Tribal nations have various roles in managing MFIP or TANF services.

Tribal TANF programs

Tribal groups recognized by the federal government may administer their own TANF programs.

For more information see the Combined Manual:
Combined Manual 0029.06.24 (Tribal TANF Programs).

Combined Manual 0029.06.24.03 (Tribal TANF - Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe).

Combined Manual 0029.06.24.06 (Tribal TANF – Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians).

MFIP Program Management

White Earth Nation determines eligibility for MFIP for enrolled band members.

White Earth Nation plays the same role counties do in delivering and managing local MFIP services.

MFIP Employment Services

The Department of Human Services contracts with tribal employment services agencies to provide MFIP employment services to tribal members living off reservation in northern Minnesota.

The Minnesota Chippewa Tribe provides MFIP Employment Services for members in 19 counties. Those counties include: Aitken, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Clearwater, Cook, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Itasca, Koochiching, Mahnomen, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Norman, Pine, Polk, and St. Louis. MCT has three offices in Cass Lake, Virginia and Duluth.

Leech Lake provides MFIP Employment Services for members of Leech Lake in 4 counties. Those counties include: Beltrami, Cass, Hubbard, Itasca. The Leech Lake office is in Cass Lake.

State law requires county MFIP agencies to cooperate with tribal governments in the implementation of MFIP.

This cooperation must include, but is not limited to the sharing MFIP duties, including:

· Screening.

· Orientation.

· Assessments.

· Provision of employment and training services.

County agencies shall encourage tribal governments to assume duties related to MFIP and work cooperatively with tribes that have assumed legal responsibility for a portion of the MFIP program to expand tribal responsibilities if the tribe requests that expansion.