Navajo Council approves $2M for summer youth employment

Navajo Council approves Legislation 0172-18: An Action Relating to an Emergency for the Navajo Nation; Approving Supplemental Funding from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the amount of $2,000,000 (two million dollars) for Summer Youth Employment to 110 Navajo Nation Chapters, with a vote of 18 in favor, 0 opposed.

Legislation Description – The emergency legislation approves supplemental funding from the UUFB to provide Chapters with funding for employment of young people during the summer months. Emergency legislation must be validated at the presentation to the Navajo Nation Council.

Legislative Sponsor was Council Delegate Seth Damon

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