FY 2019 Directory of Funded Programs: Organizational Profiles and Project Summaries Standing Announcement for Tribal Title IV-E Plan Development Grants HHS-2019-ACF-ACYF-CS-1561 Administration for Children and Families - Administration on Children, Youth & Families - Children’s Bureau
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Award Number: Tribal Description 90CS2037 The Muscogee (Creek) Nation (MCN) is the fourth largest federally recognized Tribe in the United States with a total Project Title: population of more than 87,000 tribal citizens. Most MCN Title IV-E Plan importantly, more than half of those citizens live within the tribal jurisdiction and nearly two-thirds live within the state Muscogee (Creek) Nation allowing many to access MCN services and support. 1008 Eufaula Street Spanning nearly 5,000 square miles, the MCN tribal P.O. Box 580 jurisdiction includes eleven counties in east-central Okmulgee, OK 74447 Oklahoma and maintains the boundaries established in 1900. The Nation provides vital services such as health Project Director (PD) and care, child welfare, housing, education assistance, social Principal Contact: services, transportation, culture and language reservation, James R. Floyd and other basic governmental functions and services.
PD Email: Use of Program Funds [email protected] The MCN Children and Family Services Administration (CFSA), a division of Community and Human Services will PD Phone: expand child welfare services and jurisdiction to include 918-732-7601 Direct Title IV-E services.
Project Period: Expected Outcomes 24 Months MCN will directly administer, implement, and govern all aspects of the child welfare system as it relates to American Federal Program Officer Indian and Alaska Natives within the eleven (11) county (FPO)/Specialist: jurisdiction. CFSA will work to achieve three goals: Carlette Randall • Goal 1: Build internal CFSA capacity to operate a Title IV- FPO Email: E program; [email protected] • Goal 2: Create capacity to implement Title IV-E across stakeholder MCN Departments; and Target Population: • Goal 3: Create a Title IV-E Plan for future use and Children and families within implementation of direct Title IV-E services delivery for MCN communities MCN child welfare cases.
Geographic Area(s) Served: East Central Oklahoma (Counties of Creek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, and portions of Wagoner, Tulsa, Rogers, Hughes, Seminole, and Mayes.)
Agency Region: ACF Region 6