Tribe issues first childcare licensures on Qualla Boundary
Tina Saunooke, center, early education director of QB HS & EHS, is presented with Dora Reed Center childcare licensure by Tim Tripplet, RCD Quality Improvement coordinator, left, and Brandy Davis, RCD Lead Compliance officer. (EBCI PHHS photos)
EBCI Public Health & Human Services Division (EBCI PHHS) Regulatory & Compliance Department (RCD) team members presented the division’s first official childcare licenses on Wednesday, May 19 to Qualla Boundary Head Start & Early Head Start (QB HS & EHS) centers, Dora Reed Center and Big Cove Children’s Center. In 2019, Tribal Council adopted Chapter 9 Childcare Licensure to the Cherokee Code of Ordinances giving EBCI Public Health & Human Services authority to license childcare facilities on EBCI tribal lands who meet the eligibility and licensing requirements.