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Technical Education Program
Native American Career and Technical Education Program (NACTEP) provides roughly $14.1 million annually to federally-recognized Indian tribes, tribal organizations, Alaskan Native entities, and eligible Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)- funded schools to provide career and technical education programs for Native Americans and Alaskan Natives.
Outcomes and Products
- Native American and Alaska Native students who are better prepared to pursue further education or to enter high-skills, high-wage employment.
- High quality career and technical education teachers, principals, administrators, and counselors.
- Annual and final performance reports that document grantee's progress in meeting project goals and objectives.
- Annual performance data on students' progress in achieving positive educational and employment outcomes.
On April 26, 2017, the Department of Education published the following notice in the Federal Register: Proposed Waiver and Extension of the Project Period for the Native American Career and Technical Education Program, pages 19240 - 19241 (PDF, 178 KB).
We invite you to submit comments regarding this proposed waiver and extension of the project period for the NACTEP on or before May 26, 2017.
In FY 2013, 31 grants were awarded through a competitive application process for a 2-year period. On July 6, 2015, a Federal Register Notice of Final Waiver and Extension of the Project Period was published, which extended the current NACTEP grants for an additional 2-year period through 2017.
A new competition is not scheduled at this time.
- Aaniiih Nakoda College (PDF, 200 KB)
- Alamo Navajo School Board, Inc. (PDF, 199 KB)
- Blackfeet Community College (PDF, 200 KB)
- Blackfeet Tribal Employment Rights Office (PDF, 200 KB)
- Candeska Cikana Community College (PDF, 200 KB)
- Cherokee Nation (PDF, 202 KB)
- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (PDF, 202 KB)
- Couer d' Alene Tribe (PDF, 209 KB)
- College of Menominee Nation (PDF, 201 KB)
- Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc. (PDF, 279 KB)
- Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments (PDF, 220 KB)
- Coyote Canyon Rehabilitation Center (PDF, 203 KB)
- Fort Berthold Community College (PDF, 202 KB)
- Fort Peck Community College (PDF, 201 KB)
- Hoopa Valley Tribe (PDF, 208 KB)
- Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College (PDF, 247 KB)
- Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians (PDF, 203 KB)
- Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (PDF, 284 KB)
- Muckleshoot Indian Tribe (PDF, 201 KB)
- Northwest Indian College (PDF, 200 KB)
- Oglala Lakota College (PDF, 202 KB)
- Pasqua Yaqui Tribe (PDF, 217 KB)
- Pawnee Nation College (PDF, 200 KB)
- Salish Kootenai College (PDF, 203 KB)
- Shawnee Tribe (PDF, 199 KB)
- Sinte Gleska University (PDF, 105 KB)
- Sitting Bull College (PDF, 200 KB)
- Stone Child College (PDF, 284 KB)
- Tulalip Tribes of Washington (PDF, 225 KB)
- Turtle Mountain Community College (PDF, 102 KB)
- Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska (PDF, 200 KB)
QUICK LINKS
Federal Register Notice
(PDF, 178 KB)
NACTEP Fact Sheet
(PDF, 228 KB)
OCTAE CONTACTS
Gwen Washington
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Ave., SW
Room 11076, Potomac Center Plaza
Washington, DC 20202-7241
Gwen.Washington
@ed.gov
(202) 245-7790
Linda Mayo
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Ave., SW
Room 11075, Potomac Center Plaza
Washington, DC 20202-7241
Linda.Mayo@ed.gov
(202) 245-7792