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479 (07/2026) Chapter 2:Eligibility • Section 6: Non-financial eligibility • Be an enrolled, verified member of one of Oregon’s nine federally recognized tribes. Oregon’s nine federally recognized tribes are: • Burns Paiute Tribe • Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians • Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon • Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians • Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation • Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs • Coquille Indian Tribe • Cow Creek Band of the Umpqua Tribe of Indians, and • Klamath Tribes. ODHS|OHA receives population and employment data from the Oregon Employment Department in late spring of each year and uses this to determine the economic criteria for the Indian Country designation for the following federal fiscal years of Oct. 1 to Sept. 30. When a participant lives in a county deemed Indian Country and is a verified member of one of Oregon’s nine federally recognized tribes, no months will count, even if the participant’s case was coded with a TLY. What counties are designated as Indian Country? Year County or counties FFY 2017 (October—September) Coos, Crook, Curry, Douglas, Josephine, Lincoln FFY 2016 (October—September) Coos, Crook, Curry, Douglas, Josephine, Klamath, Lincoln FFY 2015 (October—September) Coos, Crook, Curry, Douglas, Josephine, Klamath, Lincoln 2014 (January—September) Coos, Crook, Curry, Douglas, Josephine, Klamath, Lincoln 2013 (January—December) Coos, Crook, Curry, Douglas, Harney, Jefferson, Josephine, Klamath 2012 (January—December) Coos, Crook, Curry, Douglas, Josephine 2011 (January—December) Coos, Crook, Curry, Douglas, Jefferson, Josephine 2010 (January—December) Coos, Crook, Curry, Douglas, Harney, Jefferson, Josephine 2009 (January—December) Coos, Crook, Curry, Douglas, Harney, Jefferson, Josephine 2008 (January—December) Crook, Curry, Josephine 2007 (January—December) Crook, Josephine 2006 (January—December) Crook, Josephine