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Program Year 2019 Indian and Native American WIOA grants
Summary ETA gave WIOA Section 166 Indian and Native American grantees Program Year 2019 Comprehensive Services and Supplemental Youth Services allotments. It explained applications, reductions for excess prior-year carry-in, and requests for a higher administrative cost limit. Tribes using the separate Public Law 102-477 route received funds through the Interior Department; ETA now labels this advisory Canceled.
Document
Federal guidance
Agency
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
Document number
TEGL No. 20-18
Date issued
May 24, 2019
Status
Withdrawn
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Status last verified October 24, 2026
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CLASSIFICATION
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION PY 2019 Funding Allocations
ADVISORY SYSTEM CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OWI DINAP
Washington, D.C. 20210 DATE
May 24, 2019
ADVISORY: TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 20-18
TO: ALL SECTION 166 INDIAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN (INA) GRANTEES
FROM: MOLLY E. CONWAY /s/
Acting Assistant Secretary
SUBJECT: Program Year (PY) 2019 Funding Allotments and Instructions for the INA
Section 166 Programs
1. Purpose. To provide INA grantees with Comprehensive Services Program (CSP) and
Supplemental Youth Services Program (SYSP) funding allotments for PY 2019 for the
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Section 166 programs, and to notify
grantees of the required submission of Standard Form (SF) 424 – Application for Federal
Assistance, SF 424A – Budget Information (Non-Construction Programs), and Budget
Narrative. This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) also provides guidance
on high carry-in of funding at the end of PY 2018.
2. Action Requested. Grantees must follow the requirements in this guidance to receive PY
2019 funding. Note: Federally recognized tribes that participate in Public Law 102-477 will
have their PY 2019 WIOA funds transferred to the Department of Interior (DOI), Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Office of Indian Services, Division of Workforce Development. These tribes
are not required to submit the documents requested in this TEGL but should instead follow
DOI’s requirements for receiving funds.
3. Summary and Background.
Summary. This document provides grantees with guidance and information including:
- INA grantee funding amounts for PY 2019;
- How to submit an application through grants.gov for PY 2019 funding;
- Funding reductions for grantees with excessive amounts of unspent funds at the end of PY
2018; and
- Process for requesting an increase in the administrative cost limit.
RESCISSIONS EXPIRATION DATE
None Continuing
Background. On September 28, 2018, the Department of Defense and Labor, Health and
Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations
Act, 2019, Pub. L. 115-245 (hereinafter, referred to as “the Act”) was signed into law. The
Act provides $54,500,000 for Native American programs under section 166 of the WIOA.
Of this amount, one percent ($545,000) will be set-aside for technical assistance pursuant to
the WIOA Final Rule, 20 CFR 684.270(e) and $530,000 will be set-aside to award grants to
unique populations in Alaska and Hawaii pursuant to WIOA, Section 166(k). Therefore, the
total amount available for the Native American Comprehensive Services program is
$53,425,000. This amount will be allocated to INA grantees using the formula in the WIOA
Final Rule at 20 CFR 684.270(b).
The Act also provides $903,416,000 for grants to States for WIOA youth activities and
pursuant to Section 127(b)(1)(A) of WIOA, 1½ percent of this amount is to be used to
provide youth workforce investment activities for Native American youth in accordance with
Section 166(d)(2)(A)(ii) of WIOA. Accordingly, $13,511,8651 is available for PY 2019 and
will be allotted to INA grantees to provide supplemental services to low-income Native
American youth on or near Indian reservations and in Oklahoma, Alaska, and Hawaii. ETA
will allocate funds to INA grantees using the formula in the WIOA regulations at 20 CFR
684.440.
4. Grantee Expenditure Rates for PY 2018. Grantees that had unobligated funds in excess of
20 percent of total funds available at the end of PY 2018 may be subject to funding
adjustments in their PY 2019 award pursuant to 20 CFR 684.270(d).
