Welfare Reform Update -- March 24, 1998
On Thursday, April 23, 1998, NCAI will host its second national welfare reform forum
at the Double Tree Hotel Lloyd Center in Portland, Oregon. This event titled Welfare
Reform Impacts on Tribal Social Services: A National Forum will feature federal,
state and tribal representatives addressing such topics as welfare reform's impacts on
tribal housing and transportation service needs, alcohol and substance abuse, domestic
violence, suicide prevention and mental health, emergency family assistance,
Medicaid/Medicare impacts, food stamps and commodities programs, child care, child support
and enforcement, child abuse and neglect and elder abuse and care. Once finalized, an
agenda for this event will be made available via NCAI broadcast fax and the NCAI Web Site.
NCAI's April welfare reform forum in Portland will immediately follow the 16th
Annual "Protecting Our Children" National American Indian Conference on Child
Abuse and Neglect, sponsored by the National Indian Child Welfare Association, April
20-22, 1998, also held at the Double Tree Hotel~Lloyd Center in Portland, Oregon. The
Double Tree will hold a block of 25 rooms for the NCAI welfare reform forum until April 1st.
Additional information on this room block, along with special NCAI rates, is attached for
your convenience.
On Saturday, February 28th, 1998, NCAI held the first in a series of national forums to address the impacts of welfare reform in Indian country. The event titled Welfare Reform Implementation in Indian Country: A National Forum addressed five major topics which included Tribal TANF Plans, Job Creation and Job Training, Federal/State/Tribal Partnerships, Children and Family Support Services and Impact Data Collection Methodologies. A complete transcript of this event is available online at www.ncai.org. Print copies will be made available upon request for a nominal fee by contacting the NCAI offices in Washington, D.C.
For further information on the upcoming April forum, or on other NCAI
welfare reform issues, please contact Leland McGee, NCAI Legislative Associate at (202)
466-7767.
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