Job Training Partnership Act: Indian and Native American Programs Under Title IV-A

The Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor, in consultation with the Native American Employment and Training Council, is amending its regulations for the Indian and Native American program under title IV-A of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA or Act) by providing for waivers of regulatory requirements. These changes provide additional program flexibility to JTPA section 401 grantees, so that they may tailor their individual programs to better facilitate provision of services to those most in need of JTPA services, to enhance the quality of services provided and program outcomes in relation to labor market needs, to strengthen and better define fiscal and program accountability, to improve grantees' ability to provide services to their client populations by reducing or eliminating burdensome Federal requirements, and to foster a comprehensive and coherent system of human resource services.