Visalia Tribal TANF Owens Valley Career Development Center 1401 W. Caldwell Ave, Visalia, CA Office Fax

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1 November 2017 Volume 13, Issue 11 Visalia Tribal TANF Staff Director Selam Habtom Assistant Director Alisha Davila Site Manager Regina Gaebe Case Counselors Kathleen Alger Tina Townsend Site Project Coordinators Tracy Mills-Salazar Joshua Davila Employment Coordinator Victoria Girouard TANF Administrative Asst. Nora Castro Language Program Interim Director Jessica Bidabe Language Coordinator Crystal Ruiz Language Teacher Juanita Malone Family Literacy Director Dolly Manuelito Family Literacy Coor. Debra Fierro Family Literacy Adult Ed. Instructor Linton Pagalan Family Literacy PACILA Instructor Leanna Lara Family Literacy CE Aide Tiara Shoshone Visalia Tribal TANF Owens Valley Career Development Center 1401 W. Caldwell Ave, Visalia, CA Office Fax About National Native American Heritage Month What started at the turn of the century as an effort to gain a day of recognition for the significant contributions the first Americans made to the establishment and growth of the U.S., has resulted in a whole month being designated for that purpose. One of the very proponents of an American Indian Day was Dr. Arthur C. Parker, a Seneca Indian, who was the director of the Museum of Arts and Science in Rochester, N.Y. He persuaded the Boy Scouts of America to set aside a day for the First Americans and for three years they adopted such a day. In 1915, the annual Congress of the American Indian Association meeting in Lawrence, Kans., formally approved a plan concerning American Indian Day. It directed its president, Rev. Sherman Coolidge, an Arapahoe, to call upon the country to observe such a day. Coolidge issued a proclamation on Sept. 28, 1915, which declared the second Saturday of each May as an American Indian Day and contained the first formal appeal for recognition of Indians as citizens. The year before this proclamation was issued, Red Fox James, a Blackfoot Indian, rode horseback from state to state seeking approval for a day to honor Indians. On December 14, 1915, he presented the endorsements of 24 state governments at the White House. There is no record, however, of such a national day being proclaimed. The first American Indian Day in a state was declared on the second Saturday in May 1916 by the governor of New York. Several states celebrate the fourth Friday in September. In Illinois, for example, legislators enacted such a day in Presently, several states have designated Columbus Day as Native American Day, but it continues to be a day we observe without any recognition as a national legal holiday. In 1990 President George H. W. Bush approved a joint resolution designating November 1990 National American Indian Heritage Month. Similar proclamations, under variants on the name (including Native American Heritage Month and National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month ) have been issued each year since Executive and Legislative Documents The Law Library of Congress has compiled guides to commemorative observations, including a comprehensive inventory of the Public Laws, Presidential Proclamations and congressional resolutions related to Native American Heritage Month. About this Site This Web portal is a collaborative project of the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. 1

2 ATTENTION TANF CLIENTS MERs are due on Thursday, November 9, 2017 before 5:00 p.m. Late MERS WILL cause late services. Each blank on the form must be completed in ink with information or n/a (not applicable). MERs being turned in late or incomplete may result in a late cash aid payment. Supportive Service requests will not be processed or may be denied until MER has been turned in. Reminder: A completed Monthly Budget Worksheet must be submitted with any Supportive Service Request. Forms can be found in the TANF office lobby. Worksheets are now on the back of SSR s Check distribution is after 1:00p. They will be mailed by 3:30p if not picked up. All childcare checks are mailed to the childcare provider. No exceptions. Homework Help Nov 1-7 & :00-4:00 T, W, Th at select schools 4:00-6:00 at OVCDC site for Jr. High/HS students No Homework Help Nov 8-27 C.A.S.T. for Teens Nov 1, 15, & 18 Weds 5:00-6:30, Sat 18th 8:00-4:00 Diabetes Support Group Nov 2 & 16 Thur 12:00-1:00 Fall Family Conference Nov 4 9:30a - 3:00p OVCDC Homework Help Parent Meeting Nov 8 Wed 6:00-7:00 Conflict Resolution w/basketball Activities Wed 5:30-6:30 OVCDC office Nov 15 Diabetes Education Nov 16 Thur 10:00-12:00 Bring your A Game Professional Nov 28 Development 9:30-12:00 Hanford Office Winter Book Fair Orientations Nov 29 & 30 Wed/Thur 10:00a OR 6:00p Dates and times are subject to change, cancellation and/or proposal/activity approval. 2

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7 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Prevention Family Literacy Language Employment Coordinator All programs subject to approval and/or change. 1 C.A.S.T. for Teens 5:00-6:30 2 Diabetes Support Group 12-1 CE Infant/Toddler Fall Family Conference 9:30a-3:00p Homework Help Parent Meeting OFFICE CLOSED Veteran s Day C.A.S.T. for Teens 5:30-7:00 Conflict Resolution & Basketball Activities 5:30-6:30 16 Diabetes Ed & Injury Prev Diabetes Support Group 12-1 CE Infant/Toddler C.A.S.T. for Teens Sequoias Field Trip 8a-4p OFFICE CLOSED OFFICE CLOSED Bring Your A Game, Professional Dev 9:30-12 Hanford Office 29 Book Fair Orientation 10a OR 6p 30 Book Fair Orientation 10a OR 6p CE Infant/Toddler

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