75-02-01.2-86 Job opportunities and basic skills program - Tribal native employment works

program. Tribal native employment works programs are available to enrolled or enrollable members of tribes who live in that tribe's service area, who receive a temporary assistance for needy families cash grant, and who reside in a county within which there is a tribal native employment works program. An individual who participates in a tribal native employment works program shall meet all work requirements described in this chapter. The human service zone shall: 1. Refer work-eligible individuals to the tribal native employment works program based on referral criteria established by a memorandum of understanding between the tribe and the department; 2. Provide child care payments to authorized tribal native employment works program participants, for activities which may be approved under the state child care and development fund plan submitted under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1996 [42 U.S.C. 9858], based on information furnished by the tribal program; and 3. Upon notification from the tribal program, consider sanctioning individuals for failure or refusal to participate in the program without good cause. History: Effective December 9, 1996; amended effective July 1, 1997; January 1, 2003; January 1, 2009. General Authority: NDCC 50-09-02, 50-09-25 Law Implemented: NDCC 50-09-02