Housing Needs, Economic Development, Housing unit mapping
Kevin Klingbeil
Dry Creek Community Needs and GIS Mapping

The Dry Creek Community Needs Assessment and GIS Mapping Project has been set in motion to assist the Dry Creek Band of Pomo Indians in collecting relevant, accurate, and comprehensive data about the characteristics, demographic trends, and other needs of both the community and physical environment of the Band.

Dry Creek Community Needs and GIS Mapping
Housing Needs, Economic Development
Kevin Klingbeil
Eastern Shoshone Children's Lodge

The Eastern Shoshone Children's Lodge is a new tribally owned development on the Wind River Reservation that serves as a temporary home for children placed into protective custody. The focus of the Economic Feasibility Assessment will be to provide insights and recommendations to support the lodge’s programmatic operations.

Eastern Shoshone Children's Lodge
Housing Needs, Economic Development, community health
Kevin Klingbeil
Northern Cheyenne Health and Housing Needs ...

The Northern Cheyenne Health and Housing Needs Assessment is a comprehensive study conducted to identify the most pressing needs of the residents of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation.

Northern Cheyenne Health and Housing Needs Assessment
Housing Needs, Economic Development
Kevin Klingbeil
Warm Springs Housing Study and Needs Assessment

The Warm Springs Housing Study and Needs Assessment will provide the background necessary to develop a comprehensive housing plan that meets the needs of current and future community members. The household survey seeks to gather accurate information about the residents and households of the Warm Springs Reservation which will ensure that CTWS’s divisions and programs have up-to-date information to guide decision making while also helping the tribe build tribal data collection capacity.

Warm Springs Housing Study and Needs Assessment
Housing Needs
Kevin Klingbeil
Cow Creek Housing Needs Assessment

The Cow Creek Housing Needs Assessment will help Cow Creek quantify its housing needs by answering two key questions:

  1. What are the Housing Needs (of Membership) both inside and outside of the Seven County Service Area?

  2. What are the housing needs and what demand exists for housing in Roseburg?

Cow Creek Housing Needs Assessment

Drugs and Crime

Use-Related Methamphetamine Contamination in Managed Housing

Use-Related Methamphetamine Contamination in Managed Housing

In cooperation with Seven Sisters Community Development Group (Seven Sisters) and the Salish & Kootenai Housing Authority (SKHA), Big Water Consulting conducted research to evaluate the spectrum of current standards for safe or acceptable levels of use-related methamphetamine contamination in managed housing to facilitate SKHA’s development and adoption of new meth standards and policies. Big Water Consulting reviewed available scientific literature and legal standards to provide a comprehensive summary of the standards for safe use-related methamphetamine contamination levels in occupied housing units that have been adopted by local, state, and federal agencies in the United States and other countries, as well as a comprehensive review of how each standard was evaluated and finalized.

United Native American Housing Association (UNAHA) Meth Testing and Remediation Survey

United Native American Housing Association (UNAHA) Meth Testing and Remediation Survey

Pablo, Montana
Big Water Consulting developed and facilitated the Meth Testing and Remediation Survey of United Native American Housing Association (UNAHA) members. This survey was designed to assess the impacts of meth use and manufacturing in tribal housing authority units on the administration of tribal housing programs, including the cost of meth testing and remediation and the exacerbation of existing housing shortages by the temporary removal of meth-contaminated housing units from service. The data collected via this survey will allow UNAHA to inform elected officials and agency staff at the state and federal levels about the extent of the meth problem and provide concrete numbers to funding sources that may be able fund efforts to address this problem.