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Health committee hears updates: job fair drew 600+, WIC online certification due in April, WINGS marks 30 years
Summary
Health Services and Public Health staff reported a successful job fair with 600+ attendees, an email migration to a new tenant, WIC online certification going live in April, and increases in farmers market participation.
Cherokee Nation Health Services and Cherokee Nation Public Health briefed the health committee Monday on staffing, outreach and program updates.
Dr. Steven Jones reported that a recent health job fair drew a large crowd: "We had over 600 people show up at that job fair," he said, adding about 30 hiring managers conducted interviews. He also told the committee the health system is migrating email accounts to a new cherokeenationhealth.org tenant and asked constituents to resend messages if they did not receive a response because some items have reappeared in inboxes during the transition. Dr. Jones thanked the Cherokee Nation marshal service and emergency management for helping staff during a recent snow event and said the hospital system remained operational.
Lisa Pivic of Cherokee Nation Public Health outlined community programs: WINGS, the walking and running program, will mark its 30th anniversary in 2026 and members are being asked to switch to a new online application; WIC’s online certification is scheduled to go live in April; summer Electronic Benefit Transfer enrollment is nearly complete with almost all schools signed up; senior farmers market outreach signed about 25 new farmers, increasing participation from 98 at the end of last season to an estimated roughly 200 farmers this year. Public-health nursing continues vaccination and screening events across the reservation.
During questions, Councilor Callison asked staff to share maps and lists of markets for posting on social media; Pivic agreed to coordinate with staff so the committee can share resources on the committee Facebook page. The committee praised the reports and moved on to new business.
