Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Child Care Center is a licensed child care center that offers high quality infant through pre-school age care. It is located at 2218 Shunk Road and is open from 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Child Care Center is open to all tribal families, tribal employees, and surrounding community members. However, priority for enrollment in the Child Care Center is given to Tribal Employees who are need of full time child care. Families can apply for subsidized child care through the Department of Human Services and Anishnabek and Community Family Services to assist in paying for the cost of care.

The center has an agreement with the Tribal Head Start program to provide care for children enrolled in the Head Start and Early Head Start program from 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., parents assume the cost of before and after care for the extended care services that are provided to children enrolled in either Head Start or Early Head Start. As a result of this partnership all children receive the same educational services as children attending Head Start or Early Head Start, see program descriptions and eligibility requirements below.

Counties Served:

Chippewa, Luce, and Mackinac

Services Provided:

Child Care, Preschool, and Child Development & Care

What is CSHCS?

Children's Special Health Care Services (CSHCS) is a program within the Department of Community Health. It is for children and some adults with special health care needs and their families.

Services Include:

• Coverage and referral for specialty services, based on your child’s health problems.
• Family-Centered Services to support you in your role as the primary caretaker of your child.
• Community-Based Services to help you care for your child at home and maintain normal routines.
• Culturally Competent Services that demonstrate an awareness of cultural differences.
• Coordinated Services to pull together the services of many providers who work within different agencies.

To be eligible for this program, children must have a qualifying medical condition and be 20 years old or under. Persons 21 and over with cystic fibrosis or certain blood clotting disorders also may qualify for services.

County Served:

Chippewa

Services Provided:

Child Health and Children’s Special Health Care Services

County Served:

Chippewa

County Served:

Chippewa

Services Provided:

Pregnancy Resources, Home-Based Services, Immunizations, Family Planning, Hearing & Vision, Home Health & Hospice , Home Health, Home Health & Hospice, Children’s Special Health Care Services, Communicable Disease, Tobacco Education, WIC, Prenatal/Lamaze/& Breastfeeding Classes, Emergency Assistance, Substance Use/Prevention Coalition, Breastfeeding Education, Maternal Infant Health Program (MIHP), Breast & Cervical Cancer Control Navigation Progra, Healthy Families of America, Maternal Infant Health Program, and Environmental Health