Community Health Representative (CHR)

Since 1969 the Choctaw Nation has provided the CHR Program for those Indians residing within the tribal service area. This program is designed to assist Choctaws and other Indians improve and maintain the health of themselves and their families. Services are provided to those individuals that have a CDIB. There are no income guidelines for eligibility.

The CHR can do many things to assist our clients, such as taking vitals, glucose monitoring, diabetes, hypertension and cholesterol diet education, patient education, maternal and child health, drug and alcohol abuse counseling, patient assessments, medical referral follow-up care, as well as the provision of many other health care services.