Employment, Training and Related Services
We help our clients to identify and work through barriers to achieve self-sufficiency.
Departments and Services
- Steven Aluska, Program Services Coordinator
- Amy O’Brien, Program Services Coordinator
- General Email: education@nativecouncil.org
If you were a recipient of higher education or AVT & received your diploma or certificate please email a copy to education@nativecouncil.org
- Job Placement and Training- helps to identify and remove barriers to becoming self sufficient
- Youth Employment Service (YES) – expose youth to the world of work
- Education and Training: scholarships for college or vocational training- ONC Tribal Members are given priority in this services, as funds are limited
- Child Care: at-home relative and non-relative child care, subsidized payments for child care center tuition
- Economic Development- creation of jobs, including quality child care providers
- Supported Work Services
- Case Management
- Johnson O’Malley- work with the local schools to encourage students to stay in school and to enrich the quality of their education
- Other – Job Search, Counseling, Referral
Available for Alaska Native and American Indians who live in Bethel:
- General Assistance – cash assistance for bills (except for phone bill), must apply on a monthly basis
- Burial Assistance – deceased must have lived in Bethel for at least 6 months (special exceptions apply)
- Emergency Assistance
Separate from the BIA Burial Assistance, for ONC Tribal Members only – must provide proof of ONC enrollment.
- Bill Pay (Electric, Heating Fuel, Firewood) – regular and crisis
- Weatherization
- Available for all people who reside in Bethel, regardless of race
serving the Native Village of Bethel
Tips for Students
Tips for perspective higher education and vocational training students
The Student Aid Report (SAR) is the answer you get when you apply for FAFSA. It is a required document for many scholarship applications. You can apply at fafsa.gov – have income information available.
ONC 477 Department can help, AVCP Workforce Development can help, College Academic Advisor can help.
Many Indian colleges have tuition waivers for Native students. Ilisagvik College in Utqiagvik, AK, Haskell Indian University in Kansas, Fort Lewis College in Colorado. Visit their websites for more information.
Job Corps, AVTEC, Alaska Career College, Charter College are options for Vocational Education. Learn a valuable Trade. Visit their websites for more information.
FAQs
Higher Education
We welcome anyone who is Alaska Native and/or America Indian to apply, but ONC gives priority to ONC Tribal Members. Association of Village Council Presidents (AVCP) provides scholarship services to tribes that have compacts with them.
A new application submission is not required. Please send, email, or fax the 477 Department copies of your final semester grades (unofficial transcript will suffice) along with your class schedule for the following semester.
Child Care Assistance
ONC will pay their obligated portion of a child’s cost of care directly to the child care provider. The parent will pay their obligated portion (Copay) directly to the child care provider as well.
Payment is made biweekly, usually on a Tuesday or Thursday.
Payment rates and sliding fee scale are available from the 477 Department Staff. We will be happy to produce them to you, as they do change occasionally.
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program LIHEAP
Our office uses the published Federal Poverty Level (FPL) with our threshold being 150% of the FPL.
General Assistance
Application processing can take 1-3 weeks. Case workers must collect required backup documentation and data before we determine eligibility for benefits.
Grievance Procedure
We welcome feedback from all participants, clients, and members of our community. Please be respectful and concise.
All complaints must be submitted in written format for documentation purposes.
The written statement of the complainant (participant writing the complaint) must contain simple facts: who, what, when, where, how, and why. The statement must also contain a desired outcome of the issue or situation.
RIGHT TO CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR’S CIVIL RIGHTS CENTER: All participants who have exhausted all the appeals have the right to contact the Department of the Interior’s Civil Rights Center.
Within 5 days of the incident, the complainant must submit a written statement to the 477 Director. The 477 Director will provide a copy to the Self Governance Director. 10 working days are allowed for investigation of the facts and review of policies and procedures.
When circumstances require review by legal counsel, ONC will act accordingly. The complainant will be notified in writing by the Self Governance Director with updates on the status of the investigation.
Within 5 days after the hearing, the Self Governance Director must provide a written decision based on the findings of the investigation and established policies and procedures.
If the complainant is dissatisfied with the resolution, a written Appeal stating simple facts and desired outcome must be submitted to the Executive Director. Administration will have 5 working days to respond in writing.
RIGHT TO GRIEVE TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR: All participants who have exhausted all the appeals have the right to submit a written grievance to the Secretary of the Interior through the Division of Workforce Development Program in Washington DC.
