UNITED STATES PUBLIC LAWS 102ND CONGRESS-SECOND SESSION

PUBLIC LAW 102-477 An Act -- OCTOBER 23, 1992

To authorize the integration of employment, training, and related services provided by Indian tribal governments.

The purposes of this Act are to demonstrate how Indian tribal governments can integrate the employment, training and related services they provide in order to improve the effectiveness of those services, reduce joblessness in Indian communities and serve tribally-determined goals consistent with the policy of self-determination

INTEGRATION OF SERVICES AUTHORIZED

The Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the appropriate Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Health and Human Services, or Secretary of Education, shall, upon the receipt of a plan acceptable to the Secretary of the Interior submitted by an Indian tribal government, authorize the tribal government to coordinate, (cont…)

INTEGRATION OF SERVICES AUTHORIZED

Cont…in accordance with such plan, its federally funded employment, training, and related services programs in a manner that integrates the program services involved into a single, coordinated, comprehensive program and reduces administrative costs by consolidating administrative functions

The programs that may be integrated in a demonstration project under any such plan referred to in section 4 shall include any program under which an Indian tribe is eligible for receipt of funds under a statutory or administrative formula for the purposes of job training, tribal work experience, employment opportunities, or skill development, or any program designed for the enhancement of job opportunities or employment training.

Programs that can be integrated into a

Public Law 102-477 Plan are:

Job Placement and Training: (JPT) This program is authorized by Pub. L. 84-959 as amended. The JPT program provides funds to assist Indian people acquire job skills necessary for full-time employment including testing, counseling, guidance, training, apprenticeship, on-the-job training and supportive services such as work-related clothing, transportation, tools and related expenses. CFDA 15.108

DOI/ BIA / Social Services General Assistance: (GA) Program provides funds for general assistance payments, and may include a tribal redesign program. CFDA 15.113

• DOI/ BIE Adult Education: (AE) is authorized by Pub. L. 93-638, as amended to provide funds to Indian adults to acquire the basic educational skills necessary for literate functioning, to enable them to benefit from job training and to continue education to at least the completion of secondary school or equivalent certification. CFDA 15.026

DOI/ BIE  Higher Education: (HE) is authorized under 48 Stat. 986, as amended to provide supplemental funds to enable Indian students to seek post-high school &/or undergraduate degrees. CFDA 15.114

 

• DOI/ BIE  Johnson O’Malley: (JOM) is authorized under Pub. L. 93-638, as amended: to meet the specialized and unique educational needs of Indian students. CFDA 15.130

DHHS Child Care and Development Fund: (CCDF) Discretionary &/or Mandatory funds to tribes for child care services. The program is designed to increase the availability, affordability and quality of child care services for unemployed and low-income families while parents are in school or in training, actively seeking work, or in low income jobs. CFDA 93.575 & 93.576

DHHS Temporary Assistance to Needy Families: (TANF) block grant authorized under Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-193, as amended; TANF replaces the old welfare system (ACDF).

TANF continues to provide financial assistance but within time limits, requires participants to work, and makes it beneficial for clients to earn income. CFDA 93.558

DHHS Native Employment Works: (NEW) Authorized under Section 412(a) (2) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Personal Responsibility and Work

Opportunity Reconciliation Act, (the welfare reform act). This program replaced JOBS on July 1, 1997.

NEW provides limited funds to tribes to design programs to make work activities and services available. Allowable activities include job search, work experience, classroom training and on-the-job training. CFDA 93.594

DOL Workforce Investment and

Opportunity Act: (WIOA)

Adult and Supplemental Youth Employment Program Authorized under the Workforce Investment Opportunity Act of 2014

supercedes the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) & the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA).

DOL Workforce Investment & Opportunity Act: WIOA funds are designed to assist Native Americans to be prepared to enter, reenter, or retain unsubsidized employment through a wide range of possible activities including, occupational skill training, on-the-job training, entrepreneurial and

small business development technical assistance and training, education and tuition assistance, tutoring, alternative secondary school services, counseling, job search and placement and related activities for adults and youth. CFDA 17.265

Public Law 102-477 - Tribal Work Group - Executive Committee

Address Phone Fax

Co-Chair RaeBelle WhitcombBristol Bay Native

Association

P.O. Box 310Dillingham, AK 99576

(907) 842-2262, Xt410

(907) 842-3498

Co-Chair Margaret Zientek Citizen Potawatomi

1601 S. Gordon Cooper DriveShawnee, OK 74801

(405) 598-0797 (405) 598-0833

Secretary Kim Carroll Cherokee Nation

17675 S. Muskogee Ave.Tahlequah, OK 74465

(918) 207-3842 (918) 458-7694

At-Large Rep Brenda Schwantes Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak

312 W. Marine WayKodiak, AK 99615

(907) 486-4449 (907) 486-3361

At-Large Rep Kay Kidder Nez Perce Tribe

116 Veterans DriveLapwai, ID 83540

(208) 621-4604 (208) 843-7380