ENTITLEMENT / INDIAN-NATIVE-AMERICAN-EMPLOYMENT-TRAINING

U.S. Department of Labor WIOA Section 166 grantees

Indian and Native American Employment and Training Program

Tribes, Tribal organizations, Alaska Native entities, Indian-controlled organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations provide culturally responsive employment and training services under WIOA Section 166.

Eligible American Indian, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian adult or youth seeking employment and training services

Entitlement facts

Benefit type
Government benefit. A government-funded or administered benefit, service, coverage program, assistance program, or public access route. Taxonomy definition →
What it unlocks
Employment and career services, academic, occupational, and literacy skill development, education or training financial assistance, work experience, placement, and locally approved supportive services that advance economic self-sufficiency.
Who qualifies
Eligible American Indian, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian adult or youth seeking employment and training services
Requirements
The participant must meet the serving grantee's Native American, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian identity or descent rules and its adult or youth program criteria, which can include unemployment, low income, age, residence or service area, work authorization, Selective Service, documentation, assessment, and individual-plan requirements.
How to activate
Use the Department of Labor's Indian and Native American Programs resources or an American Job Center to identify the grantee serving the community, then contact that grantee for its application, eligibility documents, assessment, and service plan.
Cost basis
Variable by provider or eligibility. The user's out-of-pocket cost cannot be represented by one fixed amount because it depends on provider policy, income, household, geography, selected service, coverage group, subsidy amount, or the underlying program. It may be free, reduced, sliding-scale, or partly paid.
Cost and fees
Program intake and approved services are generally free, but the service mix, training and supportive funding, participant payments, enrollment windows, and capacity vary by grantee. Tribal enrollment or identity requirements and program participation do not guarantee a job or full education funding.
Geography
US, Tribal, Native organization, and grantee-defined service areas
Personalization
Published eligibility is not described as individually targeted.

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Eligibility is conditional, not guaranteed.

Check the provider's final terms immediately before applying, depositing funds, spending, or changing a paid relationship.