Community Services

Mission Statement

The mission of the Community Services Division is to administer roads, water sanitation and other environmental programs while maintaining cultural sensitivity in services delivery and promoting pride and responsibility of individual tribal members.

Cultural Renewal Program

The Cultural Renewal program was established in 2002 through the Housing Authority of the Cherokee Nation's drug elimination grant.

Cherokee Nation Community Youth Grant Program	The Community Youth Grant Program is designed to assist Cherokee Nation Tribal Youth in accomplishing their goals. Cherokee Nation Tribal Youth raise funds throughout the year for several different types of activities. This program is to assist in their fund raising efforts. The program is administered through Cherokee FIRST. The monies will be allocated to correspond to the Cherokee Nation Districts. The grant awards will be made based on the following set of established criteria consistent with Cherokee Nation mission and guiding principles.
Engineering and Sanitation Facilities Construction	The Cherokee Nation provides sanitation facilities for new, like new or existing homes. Services are available through the Sanitation Facilities program of the Cherokee Nation's Community Development Division
Roads Program	The objectives of the projects are to supply direct routes to highways and towns. Also, to upgrade and provide safer roads and bridges for the total population of the project area.

Office of Environmental Health

The Office of Environmental Health helps to ensure that tribal facilities are operated in a safe and sanitary manner and provides tribal members with services and information to lead environmentally healthy life-styles.

COTTA

(Community Organization Training and Technical Assistance) The primary purpose of the Cherokee Nation COTTA Program is to help faith based and community based organizations increase their effectiveness, enhance the ability to provide social services to serve those most in need, enhance the organizational capacity of each organization, diversify funding sources, and create collaborations to better serve those in Cherokee Communities.

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