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For more information call: (202) 219-8211
U.S. Labor Secretary Alexis M. Herman today announced a
continuation of the roll out of $15 million in Welfare-to-Work grants to help
Indian and Native American tribal governments transform the lives of long-term
welfare recipients.
Herman, who met with tribal leaders during her ten-city,
nationwide welfare-to-work fact-finding tour, said she realized how helpful
these grants will be after hearing from Native Americans who are trying to move
from welfare to work.
"Native Americans searching for work
face monumental challenges presented by lack of transportation, inadequate
resources and the lack of healthy economies on reservations. That is why we are
doing all we can to get these additional resources onto reservations to pay for
innovative solutions that lead to jobs, jobs, training, and opportunities to
move up the career ladder."
Herman also said this funding will help many Native
Americans overcome some of the economic barriers to self sufficiency.
"These grants will help welfare
recipients get job placement, transitional employment and other necessary
support services to gain a more secure foothold in the world of work."
Thirty-three tribes in the states of Alaska, Arizona,
California, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota,
Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Washington have been approved
for grants totaling $4.4 million for fiscal year 1998. These tribes join the 26
Indian and Native American tribal governments that were approved for $5.8
million in welfare-to-work grants on March 18, 1998. Additional tribal
welfare-to-work grants, totaling $30 for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, will be
awarded once they are approved.
The Indian and Native American Welfare-to-Work grants are
part of a $3 billion national effort to combat dependency among welfare
recipients who face the most difficult obstacles to employment. One percent of
the $3 billion is set aside for Indian and Native American tribal governments.
Under the 1997 Budget Reconciliation Act, $711.5 million
will be awarded on a competitive basis directly by the Secretary of Labor to
local communities for projects that emphasize innovation, collaboration and
sustainable strategies to attain quality employment, earnings and other
successful outcomes for welfare recipients. Tribal governments, colleges and
other Native American for-profit and not-for-profit organizations are eligible
to apply for the competitive grants.
The remaining $2.2 billion in funds will go to states in
the next 2 years by a formula based on their population of poor people and
adult recipients of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families.
The 33 tribal governments announced today are receiving
grants because their plans have been approved by the department, enabling the
Secretary of Labor to release the welfare-to-work set-aside formula funds to
them.
The grants may be used to fund unsubsidized and subsidized
employment, work experience, on-the-job training and post-employment retention
services, such as child care and transportation assistance.
Note: Attached is a list of the grant amounts to be
allocated to the Native American tribal governments along with a contact name
and number.
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Tribe: Chugachmiut/ Copper River Native
Association
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
WtW Funds: $20,723
Contact: Rose Ellis
Phone: (907) 562-4155
Tribe: Association of Village Council Presidents,
Inc.
Location: Bethel, Alaska
WtW Funds: $412,379
Contact:
Myron P. Naneng, Sr
. Phone: (907) 543-7301
Tribe: Metlakatla Indian Community
Location:
Metlakatla, Alaska
WtW Funds: $15,394
Contact: Mae Edwards Phone:
(907) 886-4441
Tribe: Gila River
Location: Sacaton, Arizona
WtW Funds: $95,916
Contact: Lana Chanda
Phone: (520)
562-3387
Tribe: Cocopah
Location: Somerton, Arizona
WtW Funds: $6,217
Contact: Frank A. Molina
Phone: (520) 627-8026
Tribe: The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
Location:
Fort Hall, Idaho
WtW Funds: $64,121
Contact: Robert Young
Phone:
(208) 238-3855
Tribe: Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc.
Location:
Anchorage, Alaska
WtW Funds: $361,756
Contact: David Thundereagle
Phone: (907) 265-5917
Tribe: Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
Location: Juneau, Alaska
WtW Funds: $133, 216
Contact: Sharon Olsen
Phone: (907) 586-1432
Tribe: Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc.
