Cite as: 10 CNCA § 1137

A. Whenever a child who has been adjudicated by the Court as a child in need of supervision has been committed to Cherokee Nation, Cherokee Nation may place the child in the home of the child, the home of a relative of the child, foster home, group home, transitional living program, independent living program, community-based setting, rehabilitative facility or child care facility, or in a state school for the mentally retarded if eligible for admission thereto.

B. Cherokee Nation may establish, maintain, or contract one or more rehabilitative facilities to be used exclusively for the custody of children in need of supervision.

C. A child in need of supervision who has been found to be a child in need of treatment and to be eligible for residential care and treatment, as provided in 10 CNCA § 1116, by the Court, may be placed in a mental health facility contracted or deemed appropriate by the District Court.