Native American Programs

What this funds

The Indian and Native American (INA) programs provide training and employment services specifically targeted to Indians and Native Americans. The INA programs are federal employment and job training programs that provide funding specifically to serve the unique needs of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians who reside both on and off reservations, including those who are living in urban areas who often face cultural challenges in transitioning from remote reservation areas to densely populated urban areas. American Indians and Alaska Natives living on remote reservations often lack access to services provided by American Job Centers as these centers are often located many miles away from the reservation in areas that may also face a lack of transportation. Under current law, INA programs provide services to adults and youth through a network of 163 tribes and INA organizations. As required under WIOA, the Department consults with the Department's Native American Employment and Training Council as it plans grant funding opportunities, including strategies and activities to be undertaken by grantees, performance accountability and reporting, and technical assistance. The INA programs emphasize training in jobs that are in high demand in the local economy as well as high demand jobs available outside the local community for individuals who are willing to relocate to obtain employment. Under current law, the Department also awards supplemental youth funding to help low-income American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian youth, between the ages of 14 and 24, acquire the educational and occupational skills needed to achieve academic and employment success and transition to jobs. The FY 2027 Budget proposes eliminating the INA programs and replacing them with the Make programs into a single program to Tribes and States that can serve a range of job seekers,

Extracted from Employment and Training Administration, p. 11. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.

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