5. Submission Requirements. Grantees will use the funding allotment amounts in Attachment
I of this TEGL to submit a SF 424, 424A, Budget Narrative, and a negotiated indirect cost
rate agreement (NICRA) or cost allocation plan (if applicable). Grantees receiving both CSP
and SYSP funds must submit a separate set of documents for each set of funds, with the
exception of indirect cost rate agreements/cost allocation plans. In addition, grantees that
would like to request an administrative cost limit above 15 percent but not more than 20
percent should submit such request with the application. See item 5 below for additional
information on submitting a request for an increase in the administrative cost limit. Grantees
that have made significant program design changes or significant changes in WIOA program
activities should also submit a revised four-year strategic plan.
As in past years, grantees will submit documents through the grants.gov website located at
www.grants.gov. Grantees must submit the SF 424, 424A, and Budget Narrative (and
NICRA/Cost Allocation Plan if applicable) within 30 days from the issue date of this
TEGL.
6. Request for an Administrative Cost Rate Above 15 Percent. The grant Terms and
Conditions limit administrative costs for INA grants to 15 percent. However, ETA will
approve administrative cost rates in excess of 15 percent, but no more than 20 percent, when
the grantee submits acceptable justification. Grantee must describe the conditions that exist
within its organizations that require an administrative cost rate above 15 percent. Examples
of the conditions that ETA will consider are:
1
$2,625,000 of the State youth WIOA appropriation is reserved for set-asides authorized by the Act,
therefore, the INA youth program will receive 1 ½ percent of $900,791,000.
The amount and nature of on-going direct and indirect administrative costs.
Local economic conditions such as the cost to rent space, paying salaries that are
competitive with other employers in the local area in order to attract qualified and
experienced employees, providing salary increases and other pay incentives to retain
good employees.
The amount and nature of any uncontrollable increases in its existing essential
administrative costs that are unusual one-time expenses, including significant increases to
basic administrative cost components such as rent or staff salaries. (Supporting
documentation is required.)
How the grantee already supplements the funds it receives from ETA for administrative
expenditures with funds from other sources in order to meet its necessary administrative
costs.
Significant State-wide activities, for instance extensive geographic area actively serviced
under the grant necessitates substantial transportation, or costs associated with providing
access to services in an American Job Center, or membership on the State Workforce
Development Board are all recognized state-wide activities.
Administrative costs are defined in the WIOA Final Rule at 20 CFR 683.215.
7. Grants.gov Submission Process. Grantees must submit the documents described in items 4
and 5 above through Grants.gov. In order to submit documents through grants.gov, you, or
someone in your organization, must be registered as an Authorized Organization
Representative (AOR) with grants.gov. You can request that the AOR for your organization
submit the required documents on your behalf or you may register as an AOR and submit the
documents. To learn how to register with grants.gov and become an AOR for your
organization go to: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/registration.html or call the
grants.gov help line at: 1-800-518-4726
Follow the steps below to submit the required documents for PY 2019 funding through
grants.gov.
Step 1: Go to www.grants.gov
Step 2: Click on LOGIN in the upper right hand corner of the screen and log into grants.gov
with your user name and password. Note: you must register with grants.gov in order
to get a user name and password and you must be assigned the Authorized
Organization Representative (AOR) by your organization’s BIZ Point of Contact
(POC). See https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/registration/authorize-
roles.html for additional information on how to become an AOR.
Step 3: Once you are logged into grants.gov, select the APPLICANTS tab on the Grants.gov
homepage and then select Apply Now from the pull down menu.
Step 4: In the Funding Opportunity Number field, enter PY19-NA-Sec166-Funding in the
Funding Opportunity Number field. Skip the Opportunity Package ID and go down
to the Application Filing Name field and enter an application filing name and then
click on Create Workspace. Note: the Applicant Filing Name can be any name you
wish to use and it will become the name for your Workspace. If you receive both
CSP and SYSP funds, create a separate workspace in order to submit two separate
applications. For example, you may want to name the Workspace for your CSP
application “PY 2019 WIOA Adult Application” and the Workspace for your SYSP
application “PY 2019 WIOA Youth Application”.
Step 5: Click on the links in the Application Package Forms and complete all the required
forms.
Submitting the SF-424 through Grants.gov constitutes an electronically signed SF-424,
Application for Federal Assistance. Item #18 on the SF-424 and the amounts in the SF-424A
and Budget Narrative must reflect the exact amount of the allotment in Attachment I.
Additionally, Item #11 of the SF-424 must include Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Number (CFDA) # 17.265.
