The Hands of Harvest Voucher Program 2025 is available at the Coos Bay Farmer’s Market on Wednesdays from 9:00AM to 2:00PM from May 16th – October 20th, 2025. The program is to give tribal households opportunities to buy healthy foods like organic beef and poultry, local seafood, vegetables and fruits, vegetable plant starts, mushroom kits, and other eligible items through the Spring to Fall 2025 Season with locally grown and produced items. These vouchers are valid ONLY at the Coos Bay Farmer’s Market between May 16th – October 20th, 2025
***Application Now Closed for the Season 9/16/25, thank you***
Tribal Tobacco Prevention Program
Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Indians
WHERE:
Coos Bay Farmer’s Market
320 Central Ave.
Coos Bay, OR 97420
WHEN:
Wednesdays
9:00AM- 2:00PM
May 16th – October 20th, 2025
**(NO CASH VALUE) **
Program Eligibility: FUNDING IS LIMITED- FIRST COME/FIRST SERVE
*Enrolled tribal member household or parental guardian of enrolled tribal member within household, may request vouchers.
*TRIBAL ENROLLMENT NUMBER *NO INCOME REQUIREMENT
*CURRENT ADDRESS ON FILE WITH ENROLLMENT DEPARTMENT
*ONE (1) PER ENROLLED TRIBAL MEMBER HOUSEHOLD
*Single Persons/Family Households eligible
*Enrolled tribal members may submit a request for one (1) alternate to pick-up their voucher. As an alternate they may only be assigned to one (1) enrolled tribal member household per season.
* Vouchers may be picked up OR sent as certified mail only. If request is to be mailed the enrolled tribal member or parental guardian of an enrolled tribal member’s CURRENT ADDRESS will be required to be on file with the Enrollment Department or the request may be denied.
* CTCLUSI holds no responsibility for lost or stolen vouchers and vouchers will not be redistributed or replaced.
*Pick-up for REQUESTED vouchers will be at the Coos Bay Administration building reception desk (Monday-Friday 8:00 AM- 5:00 PM, excluding closed dates) and will require a signature from the enrolled tribal member/parental guardian of an enrolled tribal member or requested alternate.
PICK- UP:
Coos Bay Administration Building (Monday- Friday, 8:00 AM-5:00PM)
1245 Fulton Ave. Coos Bay, OR 97420
June 9th, July 25th, and September 12th are the three (3) distribution dates for requested and approved vouchers for the 2025 Season. Requests are subject to the deadline dates listed below with no exceptions. Each distribution date REQUIRES a newly submitted Laserfiche form and participation in the online prevention materials.
*Elders can receive help from the Elder’s Coordinators and Community Health Aids to submit requests.
| Laserfiche FormOpen-Close Deadline for Submission | PICK UP date: | |
| 1st Distribution: | May 27th – June 9th | June 10th |
| 2nd Distribution: | June 27th – July 11th | July 25th |
| 3rd Distribution: | August 15th – August 29th | September 12th |
Hands of Harvest Voucher:
Vouchers are exchanged in total amounts ONLY and NO CHANGE will be given back by the vendor. Please try to maximize the vouchers by getting close to $5 and/or $10 increments.
Vouchers are valid through May 16th – October 20th, 2025
Eligible Products:
ONLY: Any variety of fresh, dried, frozen, whole, or juiced- fruits and vegetables, and juice (without added sugar, fats, oil, or salt). Includes fresh and dried herbs, dried beans, mushroom kits, edible plants starts/seeds, nuts, grains, meat, fish, poultry, eggs, cheese, honey, bread, pickles, fermented foods, salsa, jam, jellies, cider, and dried tea.
* Disclaimer: If vendors or staff at the Coos Bay Farmer’s Market report incidents of disrespectful behavior or negative interactions from voucher users’, continued participation in the program may be suspended due to this reason. Each Voucher is assigned to the recipient receiving the booklets.
Please always be respectful and act appropriate as a representative of the Hands of Harvest Voucher Program by Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Indians. This is an amazing opportunity for tribal households and the future of the program will be determined by vendor and market feedback.
*CTCLUSI holds no responsibility for lost or stolen vouchers and vouchers will not be redistributed or replaced.
Contact for questions or concerns:
Nicole Romine
Tribal Tobacco Prevention Program Specialist II
541-294-9341
nromine@ctclusi.org
