Each year, we invite our employees to nominate three of their coworkers for our annual awards. Employees are chosen for their exceptional performance throughout the year, selfless service, and continued dedication to ongoing growth within our organization. We want to congratulate our three 2022 PITU Award Recipients: Extraordinary Leadership - Erik Jorgensen Outstanding Service - Jodi Jensen Distinguished Teamwork - Sonya Mitchell These three went above and beyond, and we are blessed to have them on our team. We have the best team!

As we approach 2023, the Member Services team would like to remind Tribal members who receive Medicare reimbursement to please send in your new benefit letter. As a reminder, the benefit verification letter serves as proof that you have Medicare. Tribal members can securely upload their benefit letter here. Letters are mailed to participants in December, and need to be sent to the Member Services Team before the January 31st, 2023. This will ensure timely reimbursement payment. If letters are not received by the end of January, we will only be able to reimburse the month it is received. For additional questions, please reach out to: Abby Imlay, Member Services Billing Coordinator @ (435) 586-1112 ext. 3404

The new draft updates for the Childcare Assistance Program are now available for review. Click here to review. The new updates for the Childcare Assistance Program would be effective February 1, 2023 – September 30, 2025. If you would like to provide feedback/comments, please click here. The comment period will be available until January 13, 2023. For additional questions, please reach out to: Christie Cole, ext. 3352 Tyler Goddard, ext. 3401

Elissa Aguayo, daughter of Rebecca Hill, granddaughter of Elizabeth & Robert Pete Sr., was crowned as 1st Attendant at the Miss Native Utah Tech in November. Elissa is an enrolled member of the Shivwits Band. For her talent, she chose to proudly represent PITU's language by reciting the book, "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" in Paiute. Elissa said, "For my traditional talent, I chose it because my grandma helped me learn the language. I'm doing it because I think it's important to know the language, and it's something that is also becoming less and less [common] within the tribe." The Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah congratulates Elissa on this exciting accomplishment. We love seeing our Tribe represented well, and look forward to all Elissa accomplishes while serving as 1st Attendant.