Content Last Revised: 4/15/99 ---DISCLAIMER---

CFR	Code of Federal Regulations Pertaining to U.S. Department of Labor

Title 20

Employees' Benefits

Chapter V

Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor

Part 668

Indian and Native American Programs Under Title I of the Workforce Investment Act

Subpart A

Purposes and Policies

• Section Number: 668.100
• Section Name: What is the purpose of the programs established to serve Native American peoples (INA programs) under sec. 166 of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA)?

    (a) The purpose of WIA INA programs is to support comprehensive 

employment and training activities for Indian, Alaska Native and Native 

Hawaiian individuals in order to:

    (1) Develop more fully their academic, occupational, and literacy 

skills;

    (2) Make them more competitive in the workforce;

    (3) Promote the economic and social development of Indian, Alaska 

Native, and Native Hawaiian communities according to the goals and 

values of such communities; and

    (4) Help them achieve personal and economic self-sufficiency.

    (b) The principal means of accomplishing these purposes is to 

enable tribes and Native American organizations to provide employment 

and training services to Native American peoples and their communities. 

Services should be provided in a culturally appropriate manner, 

consistent with the principles of Indian self-determination. (WIA sec. 

166(a)(1).)