Community Services Block Grant Emergency Program
The Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc.’s Community Services Block Grant Emergency Needs Program provides emergency financial assistance on eight Tribal sites for recipients who meet the minimum standard of 125% poverty level. This program address the most basic and immediate needs of low income people.
The program assists households with:
- Emergency Food Assistance
- Emergency Housing Assistance
- Emergency Energy Assistance
- Emergency Assistance for prescriptions
- Transportation for medical or dental services
- Emergency clothing or clothing assistance to obtain employment and/or for foster children
CSBG Participating Tribes and Outreach Workers
Hannahville Indian Community
c/o Helen Sagataw
N-14910 Hannahville B-1 Rd.
Wilson, MI 49896
Tel: 906.466.2932
Fax: 906.466.7377
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
c/o DenaWilson
2605 N. Bayshore Dr.
Suttons Bay, MI 49682
Tel: 231.534.7134
Lac Vieux Desert
c/o Betty Edwards
Box 446
Watersmeet, MI 49969
Tel: 906.358.4940
Fax: 906.358.4900
Huron Potawatomi
c/o Nancy Smit
4415 Byron Center Ave. SW
Wyoming, MI 49519
Tel: 616.249.0159
Fax: 616.249.8688
Bay Mills Indian Community
c/o Kim Nystrom via Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc.
2956 Ashmun Street
Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783
Tel: 906.632.6896 ext. 114
Fax: 906.632.1366
Gun Lake Tribe
c/o Leslie Pigeon
1743 142nd Ave.
Dorr, MI 49323
Tel: 616.681.0360
Fax: 616.681.0380
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
c/o Kristi Houghton
915 Emmett St.
Petoskey, MI 49770
Tel: 231.242.1626
Fax: 231.242.1637
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