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Tahlequah, OK - The Cherokee Nation is announcing the creation of a new work program designed to provide immediate assistance to Cherokee citizens that are unemployed and need a temporary helping hand. The Cherokee Day Work program is designed to provide help to Cherokee people by allowing them the opportunity to work for assistance, while they continue trying to secure full-time employment or assistance through other programs. The work program will be available throughout the Cherokee Nation’s 14-county jurisdiction. To be eligible, an applicant must be a Cherokee Nation citizen that is currently unemployed. Applicants will need to provide proof of tribal citizenship. Sponsored by the Cherokee Nation Career Services Group, the program will provide emergency funding to a citizen in turn for temporary work of 4 to 8 hours per day in a Cherokee Nation facility. Application can be made at any Cherokee Nation field office in the county where the citizen resides. For more information about the Cherokee Day Work program, please call 918-453-5555.

Related Cherokee Nation contact information:

Mike Miller, Cherokee Nation Director of Communications Phone: 918-456-0671 (ext.2210) Fax: 918-458-5580 E-mail: Communications@cherokee.org Larry Daugherty, Advertising Manager Cherokee Nation - Public Affairs Phone 918-456-0671 (Ex.2324) E-mail: ldaugherty@cherokee.org

Steven Swogger, Agriculture Liaison Natural Resources Department Phone: 918-456-0671 (ext.2546) FAX: 918-458-7673 E-mail: sswogger@cherokee.org Bradley D. Peak, Cherokee Nation Natural Resources Specialist Phone: 918-456-0671 (ex.2843) E-mail: bpeak@cherokee.org