NATIVE EMPLOYMENT WORKS PROGRAM
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 replaced the Tribal Job Opportunities
and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) Program with a new tribal work activities
program, to be identified as the Native Employment Works (NEW) Program.
The funding level for the NEW Program is set by PRWORA at the amount of the Tribal
JOBS Program for FY 1994 ($7,633,287). Only those Indian Tribes and Alaska Native organizations which
operated a Tribal JOBS Program in FY 1995 are eligible to apply. To obtain
FY 1998 funding for the NEW Program, a program plan must be completed and
submitted as soon as possible. The program plan will be effective for a
three-year period, 1998 - 2000.The New Plan Guidance explains the information needed to complete a New program plan and describes the plan approval process. This Plan Guidance also includes the data reporting form and instructions for its use.
Under the PRWORA, the NEW program is to provide work activities to tribal members. You are encouraged to continue serving Temporary Assistance for Needy Family (TANF) recipients, TANF family members and non-custodial parents. Please be aware that renegotiation of agreements and additional reporting requirements will be necessary in this case.
Due to the diversity of each program, reservation economic conditions, resources and program flexibility, each grantee has to design its NEW program to fit the needs of its unique community. Each program will develop its own standards in terms of what client outcomes are envisioned and realistic. The proposed standards should be measurable, out-come based and consistent with the program design described in the Program Plan Guidance. Grantees have the latitude to propose different standards for different categories of clients, for example, teen parents, or different types of activities such as entrepreneurial training, as long as it is related to client employment or achievement of self-sufficiency.
To see the NEW Program Instruction, New Plan Guidance, Reporting Requirements and reporting form; follow the highlighted links.
For further information, write:
Division of Tribal Services 370 L'Enfant Promenade Washington, DC 20447 (202) 401-9214Attention: Native Employment Works (NEW) Program Team
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jbushman@acf.dhhs.gov
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