The 477 Internship Program provides assistance to empower students to pursue their chosen career path while attending a higher education institution or hands-on adult vocational training. The Internship Program assists them in developing the skills, knowledge and career readiness needed to succeed once they complete their degree and enter the workforce.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

• Be a member of a Federally Recognized Tribe OR 1^st line descendent of a Federally Recognized Tribe (excluding Kalispel Tribal Members due to funding restrictions)
• Must be considered a Junior or Senior, or enrolled in a hands-on AVT program
• Must have a Declared Major and/or Minor, or enrolled in a hands-on AVT program
• Must have and maintain a 2.0 term and cumulative GPA
• Must pass a pre-employment drug test subject to place of Internship requirements
• Be enrolled and officially admitted in a four (4) year accredited college, or in a hands-on AVT program

STUDENT STATUS

•  To be an Eligible Student, a person must meet at least one of the following:
  • Be enrolled as a full time or part time student and provide documentation of status enrollment at the time application is submitted, or Unofficial Transcripts have been provided.
  • Class registration must include name of student, name of Educational Institution, name of class, credits attempted per class, in addition to total number of credits attempted per term.

PLACEMENT OF INTERNSHIP

• The position and placement of Internship must not be remote work.
  • Eligible student must seek a position and placement of Internship that directly relates to their major and/or minor, or hands-on AVT program.
  • If it is discovered that the student’s position and placement of Internship is remote work, the student will be ineligible for further funding until proper position and placement is secured.
• Student is responsible for submitting timesheets directly to the Department
  • Student’s direct supervisor is required to fill out and sign time sheet.
  • If a student is enrolled in the Internship program, they will not be paid for hours worked that are over 29 hours or scheduled Tribal, Federal or place of Internship holidays.
  • Timesheets are required to be submitted bi-weekly, no later than Wednesday at 12 p.m. of the Tribe’s off-payday schedule. Communication is a priority in these instances.
  • Corrections to timesheets are required to be submitted no later than the following Monday at 10 a.m.
  • Late time sheets will result in a delay in funding.
  • Student must follow all place of Internship policies and procedures, rules and regulations.
  • Student must submit all required information upon request within 10 Working Days, or student will be ineligible for further funding.
  • Submit all required information requested by the Education Institution of your choice, on your own.
  • Confirm to the Education Department acceptance or refusal of admission to your choice of Education Institution.
• Summer Term Assistance is subject to Availability of Funds and will only be awarded to students who are mandated to attend Summer term as per their individual program requirements.
• Student must submit final grades and upcoming registration within 10 regular days from their post date, or by the 30^th of the month that they were posted.
• Student must understand that the Department is not responsible for submitting your documentation
• Applicants are responsible for finding their own internship opportunity and it must be directly related to their declared major and/or minor, or hands-on AVT program.
• Applications and supporting documents are to be submitted through DocuSign, unless otherwise identified.
• Applications can be requested via request portal on spokanetribe.com/education