Cherokee Nation W.W. Keeler Tribal Complex, health centers, and satellite offices will be closed on Friday, March 29, 2024. Cherokee Nation W.W. Hastings Hospital urgent care and emergency department and other emergency services will remain open.
State CAPS provides services to Indian families that are involved in the state court system within the Cherokee Nation reservation. These services are designed to help Cherokee families stay connected or to reunite the family unit that has split apart as a result of child abuse by the custodial caretaker.
State CAPS has Child Welfare Specialists who are assigned to specific counties within the Cherokee Nation reservation, to help facilitate the protections afforded tribal families under the Oklahoma and Federal Indian Child Welfare Acts. Services are provided to any child who is a citizen or is eligible for citizenship with the Cherokee Nation and has been removed from his or her parents or caretaker through judicial action.
For families in the state juvenile court system, and who are living in the jurisdictional boundaries of the Cherokee Nation, State CAPS offer the following services: