Social Services / Family Support Services
Areas of Responsibility
The primary function of FSS is to assist residents of the Qualla Boundary with public & social welfare issues such as: child custody, family problems and financial hardships.
Services Offered
Tribal Wood Program
Family Preservation Services Food Pantry
SSI Payee
Christmas Store
Indian Child Welfare
Supervised court ordered parent/child visitations (both Tribal and State Court orders)
Parents as Teachers (Snowbird Office only)
Court ordered home studies and adoptive home studies (both Tribal and State Court orders)
Parenting Classes
Other Programs: Emergency Assistance, Fuel Program, Wood Program, Burial Expenses, Tribal Referral Program, Home Repair Program, Wheelchair Lift Program
Staff
Barbara Jones, Program Manager
Phone (828) 497-6092 Fax (828) 497-3322
Email barbjone@nc-cherokee.com Mail PO Box 507, Cherokee, NC 28719
Jenny Bean, Indian Child Welfare
Joelean Fox, Family Preservation
Charlotte Littlejohn, Administrative Assistant
Donavon Crowe & Dennis Shuler, Wood Program
Kathy Holloway, Parents and Teachers Coordinator (Snowbird Office 497-2437)