This submission process can be time-consuming and therefore ETA strongly encourages
grantees to initiate the process as soon as possible, in order to allow time to resolve
unanticipated technical problems.
Submission requirements stipulate that all applicants for Federal grant and funding
opportunities must have a Data Universal Numbering System (D-U-N-S®) number, and must
supply their D-U-N-S® number on the SF-424. We strongly encourage grantees to be
consistent in using the same D-U-N-S and Employer Identification Number (EIN) that it used
in the previous year’s grant application. If you do not know the D-U-N-S and EIN you used
for PY 2018, please contact your Federal Project Officer to get the D-U-N-S and EIN.
Please be aware that you cannot submit an application to grants.gov if your organization does
not have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM). Grantees can
find out if they have an active SAM registration by going to: https://www.sam.gov/SAM/ and
clicking on the Search Records tab. Then enter your organizations D-U-N-S and click on the
SEARCH button. For assistance with SAM registration, please call the SAM federal help
desk at: (866) 606-8220.
8. Inquiries. Please direct questions to the designated Federal Project Officer below.
Duane Hall (972) 850-4637 Maria Mendoza (202) 693-3695
[email protected] [email protected]
Guy Suetopka (415) 625-7988 Jennifer Whitmore (415) 625-7970
[email protected] [email protected]
9. References.
• Consolidated Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 (Pub. L.
115-245), and accompanying Conference Report, H.R. Rep. No. 115-952;
• Section 166 of the WIOA, located at: https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr803/BILLS-
113hr803enr.pdf
• WIOA; Department of Labor Only, Final Rule, located at:
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-08-19/pdf/2016-15975.pdf
10. Attachment. Attachment I: PY 2019 INA Adult and Youth Allocations
Attachment I
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
WIOA Section 166 Adult and Youth Funding for Native Americans
PY 2019 Funding Allocations
Total Adult Funding $54,500,000
Less 1% for Technical Assistance & Training -$545,000
Less Set Aside for AK & HI (WIOA Sec.) -$530,000
Amount Available for Allocation $53,425,000
Grant Youth Adult
State Grantee Name Type Amount Amount
AL Inter-Tribal Council of Alabama $4,973 $284,039
AL Poarch Band of Creek Indians $0 $91,061
AK Aleutian-Pribilof Islands Assn., Inc. 477 $11,779 $27,593
AK Association of Village Council Presidents 477 $161,236 $395,919
AK Bristol Bay Native Association 477 $47,114 $114,066
AK Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes 477 $66,746 $186,421
AK Chugachmiut 477 $5,759 $26,885
AK Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc. 477 $143,437 $426,882
AK Copper River Native Association 477 $9,161 $18,063
AK Kawerak Incorporated 477 $58,893 $148,496
AK Kenaitze Indian Tribe $22,248 $42,665
AK Kodiak Area Native Association 477 $9,161 $28,038
AK Maniilaq Association 477 $51,040 $111,222
AK Metlakatla Indian Community 477 $5,235 $17,987
AK Orutsararmuit Native Council 477 $15,704 $50,949
AK Tanana Chiefs Conference 477 $111,242 $279,554
AZ American Indian Association of Tucson $0 $333,436
AZ Colorado River Indian Tribes $31,410 $61,052
AZ Gila River Indian Community $206,779 $503,281
AZ Hopi Tribal Council $115,168 $214,326
AZ Hualapai Tribe $19,631 $32,115
AZ Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona, Incorporated $37,429 $78,630
AZ Navajo Nation $3,002,229 $6,010,988
AZ Pascua Yaqui Tribe $53,658 $99,092
AZ Phoenix Indian Center, Inc. $0 $1,406,797
AZ Quechan Indian Tribe $17,013 $33,131
AZ Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community $51,040 $83,478
AZ San Carlos Apache Community College $217,250 $380,076
AZ Tohono O odham Nation 477 $218,558 $365,498
AZ White Mountain Apache Tribe $260,437 $447,714
AR American Indian Center of Arkansas, Inc. $0 $314,255
CA California Indian Manpower Consortium $108,886 $3,285,191
CA Northern California Indian Development Council, Inc. $60,464 $295,211
