Cherokee County Health Services Council

The Cherokee County Health Services Council (CCHSC) Rural Community Opioid Response Program has made great strides in increasing knowledge, access, and care for individuals with SUD/OUD in northeastern Oklahoma. However, there is still much to be done. Currently, CCHSC directs an RCORP implementation and RCORP behavioral health grant serving Cherokee County (a third grant supports RCORP implementation in Delaware County). These grants work to inform and educate residents about Narcan, stigma reduction, treatment options, and recovery; provide training for behavioral health staff and transportation for clients; and contribute to the support of two MAT treatment facility‘s Addiction Recovery Center (ARC) and NEO Health in Cherokee County. A new partner to the area is the Working to Recover Assist and Prevent (WRAP) program, a social service entity supporting individuals in recovery and those averted from or recently released from incarceration. Supplies and equipment purchased through this opportunity will be used to support RCORP partners and OUD/SUD activities in Cherokee County, Oklahoma. Each of the tasks under these allowable activities will serve residents of Cherokee County. Cherokee County is one of fourteen counties in the rolling hills of northeast Oklahoma that constitute the Cherokee Nation and vies with the Navajo Nation to carry the title of the largest Native American Tribe in the US. The county population of 47,627 lives within 749 square miles. Within its boundaries, Cherokee County has about 20 US census "places," with the largest twelve having a population between 495 and 15,753. Tahlequah (population 15,753) is the county seat, the largest town, and the capital of the Cherokee Nation. This table describes the ethnicity and social determinants of health.