Court Team of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

The OJJDP FY 09 Earmarks Programs further the Department's mission by providing grants, cooperative agreements, and other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended, to organizations identified in the Explanatory Statement Regarding H.R. 1105 (Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009), 155 Cong. Rec. H1653 (daily ed. Feb. 23, 2009) (statement by Rep. Obey, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the House).

ZERO TO THREE will use federal funds to establish a Court Team for Maltreated Infants and Toddlers in Cherokee, North Carolina. The Court Team of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) is part of a national project that includes 10 demonstration sites. The goal of each Court Team is to increase the knowledge and skills of community stakeholders so that their communities better meet the needs of maltreated infants and toddlers and their families who are involved in the child welfare system. NCA/NCF