Mission / Vision :

Cowlitz Tribal Member Services (CTMS) is here to navigate members to services, programs, and resources available locally and worldwide. Cowlitz Tribal members who contact this branch office will be connected to services by Cowlitz, or through referral to other Tribes or agencies that can provide services for which they are eligible.

Our Goals :

• Provide services, and access to services, to all tribal members
• Provide enchanced, transparent, meaningful communication
• Engage departments and programs to improve and sustain policies, prosedures and processes across the organization
• Assist the tribe and Tribal members to help them become more self-sufficient
• Continue to exercise our sovereignty to maintain and restore our inherent rights in our aboriginal territory
• Work better together
• Preserve, protect, recover and grow tadition, culture and language to promote cultural identity

Services & Programs:

• Healthcare (financial aid, medical, mental health, addiction, and recovery,)
• Human services (Indian Child Welfare, family support, sexual assault, and domestic violence advocacy)
• Career & Education Resources
• Tribal Resources
• Housing (rent, mortgage, down payment assistance, utility assistance)
• Elders program (meals and delivery, lending closet, elder trips)
• Youth program (Youth council, programming)
• Childcare assistance

External referrals to agencies (local, national, and worldwide) that can provide services to which tribal members are eligible.

Enhancing Cowlitz culture by aid and support for gatherings

We have established a presence in Pierce County to provide the following services:

• Cultural events for Cowlitz Tribal members 
• Case management services for Cowlitz Tribal members, walk in, phone calls, internet inquiries, and meeting Tribal Members where they are!