Cherokee County Health Services Council

Cherokee County Health Services Council, a county government entity headquartered in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, operates as a federal grant recipient (88% of awards) delivering health services, behavioral health programming, and volunteer service coordination across rural northeastern Oklahoma. The organization does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles; its federal footprint consists entirely of grant awards and sub-grants from health and human services agencies.

The organization's customer base concentrates heavily in HHS. The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration leads with 7 awards spanning rural opioid response and rural health network development programs. The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management accounts for 3 awards centered on AmeriCorps Seniors demonstration projects. HHS's Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention each contribute one award focused on opioid response and disease prevention.

Cherokee County Health Services Council's recent grant portfolio centers on rural community opioid response and health workforce development. A $1,407,011 AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Demonstration Program Project Grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CFDA 94.017) awarded July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029 deploys older volunteers age 55 and older to address emerging community needs in the Oklahoma City area, with a $657,011 baseline funding increase and zero matching requirements. A $100,000 Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (CFDA 93.912) effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026 establishes the Ottawa County Rural Health Network serving rural and low-income populations and substance-use-disorder populations across five partner organizations. A $424,919 Project Grant from the SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Treatment awarded September 30, 2023 through September 29, 2027 funds the Opioid Response Initiative training first responders and stakeholders across four rural and semi-rural counties in naloxone distribution and overdose reversal. Additional Rural Communities Opioid Response Program grants from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy address behavioral health services and implementation across Cherokee and Delaware counties. As a sub-recipient, Cherokee County Health Services Council participates in a National Council on the Aging benefits access initiative (awarded February 28, 2026) and a National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention monkeypox vaccine-confidence program (awarded September 1, 2023).

Activity has grown from one award in 2021 to four in 2023, with three awards (unspecified combined value) completing within the next twenty-four months and facing potential recompete.