NCAI

Welfare Reform Impacts on Tribal Social Services:
A National Forum
Thursday, April 23^rd, 1998
DoubleTree Hotel Lloyd Center, Portland, Oregon

Agenda

8:00 a.m. Registration No Cost Sign-In / Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. Invocation Raymond T. Burke (Wish Lau Tu La'tin), Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

Welcome Honorable W. Ron Allen, President, National Congress of American Indians

Temporary Services and Safety-Net Programs ~ A Synopsis of Welfare Reform Issues In Indian Country

Moderator: Dr. Eddie Brown, Director, Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies, Associate Dean for Community Affairs, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Panel 1 ~ Housing and Transportation

Impacts on Housing

• Jacqueline Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Native American Programs, Department of Housing and       Urban Development
• Leroy Bingham, President, Tribal Planning Services

Transportation Services

• Robert McKay, Chairman, Cal/Trans Native American Advisory Committee, State of California Department of Transportation
• Everet Waller, Chairman, Inter-Tribal Transportation Association

Panel 2 ~ Addictions, Dependencies and Violence

Alcohol and Substance Abuse / Domestic Violence

• Dr. Marlene Echohawk, Director, Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Programs, Indian Health Services, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
• Anna M. Latimer, Executive Director, National Association of Native American Children of Alcoholics

Suicide Prevention / Mental Health

• Dr. Art Martinez, Director, Mental Health Programs, Washoe Tribe of Nevada
• Dr. Virginia Sutter, President, Wyoming Indian Management Services

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch On Your Own

1:00 p.m. Panel 3 ~ Emergency Family Assistance and Health Care Needs

Emergency Assistance

• John Bushman, Director, Division of Tribal Services, Office of Community Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF)/DHHS
• Edie Adams, Child Welfare Specialist, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of Interior
• William Clark M.S., LPC, Deputy Executive Director of Human Services, Cherokee Nation
• Ron Andradi, Chairman, Los Angeles Commission on Indian Affairs

Impacts on Medicaid

• Bruce Greenstein / Sue Clain, Health Care Financing Administration, DHHS
• Mary Ann O'Neal, Chief, Mental Health and Social Services Programs, Indian Health Services/DHHS
• Ed Fox, Health Policy Analyst, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board

Panel 4 ~ Welfare of Children

Child Care

• Carmen Nazario, Associate Commissioner, Child Care Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, ACF/DHHS
• Janet Wise, Chairperson, National Indian Child Care Association
• Julie Quaid, Director, Early Childhood Education Department, Education Branch, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation

Child Abuse and Neglect

• Richard Acevedo, Manager, Indian Child Welfare Act, State Office for Services to Children and Families, Oregon Department of Human Resources
• Terry Cross, Executive Director, National Indian Child Welfare Association

Child Support and Enforcement

• Sarah Colleen Sotomish, Economic Services Administration, Department of Social and Human Services, State of Washington
• Honorable Mary T. Wynne, First Vice-President, National American Indian Court Judges Association
• Jim Olsen, Office of Child Support Enforcement, Minnesota Department of Human Services
  
  

Panel 5 ~ Welfare of Elders

Elder Abuse and Care

• M. Yvonne Jackson,Ph.D., Director, Office for American Indian, Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian Programs, Administration on Aging, DHHS
• Dave Baldridge, Executive Director, National Indian Council On Aging

Access to Health Care for Elders

• Rebecca Baca, Managed Care Consultant, National Indian Council On Aging
• Bruce Greenstein / Sue Clain, Health Care Financing Administration, DHHS
• Deborah Coteora, Policy Analyst, Office of Medical Assistance Programs, State of Oregon
  

4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks Dr. Eddie Brown, Assoc. Dean, Washington University, St. Louis