Statement of purpose
Notes
Short Title of 2000 Amendment
Short Title
Congressional Findings and Purposes
Findings.—
The Congress finds that—
[sic] Indian tribes and Alaska Native organizations that have participated in carrying out programs under the Indian Employment, Training, and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3401 et seq.) have—
improved the effectiveness of employment-related services provided by those tribes and organizations to their members;
enabled more Indian and Alaska Native people to prepare for and secure employment;
assisted in transitioning tribal members from welfare to work; and
otherwise demonstrated the value of integrating employment, training, education and related services. [sic]
the initiatives under the Indian Employment, Training, and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 should be strengthened by ensuring that all Federal programs that emphasize the value of work may be included within a demonstration program of an Indian or Alaska Native organization; and
the initiatives under the Indian Employment, Training, and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 should have the benefit of the support and attention of the officials with policymaking authority of—
the Department of the Interior; or
other Federal agencies that administer programs covered by the Indian Employment, Training, and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992.
Purposes.—
The purposes of this title [see Short Title of 2000 Amendment note above] are to demonstrate how Indian tribal governments can integrate the employment, training, and related services they provide in order to improve the effectiveness of those services, reduce joblessness in Indian communities, foster economic development on Indian lands, and serve tribally-determined goals consistent with the policies of self-determination and self-governance.”