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Developing, Enhancing, and Sustaining Tribal Transit Services: Final Research Report Page 95 CHAPTER 5 Policy Issues INTRODUCTION A number of policy issues and questions have been identified as part of the research effort. These issues were recognized through the data collection and particularly from the interviews with participating tribes.
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Policy Issues Chapter 5 Page 96 Developing, Enhancing, and Sustaining Tribal Transit Services: Final Research Report levels of funds available. The need for funding will have to be addressed at the national, state, and local tribal levels.
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Chapter 5 Policy Issues Research Report for Developing, Enhancing, and Sustaining Tribal Transit Services Page 97 the criteria would also support sustainability of tribal transit programs as tribes become aware of and know the standards by which their systems will be evaluated for future funding. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE The growth in tribal transit programs is new.
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Policy Issues Chapter 5 Page 98 Developing, Enhancing, and Sustaining Tribal Transit Services: Final Research Report part of the funding formula may become more critical. Provision for inclusion of an inventory of transit services and facilities could be considered to reflect the importance of transit in meeting the transportation needs of tribal members.
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Chapter 5 Policy Issues Research Report for Developing, Enhancing, and Sustaining Tribal Transit Services Page 99 having different reporting requirements for different funding sources, so it would be helpful to encourage programs such as these to streamline the federally funded program reporting requirements. TRIBAL EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS Unemployment rates on Native American reservations and in tribal communities remain high in spite of large scale state and federal planning and construction projects on and near tribal lands.
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Policy Issues Chapter 5 Page 100 Developing, Enhancing, and Sustaining Tribal Transit Services: Final Research Report in hiring which is prohibited by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Tribes that use strictly tribal funds in transportation projects on tribal lands are governed solely by their own laws and may employ a tribal preference in hiring practice; however, if state or federal funds are used in that project, those funds may not be used for activities that would be discriminatory under state or federal law.
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