The Osage Education Department is a tribal and federal funded program. The Osage Nation Education Department’s programs are titled the Classroom Training Program, the Summer Youth Program, the Scholarship Program, and Youth Education Services and also include Supportive Services, Career Services, Work Experience, Tutoring, Internship Program, Osage Curriculum, and Special Projects for Youth.  The federal portion of the program is funded by the Indian Employment, Training, and Related Services Demonstration Act, Public Law 102-477, referred to as "477".  The current 477 programs of the Osage Nation are DOL’s Workforce Development adult and youth; the BIA’s Higher Education, Adult Vocational Training, and JOM.  The goal of PL102-477 is "To consolidate its federally funded employment, training, and related services into a single integrated program: to improve the effectivesness of the services; to reduce joblessness in Indian communities; and to meet tribally-determined goals consistent with the policy of self-determination."

 

 

The purpose of the JOM Program is to provide supplementary financial assistance to meet the unique and specialized education needs of Indian children.  Johnson O'Malley funds are supplementary funds and are not to take the place of federal, state or local funds.

 

Examples of JOM funded programs: