For adult transaction: to support employment and training activities for indian, alaska native, and native hawaiian individuals in order to: 1) develop more fully the academic, occupational, and…

The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration awarded a $2,381,562 Project Grant to the Lumbee Regional Development Association, Incorporated under the Native American Employment and Training federal grant program (CFDA #17.265). The grant will support employment and training services for unemployed, underemployed, and low-income American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians in Pembroke, North Carolina from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025. Specifically, the grantee will provide career services, follow-up services for up to 12 months after exit, and training services as outlined in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to develop participants' academic, occupational and literacy skills and make them more competitive in the workforce. The grantee is expected to meet six performance outcomes around employment rates, earnings, credential attainment, skill gains and employer services. Little to no subrecipient activities are involved, as most services and activities will be provided directly by the grantee.

For adult transaction: to support employment and training activities for indian, alaska native, and native hawaiian individuals in order to: 1) develop more fully the academic, occupational, and literacy skills of such individuals; 2) make such individuals more competitive in the workforce and equip them with the entrepreneurial skills necessary for successful self-employment; and 3) promote the economic and social development of indian, alaska native, and native hawaiian communities in accordance with the goals and values of such communities. Activities performed adult transaction: to provide employment and training opportunities to eligible individuals and to make efforts to develop programs that contribute to occupational development, upward mobility, development of new careers, and opportunities for nontraditional employment. Service categories include: (1) career services - that involve preparing to enter, reenter, or retain unsubsidized employment leading to self-sufficiency; (2) follow-up services, including counseling and supportive services for up to 12 months after the date of exit to assist participants in obtaining and retaining employment; and (3) training services, including activities described in wioa SEC. 134(c)(3)(d). Deliverables adult: grants may serve unemployed and under-skilled american indian, alaska and native hawaiian adults. Expected outcomes are defined in wioa at SEC. 116 (b). The grantee has six performance outcomes they must strive to meet: (1) employed in the 2ND quarter after exit; (2) employed in the 4TH quarter after exit; (3) median earnings in the 2ND quarter after exit; (4) credential attainment; (5) skill gains; and (6) service to employers. Intended beneficiary adult: american indians, alaska natives and native hawaiians who are unemployed, underemployed, low-income, or a recipient of a bona fide lay-off notice within the last 6 months or notice that a layoff will take place in the next six months. Subrecipient activities for both adult and youth: little to no subrecipient activities. Most services and activities are provided directly by the grantee.