Wichita Travel Plaza Open 6am – 8pm
Taken from Kitikitish News by Terri Parton
Wichita Travel Plaza
Don’t forget the Wichita Travel Plaza drive thru is open. You can also still buy gas at the pumps too. Make sure as tribal members you help us during this time by supporting the one business that we are allowed to have open. We are going to get thru this. It will just take some time.
Emergency Assistance COVID-19: Wichita Tribal Members Only
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- The application is online.
- All applications must be mailed or emailed.
- If you snap a picture of the application and email it, make sure that is clear and not dark. You may need to crop it and adjust the lighting.
- Do not apply for someone that you do not have legal guardianship over.
- Make sure you sign the application.
- Make sure you sign the W9.
- The W9 is for vendor information only, You will not be taxed but that will be used to for identifying who the check needs to be made out to. You must fill it out.
- Make sure you submit a copy of your CDIB.
- All applications must be mailed or emailed.
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes Offices Remain Closed
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes Offices Remain Closed
Reminder-The Wichita and Affiliated Tribes offices remain closed to any visitors with the exception of drive thru pick up for Food Distribution clients. Only staff are allowed at the complex. If you have any business to do with the Tribe, it must be done by phone, email or mail to keep the staff in programs that are very, very essential safe like our food distribution, AoA, Health and Maintenance. Administration is closed to visitors also. We remain working for you but we need your helping to keep everyone safe and not scared to come to work. This goes thru March 31, 2020 but we will most definitely extend this through April at our conference call meeting tonight.
-Terri Parton, President-Wichita and Affiliated Tribes
Emergency Assistance Update – 03/26/2020
From Kitikiti’sh News by Terri Parton:
Emergency Assistance Update-03/26/2020
For enrolled Wichita Tribal Members Only:
The City of Anadarko has had a confirmation of the COVID-19 per the City of Anadarko’s post on the City of Anadarko’s Facebook page.
Tomorrow we will have a drive thru event so you can turn in your applications, however, it would be best and safer for everyone if you can email them or mail them.
You can fill out all 3 pages that were mailed to you or from the website. You can take pictures of the 3 completed pages, CDIB cards and other documents, if you can’t scan them and email them to:
emergencyassistanceCOVID19@wichitatribe.com
Your email address should have some identifying feature. Your application documents must have your signature.
The W9 should be the person who the check will be made out to and for our accounting people to enter your name and correct address on the system. You will not be taxed but it has to be filled out. Otherwise your application will be placed to the side as we are processing thousands in a short amount of time so we can get the assistance to our people in case we get to a point where we don’t have enough staff to process the payments.
We would prefer them emailed if at all possible. Emailed applications will be the 1st processed due to the changes that took place today regarding the COVID-19 in the City of Anadarko.
Help us help you and email them if you can. This will be a hard time for us all but this too will pass.
God bless you all. Pray for protection over our Wichita people, our Indian people, elders, children and all of our Communities.
-Terri Parton, President, Wichita and Affiliated Tribes
Wichita Travel Plaza Re-opens TODAY – DRIVE-THRU ONLY!
“As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to affect our region and our country, we want to assure you that the Wichita Travel Plaza is taking all necessary precautions to ensure the safety of our team members, their families, our customers, and our community. While safety is our primary concern, we have put protocols in place to ensure continued service to our customers.
Beginning Thursday, March 26th, 2020, the Wichita Travel Plaza will re-open the DRIVE-THRU WINDOW ONLY. Hours of Operation will be seven days a week from 6 AM – 8 PM. Our doors will remain locked to inside sales as we adapt to an ever-changing environment caused by the COVID-19 crisis. However, full service of hot foods including small menu items and all other store items will be available for purchase at our window. Gas can be paid for at the pump or window. Gas pumps are open 24/7 for those paying with credit or debit. We appreciate your continued support for our small local businesses. Please stay safe.”
Cynthia Billy
Economic Development Director
PO Box 682
Anadarko, OK 73005
(P) 405.247.5009
(F) 405.247.5160
The Wichita and Affiliated Tribes LIHEAP program has extended the heating assistance until April 30, 2020
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes – LIHEAP – COVID-19 (OKLAHOMA RESIDENTS ONLY)
The Wichita and Affiliated Tribes LIHEAP program has extended the heating assistance until April 30, 2020 to those who have not currently utilized heating assistance during this current fiscal year (Oct 1, 2019 to present). Funding is limited under this assistance and priority is still given to the vulnerable households which include elders, disabled members in the home, and small children in the home.
LIHEAP Crisis is available to those that can provide a cut-off notice from their utility/fuel provider or a letter from employer stating they have been laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. LIHEAP does not help with services that have already been disconnected and this funding will not pay for reconnect fees.
LIHEAP eligibility requirements does require that the applicant is an enrolled Wichita tribal member (18 years of age and older) and must be listed on the bill at the time of application submission. The assistance will be on a first-come first-serve basis. Applicants must meet federal income guidelines to be eligible. The COVID-19 revision to the income eligibility will no longer be to provide the last 30 days of income but will accept the last 14 days of income received from the date of the submitted application.
Applications may be accessed online on the tribe’s website (www.wichitatribe.com). The program can fax, email, and send by U.S. mail any requests for applications. The option for any home visits will only be available to critical conditions (48 hour cut off notice) for the elderly and those with physical disabilities that reside within Caddo County limits.
Those who have received LIHEAP assistance from another tribe or the Department of Human Services during this fiscal year may still be eligible to receive assistance but only after verification is completed and with all entities. For more information, contact the Tribal Funded Social Services Office at 247-8623.
Wichita Tribe to offer Emergency Assistance During COVID-19 Outbreak for Wichita Tribal Members Only
See the http://www.WichitaTribe.com website for more information
Wichita Tribal Operations: COVID-19
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