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17.251:  Native American Employment and Training Programs

Objectives:  To afford job training to Native Americans facing serious barriers to employment, who are in special need of such training to obtain productive employment. To reduce the economic disadvantages among Indians and others of Native American descent and to advance the economic and social development of such people.

PROGRAM AND AWARD	FINANCIAL AND INFORMATION CONTACTS
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS	FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO.
APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS	INFORMATION CONTACTS
RELATED PROGRAMS	ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS
PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS	POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS

17.251 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicant Eligibility:  Indian tribes, bands or groups, Alaska Native villages or groups (as defined in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, 85 Stat. 688), and Hawaiian Native communities meeting the eligibility criteria, public bodies or private nonprofit agencies selected by the Secretary. Tribes, bands and groups may also form consortia in order to qualify for designation as a grantee. An independently eligible grantee shall be an Indian or Native American entity which has: (1) A governing body as defined in 20 CFR 632.4, an identifiable Native American resident population of at least 1,000 individuals (for new grantees) within its designated service area, and (2) the capability to administer Indian and Native American employment and training programs. Detailed requirements for consortium grantee applicants are set forth in 20 CFR 632.10(d)(5).

Beneficiary Eligibility:  Members of State or federally recognized Indian tribes, bands and other individuals of Native American descent, such as, but not limited to, the Klamaths in Oregon, Micmac and Maliseet in Maine, the Lumbees in North Carolina and South Carolina, Indians variously described as terminated or landless, Eskimos and Aleuts in Alaska, and Hawaiian Natives. ("Hawaiian Native" means an individual any of whose ancestors were natives prior to 1778 of the area which now comprises the State of Hawaii.) Applicants must also be economically disadvantaged, or unemployed, or underemployed. A Native American grantee may in some cases enroll participants who are not economically disadvantaged, or unemployed, or underemployed in upgrading and retraining programs. See 20 CFR 632.172(c)(1-2).

Credentials/Documentation:  An applicant who wants to be designated as a grantee must submit a notification of intent to apply biennially. Consortium applicants must include a formal consortium agreement with attachments specified in 20 CFR 632.10. A Comprehensive Annual Plan is to be submitted by the designated grantees. It will include, among other things: (1) A program narrative description; (2) a program planning summary; and (3) a budget information summary.

17.251 APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS:

Preapplication Coordination:  The standard application forms as furnished by the Federal agency must be used for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.

Application Procedure:  After prospective grantees have filed a notice of intent, and new applicants have additionally provided the information cited in 20 CFR 632.11, designation decisions are made. Subsequently, designated grantees must submit a Comprehensive Annual Plan to the Employment and Training Administration, Division of Indian and Native American Programs (DINAP) Department of Labor. In addition, grantees must prepare a Master Plan which addresses the administrative, planning, and operational elements needed to implement a JTPA program. Instructions for completing these documents are issued annually by DINAP bulletin.

Award Procedure:  Grants will be made directly to eligible grantees by the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor.

Deadlines:  Notices of intent to apply for a grant are due by January 1 of every other year. Designation decisions are made by March 1. Submission of the Comprehensive Annual Plan generally occurs in mid- March or April, after designated grantees have been notified of their approximate allocation amount.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time:  From 30 to 90 days.

Appeals:  Applicants will be notified of approval or disapproval of the Comprehensive Annual Plan and if disapproved, given a reasonable time to make adjustments and resubmit the Plan. Final disapproval of an application or plan submitted by a designated grantee will not be made without affording the grantee an opportunity for reconsideration.

Renewals:  Grant awards may be renewed annually, while designation as a grantee applies for 2 years.

Criteria for Selecting Proposals:  The Notice of Intent, Master Plan, and Comprehensive Annual Plan must comply with the regulations and DINAP administrative instructions.

Examples of Funded Projects:  All funded projects have in common the provision of a comprehensive set of job training services. Examples of these services are training, referral to employment, counseling, work experience, child care, testing, job orientation, and follow-up on terminated participants.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance:  $19,309 to $6,431,429; $290,019 (PY 99 actual).

17.251 RELATED PROGRAMS:

• 15.108 Indian Employment Assistance;
• 15.124 Indian Loans: Economic Development;
• 17.207 Employment Service;
• 17.254 Welfare-to-Work Grants to Federally Recognized Tribes and Alaska Natives;
• 93.612 Native American Programs.

17.251 PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

17.251 FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO:

Federal Agency:  EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Type of Assistance:  Formula Grants.

Obligations:  (Grants) Program operates on program year (PY) beginning July 1 and ending June 30. PY 99 $57,815,000; PY 00 est $58,436,000; and PY 01 est $55,000,000.

Budget Account Number:  16-0174-0-1-504.

Authorization:  Job Training Partnership Act of 1982, as amended, Title IV, Part A, Section 401, Public Law 97-300, 96 Stat. 1368, 29 U.S.C. 1671.

Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature:  Federal Register, Volume 48, No. 204, Thursday, October 20, 1983, 20 CFR 632, Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor.

17.251 INFO CONTACTS:

Regional or Local Office:  None.

Headquarters Office:  Division of Indian and Native American Programs, Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor, Room N4641, 200 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20210. Phone: (202) 219-5500. Contact: Anna Goddard.

(See Appendix IV for more contact info.)

17.251 ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Formula and Matching Requirements:  There are no matching requirements. One hundred percent of Section 401 monies are distributed by formula, as follows: 25 percent allocated on the basis of the relative number of unemployed Indians and other Native Americans within the grantee's geographic service area compared to the total number of unemployed Indians and other Native Americans in the U.S. Seventy-five percent of the funds are allocated on the basis of the relative number of members of Indian and other Native American households, whose income is at or below the poverty level, within the grantee's geographic service area compared to the total number of members of Indians and Native American households in poverty in the U.S.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance:  Funds are made available though annual program year grants. The program year runs from July 1 to June 30. Funds obligated for any program year may be expended by each recipient during the program year and the two succeeding program years. Payment will be made by advance Treasury check or electronic funds transfer through the computerized Payment Management System.

Uses and Use Restrictions:  Funds may be utilized for employment and training programs and services, including classroom training, on-the-job training, training assistance, community service employment, work experience, youth employment programs, day care, health care, job search, relocation and transportation allowances designed to assist eligible participants to obtain employment. There are specified restrictions on the amount of grant funds which can be used for administrative costs.

17.251 POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Reports:  Annual Status Report, semi-annual Financial Status Report, and semi-annual Program Status Summary.

Audits:  In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133, (rev. June 24, 1997) "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities which expend financial assistance of $300,000 or more in Federal awards in a year will have a single or program specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities which expend less than $300,000 a year in Federal funds are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133.

Records:  Financial records, supporting documents, statistical records and all other pertinent records shall normally be retained for a period of 3 years after the grant is closed out. Participant records shall be retained for 5 years. Records must be retained longer in certain cases, such as when audit findings have not been resolved.