Our Mission

Who is the Native Learning Center?

The Native Learning Center (NLC) is a model activity program of the Seminole Tribe of Florida (STOF) a recipient of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG). The NLC provides free training and technical assistance to Native Americans, which address the NAHASDA essentials to Tribal members and communities.

 The NLC develops curriculum and delivers training that supports the primary objectives of NAHASDA and EWONAP’s mission of promoting the development of Native housing and housing related activities. The NLC provides participants with best practices curriculum that can be shared with their Tribal communities.

What types of training does the Native Learning Center provide?

• The NLC provides trainings that support the primary objectives of NAHASDA, which include but are not limited to:
• Promoting affordable housing activities to develop, maintain, and operate affordable housing in safe and healthy Native communities;
• Ensuring better access to private mortgages for Native American Tribes and their Tribal members
• Promoting self-sufficiency of Native American Tribes and their Tribal members
• Coordinating activities to further economic and community development for Native American Tribes and their Tribal members
• Promoting development of private capital markets in Indian Country and allow such markets to operate and grow.
• Visit the Training section of our website to learn more about the upcoming trainings that the NLC is providing.