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- EIN 85-0168672
- info@npacnm.org
- 6201 Uptown Blvd NE Ste 203 Albuquerque NM 87110 USA
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Children & Youth, Economic Development, Employment, Employment Preparation & Procurement, Job Training, Urban & Community Economic Development, Youth Development Programs
Mission: The National Indian Youth Council (NIYC) was founded in 1961 and has worked diligently since then to ensure that Native Americans in New Mexico have equitable access to workforce development services and educational advancement opportunities. The organization manages a Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) grant funded by the U.S. Department of Labor and the Indian and Native American Programs (Section 166 of the WIOA). We serve one of the largest urban Native American populations in the nation with a mission to empower Indigenous People to exercise self-determination and self-sufficiency for community wellbeing.
Results: The workforce services and community outreach delivered by NIYC has resulted in significant contributions to the southwest regional employment market with direct impact on the local and statewide un-and-under-employment rates, the higher educational achievement and educational retention rates, and the number of Native American families in New Mexico that rely on public assistance programs.
Programs: Accomplishment 1: niyc, a u. S. Department of labor grantee, operates a workforce innovative opportunities act program which allows it to provide basic career services, individualized career services and training services to individuals age 18 and older living off-reservation in new mexico. Niyc works with local businesses, nonprofits, educational institutions, and other organizations to develop employment opportunities for its wioa participants. Niyc's wioa program is designed to enhance the employability of individuals in careers that are in demand by the current labor market. Niyc participants gain positive work habits and skills through a number of programs and services. Accomplishment 2: niyc publishes a newsletter (electronically and some limited hard copies) and maintains a website on the internet, as well as a facebook social media page, to inform the public about current issues and resources available to tribal communities and off-reservation native americans across the united states. Accomplishment 3: niyc has nongovernmental organizational status with the united nations' social and economic council and attended its permanent forum on indigenous rights to present various statements and perspectives on the matters that pertain to the social and economic issues facing native americans in the united states.