Youth Development Fund Open

2026 Sault Tribe Youth Development Fund application period is now open. Eligible youth can receive up to $250 per calendar year for various activities that support the directions of the medicine wheel: academic/intellectual, emotional, physical, and cultural/spiritual. Visit https://www.saulttribe.com/membership-services/education/sault-tribe-youth-development-fund for application or email [email protected].

Sault Tribe Internship Program

The Sault Tribe Internship Program is intended to provide Sault Tribe member college students with an opportunity to learn more about the Sault Tribe and gain practical experience in their chosen field of study.

For questions regarding the Sault Tribe Internship Program, please call 906‑635‑4937, ext. 53079 or email [email protected].

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

https://www.saulttribe.com/membership-services/education/download-files

On-The-Job Training

OJT provides opportunities for employers and customers. Participants learn job skills while working for an employer. The employer is reimbursed 50 percent of participant’s wages.

Work Experience

Work Experience is a short-term, temporary work assignment for students. The purpose of this program is to provide participants with basic transferable work skills. Students may be awarded academic credit through the school co-op program.

Classroom Training

Classroom Training provides short-term skills training in an institutional setting to obtain an Industry Recognized certificate or license. Examples include: Nurse Aide Training, Heavy Equipment Operator, CDL, Welding, Phlebotomy, Medical Billing, etc.

Summer Youth Employment Program

SYEP is an income-based work experience program designed to enhance employability through development of good work habits and basic work skills.

Senior Employment Program

SEP provides a maximum of 14 hours of employment to our tribal elders. This program is tribally funded.