Workforce Development/Employment
In 2007, 12 percent of AI/ANs aged 16 and older were unemployed, a rate much higher than other population groups in the U.S.1 More than one in three AI/AN children live in poverty.2
The U.S. Department of Labor administers the Division of Indian and Native American Programs to maximize the federal commitment to support the growth and development of Native American people and communities as determined by representatives of these communities. The funding from the Workforce Investment Act, reauthorized in 2014 as the Workforce and Innovation Opportunity Act, improves the academic, occupational, and literacy skills of Indian, Alaska Native, and Hawaiian adults and youth, making them more competitive in the workforce.3
Resources
Division of Indian and Native American Programs
This website has been designed primarily to provide general information and assistance to Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Section 166 Indian and Native American (INA) grantees and others interested in economic self-sufficiency through employment and job training for Native Americans.