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Cherokee Nation COTTA Program
The primary purpose of the Cherokee Nation COTTA Program is to help faith based and community based organizations increase their effectiveness, enhance the ability to provide social services to serve those most in need, enhance the organizational capacity of each organization, diversify funding sources, and create collaborations to better serve those in Cherokee Communities
The COTTA program has been designed to facilitate opportunities for partnerships between Cherokee Nation and it's communities within the 14 county TJSA. It is a self-help catalyst to educate and provide technical assistance to those organizations within the communities in utilizing their own talents and wisdom to secure and administer federal and other funding opportunities. The foundation for COTTA is the understanding that individual communities know and understand most about the needs and visions for their members.
Cherokee Nation has committed to build one-hundred cohesive communities within ten years. Building a strong community requires that it be economically capable of supporting the community members comfortably, ensuring that families are stable and that it's population are both mentally and physically healthy as well as revitalizing the spirit of Ga-Du-Gi, neighbors helping neighbors.
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ATTENTION SPECIAL UPDATE
Cherokee Nation Announces Community Funding Opportunity
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation is accepting applications for a competitive funding opportunity designed to allow Cherokee community and faith-based organizations to become more self-sufficient.
Cherokee Nation’s Community Organization Training and Technical Assistance (COTTA) program will fund select projects through a competitive process, with sub-awards ranging from $5,000 to $10,000. Successful recipients must have a strong service history, with basic management and bookkeeping procedures in place. Qualifying groups must be willing to participate in ongoing training offered by COTTA. In addition, the organizations must be governed and operated at least 51 percent by Cherokee Nation citizens and be located within the 14-county tribal jurisdiction service area of the Cherokee Nation.
To complete eligibility requirements, all applicants must attend a workshop on February 23, 2008, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Indian Capital Technology Center, located at 240 Vo-Tech Road in Tahlequah.
COTTA is a program designed to assist community and faith-based organizations by increasing their effectiveness, organizational capacity and ability to meet community needs, while diversifying their funding resources and creating partnerships to better serve Cherokee communities. Organizations at all stages of development are encouraged to apply. Sub-award funds cannot be used for direct services, construction, lobbying or research.
The deadline for applications for the sub-funding awards is March 8, 2008. Applications post-marked after that time will not be considered. To request an application or further information, contact Rick Gassaway at (918) 431-4173 or rgassaway@cherokee.org.
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