The Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday afternoon to celebrate the grand opening of its new facility which houses the Tribe’s Victim Services Center, Social Services Department and Emergency Operations Center.
Tribal Chairman Garth Sundberg, Vice-Chairman Robert Hemsted and Councilwoman Trina Mathewson were in attendance along with tribal staff. Yurok artist Carl Avery staged his art for the ceremony.
Reach via email on Thursday morning, Trinidad Rancheria CEO Jacque Hostler-Carmesin told the Times-Standard there are two areas in the new facility, one for victim services, social services and substance use disorder and another for emergency operations, public safety/COVID-19 quarantine center. The facility is equipped with a commercial kitchen, meeting rooms, showers, laundry facilities and a community garden.
“We applied for grants to reconstruct the old United Indian Health Services clinic. We were successful in receiving a Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation Grant through the Office for Victims of Crime (Bureau of Justice) for a Victim Services Program which allowed for the rehabilitation,” Hostler-Carmesin said, adding that the entire project took about three years to complete.
One of the Tribal Council’s main concerns is a lack of centralized services on the Trinidad Rancheria, Hostler-Carmesin said. The new facility will alleviate those concerns.
“Historic trauma, distrust of agencies and lack of transportation has made it imperative to offer direct services for our community on-site,” she said. “There is also a need for public safety due to lack of law enforcement on tribal lands and jurisdictional issues. California is a Public Law 280 state and the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is not able to enforce civil laws, only criminal law on tribal lands.”
For a person to be eligible for services, Hostler-Carmesin said they must reside or plan on residing in Humboldt County, they must have been “harmed physically or emotionally by the criminal act of a perpetrator” and they must complete all intake forms.
“All eligible participants will be provided advocacy and referral services as well as direct assistance as needed. This can include emergency, short-term assistance with laundry, showers, transportation, supplies, and shelter,” Hostler-Carmesin said. “Victim services eligibility requirements for the social services program include being an enrolled or eligible Trinidad Rancheria tribal member who is involved with county or tribal child welfare systems and resides anywhere in the United States.”
A virtual tour of the new facility can be found at the Trinidad Rancheria Social Services Facebook page https://bit.ly/3comwPm.
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