Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome.
It's time now for our community connection right here on K one, the
one you trust at. Our lovely ladies in studio today are from the Delaware
Tribe of Indians. We have Lori and Alyssa here. How are you doing,
ladies, I'm doing well. We are doing good. Oh yeah,
don't be shy. The only radio and TV. So we've got a lot
going on with the Delaware Tribe of Indians because every month we get a visitor
in and we get updated on just a wide variety of services that the tribe
offers to its members and sometimes to folks outside the tribe too. But today
we're going to be talking about Family and Children's Services, something that's kind of
been a bit of a hallmark or what's been going on. So go ahead
and tell us a little bit about what's going on there. Okayleigan, I'm
Lori Rose. I'm a domestic bonds advocate for our department Family and Children's Services.
What's really awesome about the Delaware Tribe is you do not have to be
native to receive our services. Excuse me, it's okay. The only Native
specific department that we have within our group is our EQUA, which is Indian
child Welfare. It's native specific to the Delaware tribe. Now, with the
Family and Children's Services, it's more than just a daycare. Oh absolutely,
there's a little key bit more than the dare that. Absolutely. Within Family
and Children's Services, we have our Domestic Violence division, we have child support,
and again we have IQUA which is Indian Child Welfare, and we have
Transitional Housing. And Alyssa here is our coordinator for our transitional housing program.
Let's go into that a little bit. I tell us, first of all,
what does that mean for folks who are thinking the discratching their head go,
I think I know what it means, but what does it really mean?
Yeah, So, our Transitional hasing program assists domestic violence survivors to get
back up on their feet, essentially find their independence, heal through all the
trauma that they've been through. So we can help with rental assistants from anywhere
from six months sometimes up to two years, just depending on what their needs
are. And we offer other services as well within that program, such as
like emergency financial assistance. Sometimes you know, one month you can't pay bill,
so it's good to have those resources for us to be able to help
out our clients in that way. Well, my goodness, it's nice to
know that you're there because I know that every so often we go through these
cycles where they say times are tough, and they're a little tough right now,
and it's nice to know that you're there to help take care of the
tough times or at least help people get through them. Yeah, And a
big problem that we've been seeing now that you're talking about having tough times is
that it's hard to find a rental property that's going to be within their budget
because ultimately we want them to be able to afford it after they graduate from
our program. So it's really been difficult to locate that housing. But we
me and our other advocate, Brittany, work really hard with our clients to
be able to locate their housing set them up for success in any way that
we can. So you know that that is something that's really you have to
look under a lot of rocks. Oh yes, hey, to find that.
My family, we have some properties in other states and we always try
to meet that need where it's right there. And I'm glad that you're doing
that too, you know, it's really easy to say just like a house
payment, especially after paid for, but that search is really something else.
Now. The Delaware trib we have a campus right down the road on Tuxedo.
That's a beautiful bill. That's a nice setup you got there, that's
very nice. Yeah, it's definitely grown over the years, I will say,
Yeah, everybody there's worked really hard to make it to what it is
now. Because I think even we haven't even had our food pature. You
said that you talked to Sunny last year. Yeah, yeah, we haven't
had that for maybe even a year yet, maybe getting close to it,
But that's a new addition. There's always a project in the works, and
I think it's great that they're expanding the way they are. Oh yeah,
yeah, we can get physically fit now too. And yeah, indoors is
supposed to taking a walk around the pond, you know, get a little
chilly for that. Yes, but the Delaware Tribal Courts serves not only Bartlesville,
but the whole tribal area. What does that consist of? Yes,
so our department actually to Canie, Kansas. You did, because we are
that is part of the Delaware Tribe on the land and yeah, it's not
like states. I mean it is, but it isn't. But the the
tribal boundaries are different than the the federal and you know state states. Looked
like, Yeah, we have a new mobile advocate that will be going to
Montgomery County LaVette and talk with and so she will go out and she will
deliver the same services that we offer. So if she's getting out into the
rural communities to help with protective orders and if they need housing or any other
resources that we can help provide them with partnering agencies within those counties. So
it's it's pretty exciting. It's new for us. She's just now kind of
getting out there and we've made a lot of connections and some new friends.
It's been really great. Now are you doing the same thing too with housing?
Are you you're just not stuck in the in the city limits right?
