NCAI

Welfare Reform Implementation in Indian Country:  
A National Forum  
Saturday, February 28, 1998  
Conference Theater, Grand Hyatt, Washington, D.C.  

Agenda

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

9:00 a.m. Invocation Frank Chee Willetto, Executive Board Member, National Indian Council On Aging
 

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

Keynote Address Olivia Golden, Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Welfare Reform and Welfare-to-Work ~ A Synopsis of Issues In Respect To Indian Country Moderator: Dr. Eddie Brown, Associate Dean,

Washington University, St. Louis
 

Panel 1 ~ Tribal TANF Plans

• John Bushman, Director, Division of Tribal Services, OCS/ACF/DHHS

• Beth Meyers, Family Services Division Chief, Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewas

• Gerald Heminger, Jr., Council Member, Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux • Joe Finkbonner, Life Center Director, Lummi Nation
 

Panel 2 ~ Job Creation and Job Training Programs

• Tom Dowd, Chief, Division of Indian and Native American Programs, DOL

• Norm DeWeaver, Director, Indian and Native American Employment and Training Coalition

• Dr. David Gipp, President, United Tribes Technical College

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch On Your Own (Please note that the afternoon panels will begin promptly at 1:00 o'clock)  

Panel 3 ~ Federal/State/Tribal Government Partnerships

• Anna Whiting Sorrell, Program Analyst, Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes

• John Meredith, Tribal Welfare Reform Coordinator, State of Montana Division of Child and Family Services

• Denis Turner, Executive Director, Southern California Tribal Chairmans' Association

• Charlene Lewis Meeks, Deputy Director, California Department of Social Services, Office of Community Relations
 

Panel 4 ~ Children and Family Support Services

• Donald Sykes, Director, Office of Community Services, ACF/DHHS

• Janet Wise, Chairperson, National Indian Child Care Association

• Leila Help-Tulley, Executive Director, Div. of Social Services, Navajo Nation
 

Panel 5 ~ Impact Data Collection Methodologies

• Dr. Shanta Pandey, Associate Professor, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University

• Rick Anderson, President, Tribal Data Resources

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