Big Water joined the NATIVE ACTION NETWORK's 20th annual Native Women's Leadership Forum and Young Native Women’s Leadership Academy
Research Associate, Chloe Adler, presented the findings of the Native Women's Leadership Report, a NAN initiative completed in March 2024 aimed at fostering Native women's leadership in the state of Washington by gathering information and insight from hundreds of Native women about their leadership goals, current barriers, and programming wants and needs.
Northern Cheyenne Health and Housing Needs Assessment: Field Staff Training
From August 19th - 21st, Big Water staff visited the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in eastern Montana to facilitate listening sessions and conduct a 2-day field staff training to launch the data collection phase of the Northern Cheyenne Health and Housing Needs Assessment.
NAIHC 50th Annual Convention & Tradeshow
Big Water feels privileged to have been able to join fabulous experts within the tribal housing community for a week filled with insightful conversations, the exchange of ideas, and discussions about the future of housing in Indian Country.
Red Cliff 2023 Tribal Census Presentation
Big Water team members visited Bayfield, Wisconsin on the week of April 28th to present the results of the Red Cliff 2023 Tribal Census to Red Cliff's Tribal Council and community members.
The Northern Cheyenne Health and Housing Needs Assessment
The Northern Cheyenne Tribe hosted an Initial Consultation for their Health and Housing Needs Assessment on April 2nd and 3rd, 2024, in Lame Deer, Montana. This planning session is a crucial step towards understanding and addressing the most pressing needs of the residents of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation.
Warm Springs Housing Study and Needs Assessment Field Staff Training
March 18th to 20th, 2024 marked the Field Staff Training for Warm Springs Housing Study and Needs Assessment. Nestled in Central Oregon, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs are dedicated to uplifting their communities and preserving their heritage.
Native Action Network's inspiring International Women's Day Luncheon
Big Water is honored to have been a part of Native Action Network (NAN)'s inspiring International Women's Day Luncheon on March 8th, 2024. The event was a celebration of Native women's accomplishments and leadership.
EDA Community of Practice
The Indigenous Economic Development Community of Practice is a dedicated space for tribal and Native economic development practitioners to share knowledge, build capacity, and identify best practices.
National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) Annual Training Conference 2023
In the heart of Cleveland, Ohio, the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) Annual Training Conference 2023 served as the ideal platform for knowledge exchange, collaboration, and fostering connections.
2023 Economic Development Conference for the EDA Denver Region
Big Water Managing Director, Kevin Klingbeil traveled to Denver to present at the Collaborating, Innovating, Transforming: 2023 Economic Development Conference for the EDA Denver Region, an event hosted by the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO).
Indian Housing Block Grant Formula Training for the Great Lakes Indian Housing Association (GLIHA)
Kevin Klingbeil of Big Water Consulting provided HUD-funded training and technical assistance to the members Great Lakes Indian Housing Association at their quarterly meeting in Red Wing, MN addressing the mechanics of the Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) formula. The presentation was entitled “A Peek Behind the Funding Curtain: The Mechanics of the IHBG Formula.” This training covered formula basics, data source considerations and requirements for challenging the data supporting certain elements of the formula. The audience included housing program directors and staff members as well as agency staff members and other professionals serving and supporting tribal housing programs in the Great Lakes region.
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[ Big Water Talk ] NAIHC-Sponsored National Housing Needs Assessment and Effective Community Engagement Webinar
Last month, in partnership with Katie Symons and Suenary Philavanh of Beaux Simone Consulting, Kevin Klingbeil of Big Water Consulting conducted a webinar on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Native American Programs and the Native American Indian Housing Council (NAIHC) on Housing Needs Assessment and Effective Community Engagement. The audience included staff members from a variety of different tribes, regions, and programs interested in learning best practices and strategies for engaging community members as well as the primary components of conducting housing and community needs assessments.
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[ Big Water Talk ] 2021 NAIHC Legal Symposium Presentations
Big Water Consulting had the honor of giving three presentations during the 2021 NAIHC Legal Symposium, held in person in Las Vegas.
[ Big Water Talk ] NAIHC Legal Symposium: Balancing Science, Social Impact and Fear in Meth-Related Housing Policies
Rachel Kramer and Kevin Klingbiel had the opportunity to present findings from recent work regarding research surrounding thirdhand methamphetamine exposure. This project was funded by an NAIHC T&TA grant to the Salish and Kootenai Housing Authority.
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[ Report ] 2020 Census Outreach Report
In January 2021 we released a report documenting 2020 Census Outreach work completed by the We’re Here We Count campaign, a coalition of partners that was funded by the Washington State Office of Financial Management and included United Way of King County, King County, Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle, Pyramid Communications, Washington Census Alliance, Na’ah Illahee Fund, and Big Water Consulting.
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[ Big Water Talk ] WA Senate Housing Stability and Affordability Committee Work Session
Big Water Consulting had the opportunity to present initial findings from the Assessment of the Housing Needs of American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians in Washington State to the WA Senate Housing Stability and Affordability Committee work session.
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[ Big Water Talk ] Native Homeownership Cohort Needs Assessment Webinar
On behalf of Big Water Consulting, Kevin Klingbeil presented a webinar to the Enterprise Native Homeownership Learning Communities Cohort about what their Designated Housing Entities, Tribal Housing Authorities, and Native Community Development Finance Institutions can do to prepare for a housing needs assessment during the current pandemic, and what they can do with collected housing needs assessment data.
Click here to download a PDF of the slides presented by Big Water Consulting.
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[ Conference ] NAIHC Legislative Conference
Kevin Klingbeil participated in the NAIHC Legislative Conference in Washington, DC in order to address data-related tribal issues and directly assist tribal housing staff in their efforts to convey their concerns to elected officials and agency staff regarding recognition of tribally collected data by federal programs and static tribal housing funding levels as well as present ideas to improve the deployment of federal grants and housing loans in Indian Country. Kevin accompanied housing authority staff and representatives of the South Dakota Native Homeownership Coalition (SDNHC) to Congressional offices and met with senior staff from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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[ Inquiry ] Red Cliff Housing Needs Assessment
Big Water staff members Harry Maher and Kevin Klingbeil visited the snowy Red Cliff Indian Reservation to launch the Red Cliff Housing Needs Assessment in cooperation with the Red Cliff Housing Authority and representatives from the Tribe’s planning, health, education, public works, communications and other departments. Big Water met with division heads and department directors and the Housing Authority Board to discuss tribal history, current initiatives and future plans, and desired survey content. Betty Kerr from the Housing Authority gave Kevin and Harry a guided tour of the reservation, including a visit to Frog Bay Tribal National Park, Little Sand Bay, land recently purchased from Bayfield County by the tribe, and visits to low income housing tax credit (LIHTC) and supportive housing projects around the reservation.