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
WtW Funds: $62,240
Contact: John R. Lewis
Phone: (602) 284-0071
Tribe: Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
WtW Funds: $82,298
Contact: Lillia
Castaneda
Phone: (602) 874-8101
Tribe:California Indian Manpower Consortium
Location: Sacramento County, California
Contact: Lorenda Sanchez
Phone: (916) 920-0285
Tribe:Kickapoo
Location: Horton, Kansas
WtW
Funds: $$33,156
Contact: Candace Wishkeno
(913) 486-2131
Tribe: Mille Lacs
Location: Onamia, Minnesota
WtW Funds: $73,121
Contact: Bonnie Lowe
Phone: (320)
532-4457
Tribe: Blackfeet Tribal Business Council
Location: Browning, Montana
WtW Funds: $154,235
Contact: Melanie
Croff
Phone: (406) 338-2111
Tribe: Northern Cheyenne Tribe
Location: Lame
Deer, Montana
WtW Funds: $62,760
Contact: Isadore Whitewolf
Phone: (406) 477-6221
Tribe: Pueblo of Zuni
Location: Zuni, New Mexico
WtW Funds: $469,865
Contact: Hayes A. Lewis
Phone: (505)
782-4481
Tribe: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Location: Fort
Yates, North Dakota
WtW Funds: $82,890
Contact: Kathy Vallee
Phone: (701) 854-7207
Tribe: Muscogee Creek
Location: Okmulgee,
Oklahoma
WtW Funds: $470,930
Contact: Curtis Hicks
Phone: (918)
756-8700 Ext. 620
Tribe: Cherokee Nation
Location: Tahlequah,
Oklahoma
WtW Funds: $805,572
Contact: Kim Carroll
Phone: (918)
456-0671
Tribe: Red Lake Band
Location: Red Lake,
Minnesota
WtW Funds: $195,976
Contact: Vonnie Loud
Phone: (218)
679-3350
Tribe: Crow Tribal Council
Location: Crow
Agency, Montana
WtW Funds: $68,680
Contact: Veronica White Clay
Phone: (406) 638-2601
Tribe: Mescalero Apache Tribe
Location:
Mescalero, New Mexico
WtW Funds: $16,874
Contact: Eloise Antonio
Phone: (505) 671-9302
Tribe: Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe
Location: Fort
Totten, North Dakota
WtW Funds: $57,431
Contact: Rose Lebeau
Phone: (701) 766-1200
Tribe: Three Affiliated Tribes
Location: New
Town, North Dakota
WtW Funds: $51,214
Contact: Leo Cummings
Phone: (701) 627-4756
Tribe: Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Location:
Shawnee, Oklahoma
WtW Funds: $33,7660
Contact: Carol Clay
Phone:
(405) 275-5269
Tribe: Klamath Tribes
Location: Chiloquin,
Oregon
WtW Funds: $42,037
Contact: Brenda Frank
Phone: (541)
783-2219
Tribe: Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Location:
Eagle Butte, South Dakota
WtW Funds: $63,352
Contact:
Phone:
Tribe: Swinomish Tribal Community
Location:
LaConner, Washington
WtW Funds: $20,427
Contact: John Stephens
Phone: (360) 466-7216
Tribe: Confererated Tribes of Band of the Yakama Indian
Nation
Location: Yakima County, Washington
WtW Funds: $251,631
Contact: Martha Yallup
Phone: (509) 865-5121, Ext. 519
Tribe: Sokaogon Chippewa Community
Location:
Crandon, Wisconsin
WtW Funds: $22,795
Contact: Cheryle Smith
Phone: (715) 478-3265
Tribe:Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Location: Rosebud,
South Dakota
WtW Funds: $164,892
Contact: Francis Richards
Phone:
(605) 747-2060
Tribe: Puyallup Tribe of Indians
Location:
Tacoma, Washington
WtW Funds: $133,216
Contact: Sylvia Miller
Phone: (253) 572-7867
Tribe: Ho-Chunk Nation
Location: Black River
Falls, Wisconsin
WtW Funds: $177,622
Contact: Debra Lozano
Phone:
(715) 284-5877
Archived News Release--Caution:
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