Tribal members to receive $10,000 in relief funds

 

Last updated 9/15/2021 at 7:53am



The Colville Tribes announced Monday that they would be distributing $10,000-plus in COVID-19 relief funds to each tribal member over the next four months.

“The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation will distribute disaster relief payments to offset the financial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic,” a Sept. 13 press release says. “All enrolled tribal members over the age of 18 as of September 9 will qualify for two payments, each in the amount of $5,005.00.”

“In addition, guardians or payees of enrolled tribal member children as of September 9, 2021, as determined by the Tribes’ Enrollment department records, shall qualify for two payments for each minor child in their care, each payment in the amount of $1,000.00.”

The first payments will be distributed on Oct. 4 and the second payments will be distributed on Jan. 7, 2022.

Chairman Andy Joseph, Jr. is quoted in the press release as saying that “we had all hoped to put the pandemic behind us, but that has not been the case. With the new delta variant of the COVID-19 virus, our cases of the disease are as bad as they have ever been. It has become clear that financial assistance is necessary to assist tribal families in coping with the burdens of these very difficult times.”

 

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