No, absolutely not. We have the same service areas. So we serve
the counties in Kansas, Montgomery County, Lubette County's Chutagola County, and then
our counties in Oklahoma also are Washington County Nowadah County, Craig County, Rogers
County, and I think like North Tulsa County, there's like a small cut
off there. But yeah, so our service area is actually a lot bigger
than many people thought. Oh yeah, a lot of folks thought it was
just basically, you know, a little bit of no Wad, a whole
lot of Washington and it's not. It's yeah, it's absolutely a lot of
achories. You have to cover their ladies a lot of miles, but it's
still it's all worth it, and it's wonderful. I was telling the ladies
in a green room. We really don't have a green room, but we
like to pretend it's big time television. That your website is so easy to
navigate. And I don't know who put it together, but there's a lot
of information on there, and it gets updated regularly. And I just want
to say thank you, because a lot of folks sometimes when they go to
a website, they really don't know how to click and go and everything.
But this is so easy. I'm an old guy and I can figure it
out, you know, So it just just hey, thanks, It's a
it's a wonderful thing. It's very easier friendly. It is. It is
very easier friendly, and I think are sweet Dana. I think she's the
one that navigates all of that, and I'm not entirely sure, but yeah,
it's very easy. And for anyone who doesn't know, it's delawaretribe dot
org. Go check it out. She did that. Just let it right
in there you go, and your Facebook pages. It seems like many of
the different departments have their own Facebook pages so you don't get lost in that,
right. There's a lot of things going on with each department and the
tribes, so it is beneficial to have every department have their own page because
otherwise you probably get lost and you really lost. Yeah. Yeah, it's
like Okay, I thought I saw something here, and oh where to go?
You know, because everybody would be trying to get their their new thing
out there. But if you want to look at for a little consistency,
just find the department you want, follow their social media and they'll usually take
you back to the website from time to time. But that's the way you
get the messages out fast and realize. Yeah, and I think we're really
big into outreach as well. We want people in our community to know that
we're here for them to support them, help them in any way that we're
able to. So it's a really big thing social media nowadays. So yeah,
my kids asked me, they said, Dad, you know how old
were you when Facebook came about forty nine? Yeah, and oh really potter
for old people. But there's there's other stuff. I don't quite understand.
The they call that the TikTok and Instagram. I think I get that one
a little bit. But Axe and that that snappy chat I my brain.
I can't wrap. I'm glad you guys have to wear with all the oh
you know, I'm not so sure, but yeah, there's a lot.
But anyway, once again, tell it's where your campus is located for those
who haven't. Yeah, so we have a Barswell campus. It's right off
Tuxedo. You passed by the pretty little dug pond over there, and then
are right across from the fire station. Yeah, right across from the fire
station. That's it's called location location, the corner of Tuxedo and Madison.
Ye. And then our Canny branch is in you know, Candy, Kansas.
Obviously, it's located at six oh one South High Street. So that's
easy to fin Yeah, we're there from eight to five. Ye. All
right, So if anybody has any questions, they can just find any variety
of different ways or just absolutely they can send us Facebook messages, you know,
they can call the office, the headquarters here, they could get to
us. We do have a twenty four to seven crisis phone. Yes,
and that number is three three seven seven three two nine. Sounds right,
all right, very good, It is very good. You know, it's
nice to get these things out there because so often people just kind of go
through their day to day like a boy. Jean wonderfac Oh. Wow,
there's a helpful thing, and that's great to know that you are there to
help. It really is a wonderful thing. Appreciate you both being on here.
Anything else we might that I might have missed because I miss a lot
when well, I'm coming up on December twenty second, we will be at
Mary Martha Outreach for their first annual Day of Blessing. So we will have
a table there. So come out and see us and we can talk to
anybody who wants to know about our services or we sure love to visit with
you. Okay, you both be out there. So if we know,
we want to know anything about housing, we want to know anything about family
and Children's Services. Ideally, we hope to have somebody from each department that
we never know how crazy our day is going to be. Yeah, but
yes, myself and Alyssa and I believe my coordinator Crystal will will be there
too. And that's a great way to get out. Yeah, you know,
I like that day of blessing. Yeah, a good thing. Yeah.
And the day to get on that it is December twenty second, and
I believe it's from nine to noon. I know, I believe the registration
for that. They can contact Misty at Mary Martha mister Wishaw. But I
believe registration began December fourth. So anybay hasn't gotten signed up and registered yet,
go see Misty. Oh yeah, she'll take care of you. She's
been around the horn, she knows what she's amazing. I'm glad you partnered
up with him too. Yeah. Thanks for being on our show today.
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