The Higher Education page states Direct Employment is "financial assistance offered to enrolled Comanche tribal members who retain new, permanent employment before they receive their 1st full paycheck. To be eligible, applicants must be unemployed for six weeks or longer, have not applied for DE assistance within the last six months, and have not received assistance from the DE program within the last three years." The CNG guidelines set the amounts: members employed less than 60 days who obtained part-time employment receive a one-time payment of $600.00; full-time employment without dependents and not head of household, $800.00; full-time head of household with dependents, $1,000.00. The guidelines add: "Direct Employment applicants may be eligible to receive services after a one-year waiting period." Explicitly ineligible: "Workforce Work Experience clients, sub-contractors, temporary, seasonal, contractors (less than 1-year), and/or staffing agency clients," though "Eligibility will be determined on a case-by-case basis." A letter of employment and an information release form are required. Note the program page and the guidelines state different waiting periods (three years versus one year); confirm with the department.