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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.
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Cultural Renewal Program
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The Cultural Renewal program was established in 2002 through the Housing Authority
of the Cherokee Nation's drug elimination grant.
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Cherokee Nation Community Youth Grant Program
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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.
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Engineering and Sanitation Facilities Construction
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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
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Roads Program
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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.
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Office of Environmental Health
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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.
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COTTA
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(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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