CA Southern California American Indian Resource Center, Inc. $0 $709,576
CA Tule River Tribal Council $7,852 $120,885
CA United American Indian Involvement $0 $1,619,793
CA United Indian Nations, Inc. $0 $435,073
CO Denver Indian Center, Inc. $0 $612,867
CO Ute Mountain Ute Tribe $22,248 $85,105
FL Florida Governors Council on Indian Affairs, Inc. $0 $1,126,110
FL Miccosukee Tribe of Indians $5,497 $117,257
HI Alu Like, Inc. $1,829,605 $1,297,944
ID Nez Perce Tribe 477 $15,181 $67,622
ID Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Inc. 477 $56,275 $175,660
Grant Youth Adult
State Grantee Name Type Amount Amount
IN American Indian Center of Indiana, Inc. $0 $231,879
KS United Tribes of Kansas and Southeast Nebraska, Inc. $10,208 $196,703
LA Inter-Tribal Council of Louisiana, Inc. $3,927 $476,900
ME Penobscot Indian Nation $24,605 $184,803
MA Mashpee-Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc. 477 $0 $56,867
MA North American Indian Center of Boston, Inc. $0 $205,880
MI Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians 477 $0 $30,389
MI Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc. $28,792 $91,177
MI Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians $0 $134,630
MI Michigan Indian Employment and Training Services, Inc. $0 $292,943
MI North American Indian Association of Detroit, Inc. $0 $134,969
MI Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians $19,108 $161,748
MI South Eastern Michigan Indians, Inc. $0 $72,210
MN American Indian Opportunities, Inc. $0 $252,267
MN Bois Forte Reservation Tribal Council $8,899 $19,287
MN Fond Du Lac Reservation $17,799 $188,182
MN Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe $52,088 $43,283
MN Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians 477 $23,295 $52,249
MN Minneapolis American Indian Center $0 $334,847
MN Northwest Indian OIC $0 $101,860
MN Red Lake Nation 477 $82,450 $210,332
MN White Earth Reservation Tribal Council 477 $53,658 $114,206
MS Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians $66,484 $284,472
MO American Indian Council $9,161 $699,366
MT Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes 477 $134,800 $258,840
MT Blackfeet Tribal Business Council 477 $124,329 $272,488
MT Business Committee of The Chippewa Cree Tribe $37,954 $133,786
MT Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes 477 $136,108 $267,814
MT Little Big Horn College $86,115 $155,944
MT Fort Belknap Community Council 477 $49,732 $115,667
MT Montana United Indian Association $0 $325,119
MT Northern Cheyenne Tribe $96,846 $202,704
NE Omaha Tribe of Nebraska $45,806 $75,107
NE Ponca Tribe of Nebraska $0 $270,247
NE Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska 477 $20,940 $42,436
NV Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada, Inc. $47,900 $268,280
NV Las Vegas Indian Center, Inc. $0 $181,066
NV Reno Sparks Indian Colony 477 $9,161 $16,104
NV Shoshone-Paiute Tribes 477 $14,396 $115,700
NM Alamo Navajo School Board, Inc. $48,423 $84,476
NM Eight Northern Indian Pueblo Council $26,698 $69,548
NM Five Sandoval Indian Pueblos, Inc. $91,349 $145,201
NM Jicarilla Apache Tribe $27,483 $58,540
NM Mescalero Apache Tribe $60,202 $83,082
NM National Indian Youth Council $0 $1,517,149
NM Ohkay Owingeh 477 $13,087 $25,277
NM Pueblo of Acoma $30,100 $129,066
NM Pueblo of Isleta $11,517 $37,821
NM Pueblo of Laguna 477 $36,644 $82,668
NM Pueblo of Taos 477 $18,323 $38,594
NM Pueblo of Zuni 477 $126,947 $270,211
NM Ramah Navajo School Board, Inc. $30,100 $85,395
NM Santo Domingo Tribe $44,497 $94,949
NY Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara Counties, Inc. $0 $150,941
NY Native American Cultural Center, Inc. $3,140 $197,005
Grant Youth Adult
State Grantee Name Type Amount Amount
NY Seneca Nation of Indians 477 $31,410 $225,537
NY St. Regis Mohawk Tribe 477 $22,248 $131,831
NC Cumberland County Association for Indian People, Inc. $0 $61,621
NC Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians $56,275 $110,431
NC Guilford Native American Association $0 $74,271
NC Haliwa - Saponi Tribe, Inc. $0 $57,862
