Tribal Leaders Statement Implementation of Pub Tribal Leaders Statement Implementation of Pub. Implementation of The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 must respect the sovereign rights of tribes arising from treaties, executive orders, and federal law and must ensure that the trust obligations of the United States to American Indian and Alaska Native governments and people are not diminished in any way.
Tribal governments promote personal responsibility and work opportunity for their members.
Immediate and severe Impacts on tribal members and tribal governments clearly are going to occur and the means for tribal governments to intervene to mitigate the potential damage is not provided. Use negotiated rulemaking for any rulemaking carried out under the Personal Responsibility Act and include tribally designated members on any such Rulemaking Committees. During the years in which tribes have been systematically excluded from meaningful participation in the administration of the AFDC program, DHHS approved waivers that permitted terminating benefits for failure to meet a variety of special conditions, including work participation requirements. Before tribes can assume responsibility for operation of assistance programs many tribal members already will have had state assistance benefits terminated. Provide resources for Immediate assessment of the administrative, data and other infra-structure development needs of tribes to enable them to successfully administer programs under the Personal Responsibility Act and support for the appropriations and other resources and collaborative agreements necessary to satisfy the unmet need.