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Youth Employment Services

Assisting youth with opportunities for employment, education, and training, and related services needed to succeed in the workforce. These services are provided under Public Law 102-477.

Eligibility

  • Must reside in the Choctaw Nation service area
  • Copy of front and back of CDIB and Tribal Membership card
  • Residence verification - proof of mailing and physical address, if different (most recent lease agreement, utility bill, etc.)
  • Household income verification (most recent check stub, W-2, tax return, etc.)
  • Selective Service registration - Males 18 and older
  • Signed Employment Development Plan
  • Signed Acknowledgement Form
  • Signed Statement of Understanding – Signed by both parent and applicants under 18 years of age

How to Apply

Apply in the Chahta Achvffa member portal.

Apply Online

Youth Employment Services
PO Box 1210
Durant, OK 74702
Fax: 580-924-2923

Additional Information

The program is transitioning from the traditional 5-week summer work experience to a year-round employment initiative with Project Auatvchi and Project Toksvli, allowing participants to work up to 200 hours at any point throughout the year.

Project Auatvchi (to broaden) offers:

  • The ability to compare work-based experience with career aspirations
  • Build a stronger future workforce
  • Gain skills and/or credentials needed to succeed
  • Strengthen confidence in individual abilities

Project Toksvli (to work) offers:

  • Build a stronger future workforce
  • Reinforce the workforce development concept
  • Increase chances for success
  • Gain skills needed to succeed
  • Gain confidence in individual abilities
  • Develop a sense of achievement

Public Law 102-477 is the Indian Employment, Training, and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992, as amended by Public Law 106-568, the Omnibus Indian Advancement Act of 2000. Public Law 102-477 is unique among Federal legislation, in that it allows Federally-recognized Tribes and Alaska Native entities to combine formula-funded Federal grants funds, which are employment and training-related into a single plan with a single budget and a single reporting system.