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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF GRANT APPLICATION FOR HEAD START REPLACEMENT GRANT - ADAIR, CHEROKEE, SEQUOYAH AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES, OKLAHOMA
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WHEREAS, the Cherokee Nation since time immemorial has exercised the sovereign rights of self-government in behalf of the Cherokee people;
WHEREAS, the Cherokee Nation is a federally recognized Indian Nation with a historic and continual government to government relationship with the United States of America;
WHEREAS, the Cherokee Nation is interested in achieving and maintaining a desirable measure of prosperity by promoting the education of young children;
WHEREAS, the Cherokee Nation is interested in providing comprehensive child development services to predominately economically disadvantaged children and families, with a special focus on helping preschoolers develop the early reading and math skills they need to be successful in school;
WHEREAS, the Cherokee Nation promotes school readiness by enhancing the social, cognitive, and emotional development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social and other services to enrolled children and families.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION, that the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council fully supports and endorses an application for expansion to be submitted to the Department of Health and Human Services to provide direct services to 3, 4 and 5 year old children through the Head Start program and to create additional staff positions.