California Indian Manpower Consortium Inc

The CIMC WIOA Title I, Section 166 Program targets Native American participants most in need of and who can benefit from program services; develops the most appropriate plan of services for each participant based on an accurate and adequate assessment of the participant's skills, abilities, career interests and goals, employment needs, training needs, and other needs; utilizes the most current employment and related information and statistics when providing counseling for program participants so that training and career decisions can be made with the participant's informed understanding of the labor market; meets participant's employment and training needs and enhance their long-term employability through the development of comprehensive plans of service and career pathways through the placement of participants in appropriate employment and training activities; coordinates services with other social service agencies to meet both the employment and training and other social services needs of program participants, thus improving their chances of successfully meeting their goals; provides program services to the maximum possible number of participants by coordinating services with other available funding resources; coordinates and participates in the one-stop system; places participants in employment and training activities that are based on employers' needs, thus improving participants' likelihood of obtaining and retaining unsubsidized employment; continues the development of relationships with employers that will allow for the sharing of both information and expertise between private sector employers and the program; and contributes toward the development of both reservation and non-reservation Indian and Native American communities by making services available through the program.