of the COVID-19 programs offered in 2021 you are NOT eligible to apply.

Reimbursable Categories (household is defined as one per physical address)

  • Emergency Preparedness and Energy Generation - $300 per household, CTGR member applicant must be 18 or older.
  • Healthy Foods - $300 per household, CTGR member applicant must be 18 or older.
  • Health and Fitness - $300 per CTGR member. 
  • Technology - is a one-time allowance. If you have received previously received the technology funding you are NOT eligible to receive it again.
    • $500 CTGR Elder
    • $500 CTGR member student
    • $200 CTGR member non elder and non-student 

 

Childcare Reimbursement Program

The Tribe has allocated funding to assist families with the high cost of childcare. This is a partial reimbursement program through the Social Services Department.

  • This is a first come first serve program.
  • Full applications and supporting documents must be received to process the application.
  •  Approved applicants will receive the reimbursement September 1 through August 31 of the current year.
  • Each household will receive up to a $100 monthly reimbursement per eligible child.
  • Social Services will maintain a waiting list based on date/time of application in the event that approved applicants become ineligible at any point during the current application year.

Learn more about the eligibility and application requirements and download the application here.

Funeral Assistance Program

FEMA is providing financial assistance for COVID- 19-related funeral expenses incurred after January 20, 2020.

More information is available here

COVID-19 Relief Payment Program

The Tribe’s COVID-19 Relief Payment Program was created on April 23, 2020 by Tribal Council to assist eligible Tribal members with the unexpected costs of COVID-19. The Tribe’s COVID-19 Relief Payment Program has ended and there are no current plans for renewal.

PROGRAM UPDATES

October 16, 2020: The Tribe has discovered a number of COVID-19 Relief Payment Applications that had been received by the deadline but not logged into the system. We are working as quickly as possible to get those payments processed and out today. Please be patient with us and thank you for understanding.

August 18, 2020: Tribal Council has heard the needs and concerns of the members and made the decision to extend assistance under the COVID-19 Payment Relief Program for three more months. The payments will use CARES Act funding to provide three additional $600.00 monthly payments to enrolled Grand Ronde Tribal members over the age of 18 who have a demonstrated need. The Tribe’s COVID-19 Payment Relief Program will have provided $4,400.00 to Tribal members since its creation in March with the goal of helping them ease the financial burden surrounding the pandemic and helping them provide essential needs for their families. Additional information to come.

July 15, 2020: Following the Tribe's adopting and implementation of the COVID-19 Relief Payment Program, the US Department of Treasury issued new guidelines related to the program. The new guidance requires that each Tribal member must complete an application for the program.

May 27, 2020: Tribal Council has directed the Finance Department and the Executive Staff to prepare a supplemental budget that would allow the Tribe to extend assistance to Tribal Members under the COVID-19 Payment Relief Program. The supplemental budget will use 8.1 million dollars from the Tribe’s CARES Act funding from the Department of. Treasury and will allow the Tribe to distribute three, $600.00 payments to adult Tribal Members. There will be one payment at the end of June, one payment at the end of July and one payment at the end of August. The budget will be posted in the coming days.

MAY 7, 2020: Tribal Council has authorized staff to proceed with a supplemental budget for 1.9 million dollars.  If approved, these funds will do two things. First, it will allow the Tribe to distribute an additional $400.00 to adult Tribal Members under the Tribe’s COVID-19 Payment Relief Program; a program aimed at protecting the social and economic well-being of our members during the COVID-19 crisis. Second, it will add $100,000.00 to the Emergency Assistance program administered by Social Services. The supplemental budget will be voted on at a special Tribal Council meeting on May 21.

March 18th, 2020: The Tribe passed Resolution No. 101-20 declaring a state of emergency due to the recent COVID-19 outbreak in the United States and the State of Oregon. This outbreak threatens the safety and well-being of the Tribe and our members and Tribal Council must act to protect the social and economic well-being of Tribal members. Tribal Council has established the COVID-19 Relief Payment Program for Tribal Members. The purpose of the Program is to establish a general welfare payment to Tribal Members which will help offset the financial impacts to members from the COVID-19 pandemic.