California Indian Manpower Consortium (CIMC)
California Indian Manpower Consortium (CIMC) is a non-profit consortium of 104 reservations and rancherias in California, which is owned and operated by Native Americans and advocates for the educational and economic advancement of the first Americans, including Native American, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian individuals who are low-income, unemployed or underemployed. CIMC’s workforce development services include employment, training, education, nutritional assistance, housing assistance, childcare, eldercare, follow-up services, and other supportive services that ensure career success while also reserving the cultural integrity of its participants.
The Fund for Workforce Equity is supporting CIMC to gather statistical labor force and census data from Native American tribal member workers and learners of the Pala Band of Mission Indians Tribe and Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel to develop local workforce development programs/policies and alter policies/programs on a national level for their economic revival.