(a) Native American grantees may undertake programs and activities
consistent with the purposes of the Act including, but not limited to,
programs and activities described in Secs. 632.78 through 632.81.
(b) Native American grantees are encouraged to develop innovative
means of addressing the needs of unemployed, underemployed and
economically disadvantaged members of their communities and of
contributing to the permanent economic self-sufficiency of such
communities.
(c) Training and placement in the private sector will be emphasized.
CSE and work experience are permitted when consistent over the long term
with increasing earnings in unsubsidized employment. Expenditures for
CSE are limited to 10 percent or the unemployment rate, based on data
collected by an appropriate Federal or State agency including BIA, of a
NAG's total section 401 allocation. For nonreservation grantees, the
official BLS unemployment rate or State job service rate for the area
will be used.
(d) Wages and allowances are to be kept to a minimum to maximize
funds to be used for training.
(e) Innovative approaches to the private sector are encouraged.
(f) Other activities described in Sec. 632.80 should use no more
than 25 percent of the funds. This limitation may be increased to
accommodate the extraordinary costs associated with special training
projects where it is clear the benefits support the additional cost. An
increase to this limitation shall be approved in instances such as, but
not limited to, rural participants needing relocation for training, when
the costs of housing, transportation, etc., for training participants
cannot be met within a 25 percent limitation, and for TERO activities.