NC Lumbee Regional Development Association, Inc. $0 $1,130,177
NC North Carolina Commission on Indian Affairs $0 $281,880
ND Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe 477 $73,289 $148,034
ND Standing Rock Sioux Tribe 477 $121,712 $214,307
ND Three Affiliated Tribes 477 $54,967 $178,995
ND Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians $125,638 $291,795
ND United Tribes Technical College $0 $228,388
OH North American Indian Cultural Center, Inc. $0 $500,484
OK Absentee Shawnee Tribe $12,826 $22,203
OK Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma 477 $661,171 $1,285,875
OK Cheyenne Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma $102,081 $153,978
OK Chickasaw Nation 477 $198,665 $351,985
OK Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma 477 $285,304 $565,363
OK Citizen Potawatomi Nation 477 $285,042 $413,780
OK Comanche Tribe of Oklahoma $70,671 $150,373
OK Creek Nation of Oklahoma 477 $348,123 $707,137
OK Inter-Tribal Council of Northeast Oklahoma $26,437 $72,892
OK Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma $154,692 $219,980
OK Osage Nation 477 $51,040 $95,419
OK Otoe - Missouria Tribe $16,490 $32,208
OK Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma 477 $14,396 $30,682
OK Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma $54,705 $80,427
OK Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma $27,483 $61,388
OK United Urban Indian Council, Inc. $195,001 $358,178
OK Wyandotte Nation $0 $107,150
OR Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians 477 $1,047 $430,530
OR Confederated Tribes of The Umatilla Indian Reservation 477 $14,396 $26,859
OR Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs $40,571 $126,022
OR Organization of the Forgotten American, Inc. $0 $291,900
PA Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center, Inc. $0 $921,028
RI Rhode Island Indian Council, Inc. $8,899 $1,714,089
SC South Carolina Indian Development Council, Inc. $2,617 $241,863
SD Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe 477 $138,725 $220,956
SD Lower Brule Sioux Tribe $19,631 $55,560
SD Oglala Sioux Tribe $407,016 $654,712
SD Rosebud Sioux Tribe (Sicangu Nation) 477 $239,498 $482,025
SD Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate 477 $57,584 $122,956
SD United Sioux Tribes of South Dakota Development Corporation $13,087 $556,065
SD Yankton Sioux Tribe $52,350 $106,796
TN Native American Indian Association $0 $228,524
TX Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribal Council $1,047 $867,831
TX Dallas Inter-Tribal Center $0 $382,862
TX Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo $17,013 $642,552
UT Indian Training and Education Center $5,759 $351,958
UT Ute Indian Tribe $58,893 $117,042
VT Maquam Bay of Missisquoi, Inc. $0 $80,050
VA Mattaponi Pamunkey Monacan, Inc. $0 $248,651
WA American Indian Community Center $17,799 $399,162
WA Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation $107,055 $199,966
Grant Youth Adult
State Grantee Name Type Amount Amount
WA Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation 477 $48,423 $180,911
WA Lummi Indian Business Council $26,175 $110,528
WA Makah Tribal Council 477 $13,087 $33,865
WA Spokane Tribe 477 $23,557 $39,610
WA Suquamish Indian Tribe $2,617 $144,410
WA The Tulalip Tribes 477 $20,940 $43,878
WA United Indians of All Tribes Foundation $0 $282,579
WA Western Washington Indian Employment and Training Program $94,229 $609,159
WI Ho-Chunk Nation 477 $4,712 $173,664
WI Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board $58,632 $168,805
WI Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Inc. $11,779 $41,777
WI Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin 477 $48,423 $97,510
WI Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin $15,704 $162,932
WI Spotted Eagle, Inc. $0 $215,290
WI Stockbridge-Munsee Community 477 $3,665 $55,032
WY Eastern Shoshone Tribe 477 $35,074 $128,052
WY Northern Arapahoe Business Council 477 $78,786 $217,731
171 TOTAL 171 $13,511,865 $53,425,000
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