COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEENCooperative Agreement • September 24th, 2015
Contract Type FiledSeptember 24th, 2015This Cooperative Agreement (Agreement) between the State of Oregon Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) and the Commission for the Blind (OCB and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Tribes was developed jointly). VR/OCB recognizes and acknowledges that the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Tribal government holds a unique status in the United States of America with the rights and benefits of a sovereign nation. VR/OCB have developed this Agreement to affirm the Agency understands and supports the pursuit of a government-to-government relationship with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Tribes' Vocational Rehabilitation Program (CTUIR TVR), consistent with ORS 182.162-168. This Agreement is intended to be flexible and dynamic to provide for the evolution of the partnership between VR/ OCB and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Tribes.