Caddo Nation Indian Social Services Program
Point of Contact: Yvette Goodeagle, Director
Telephone: (405) 247-9006
email: ygoodeagle@caddonation.org
Location: Northpark Professional Center
Suite 3 & 4
Anadarko, OKlahoma 73005
The Caddo Nation Social Services Program will provide: financial assistance to eligible Caddo tribal members, their spouses and children, as defined in 25 CFR Part 20.300. The program also provides proper counseling, guidance and referrals to all tribal members and their families, when necessary, to assist in addressing their family and/or social needs, including but not limited to: other programs such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)/Social Services in accordance with 25 CFR Part 20.301 Social Services will advocate on behalf of tribal members, their families and children given consideration of their social needs. To advocate to governing officials whether state, local, tribal or federal. Provide applicants, upon request, reports on their Individual Supervisory Indian Monies (IIM) and Trust Property Income (TPI) to those tribal members as the duties set forth in 25 CFR Part 115.001. (A parent or legal guardian shall be required to make requests for all minor children). To carry out the trust duties owed to tribes and Individual Indians to manage and administer trust assets for the exclusive benefit of tribal and individual Indian beneficiaries pursuant to federal law. To process boarding school applications, and perform other administrative activities of the Social Services program, as necessary.
LIHEAP: The Caddo Nation Social Services Program oversees LIHEAP (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program). LIHEAP is a federally funded program that helps low-income households with their home energy bills. The following types of assistance offered are: Bill Payment Assistance, Energy Crisis Assistance, Weatherization and energy related home repairs. Elderly, disabled, and young children (under 6 years old) are especially at risk for life-threatening illness or death if their home is too cold in the winter or too hot in the summer. The LIHEAP program determines if your household's income qualifies for the program. The LIHEAP program may also require households to meet additional eligibility criteria to receive LIHEAP assistance. LIHEAP will only assist eligible household applicants one time - per year - per household. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements for LIHEAP and need to provide with the application the following documentation: original utility bill/cut-off notice, copy of CDIB, copy of social security #'s for all members of household, income verification, 18 yrs and older. (If DHS LIHEAP assisted you for the year, you may not apply with the Tribe's LIHEAP funding).
The CRISIS/EMERGENCY Assistance is available to eligible households and applications can be picked up, faxed or mailed contact social services program. The program can assist households that have a true emergency and/or life threatening situation/circumstance that are beyond control. What constitutes a crisis is a situation that has arisen that is unforeseen, unpreventable, or un-planned. Simply not paying one's bill month after month until a shut off notice has been issued does not constitute a crisis. The applicant must explain or show just cause their household not to pay their bill. The Crisis/Emergency program will utilize the same eligibility requirements as the LIHEAP program.
*Requests for any type of deposits will not be honored.
STATE MEDIAN INCOME, BY FAMILY SIZE AND BY STATE(OKLAHOMA) FOR
1-person family 2-person family 3-person family 4-person family 5-person family
$21,462 $26,066 $34,670 $41,273 $47,877
Any applicant/household that makes above the state median income would not qualify for either program. You must provide income verification.
You or someone you know may be eligible for help with home heating and/or cooling bills. LIHEAP may be able to keep you and your family safe and healthy.
