20 C.F.R. Subpart D—Enrollment, Transfers, Terminations, and Placements in the Job Corps
Title 20 - Employees' Benefits
To participate in the Job Corps, a young man or woman must be an eligible youth who: (a) Is at least 16 and not yet 25 years of age at the time of enrollment, with the following exceptions: (1) In the case of an otherwise eligible individual with disabilities, there is no upper age limit; (2) Not more than 20 percent of the individuals enrolled by Job Corps may be ages 22 through 24; and (3) Youths 14 to 15 years of age may be eligible for enrollment upon a specific determination by the Job Corps Director to enroll them; (b) Is a United States citizen, United States national, a lawfully admitted permanent resident alien, a lawfully admitted refugee or parolee, or other alien who has been permitted to accept permanent employment in the United States by the Attorney General or the Immigration and Naturalization Service; (c) Requires additional education, training, or intensive counseling and related assistance in order to secure and hold meaningful employment, participate successfully in regular school work, qualify for other suitable training programs, satisfy Armed Forces entry requirements, or qualify for a job where prior skill or training is a prerequisite; (d) Is economically disadvantaged; (e) Has sufficient ability to benefit from the program; (f) Demonstrates an interest in obtaining the maximum benefit from the program, as evidenced by a voluntary desire to enroll and the youth's signature on the application form; (g) Has a signed consent for enrollment from a responsible parent or guardian if the applicant is unemancipated and under the age of majority (unless the parent or guardian cannot be located), pursuant to applicable laws on age of majority and emancipation of minors; (h) Has established suitable arrangements for the care of any dependent children for the proposed period of enrollment; (i) Is not on probation, parole, or under a suspended sentence, or under the supervision of any agency as a result of court action or institutionalization, unless the court or other appropriate agency certifies in writing that release from the supervision of the agency is satisfactory to the agency and does not violate applicable laws and regulations; (j) To qualify for residential training, is currently living in an environment so characterized by cultural deprivations, a disruptive homelife, or other disorienting conditions as to substantially impair prospects for successful participation in a nonresidential program providing appropriate training, education, or assistance; (k) Is physically and emotionally able to participate in normal Job Corps duties without costly or extensive medical treatment; (1) Is free of any behavioral problem that would potentially prevent other enrollees from receiving the benefit of the program, or impede satisfactory relationships between the center to which the enrollee is assigned and surrounding communities; and (m) Has a background, characteristics, and physical and mental capabilities which provide reasonable expectations of employment after training. [55 FR 12996, Apr. 6, 1990, as amended at 58 FR 69100, Dec. 29, 1993] In accordance with procedures issued by the Job Corps Director: (a) The Regional Director, as contracting officer, shall contract with screening agencies, which shall perform Job Corps outreach and screening functions. (b) Screening agencies shall develop outreach and referral sources, actively seek out potential applicants, conduct personal interviews with all applicants, and determine who are interested and likely Job Corps participants. See also §638.541 of this part. (c) Screening agencies shall complete all Job Corps application forms. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(2) of this section, screening agencies shall determine whether applicants meet the eligibility criteria in §638.400 of this part for participation in the Job Corps. (2) The Job Corps Director may provide that determinations with respect to one or more of the eligibility criteria set forth in §638.400 of this part shall be made by the Regional Director on the basis of information and recommendations supplied by the screening agency. (3) An applicant for participation in the Job Corps who has been determined ineligible may appeal that determination pursuant to §638.539 of this part. (Sections 423, 424, 425, and 144(a)) (d) In enrolling individuals who are to be nonresidential participants, priority shall be given to those eligible individuals who are single parents with dependent children. [55 FR 12996, Apr. 6, 1990, as amended at 58 FR 69100, Dec. 29, 1993] Procedures for screening and selection of applicants for readmission shall be issued by the Job Corps Director. The Job Corps Director shall develop procedures to ensure that as a condition of enrollment and continued enrollment: (a) Each male applicant 18 years of age or older has evidence that he has complied with section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 453), by presenting and submitting to registration if required pursuant to such section; and (b) When a male student turns 18 years of age after enrollment, he submits to the center operator evidence that he has complied with section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 453), by presenting and submitting to registration if required pursuant to such section. (Section 504) Transfer of a student from one center of assignment to another center shall be made only in accordance with procedures issued by the Job Corps Director. The center operator shall see that the total length of enrollment of a student does not exceed two years (section 426(a)) except that an extension of enrollment may be authorized in accordance with procedures issued by the Job Corps Director. Students enrolled in advanced career training programs may be enrolled up to one additional year. (Section 428(d)(1)) Students shall not be deemed Federal employees and shall not be subject to the provisions of law relating to Federal employment, including those relating to hours of work, rates of employment, leave, unemployment compensation, and Federal employee benefits, except as provided by 5 U.S.C. 8143(a) (Federal employees' compensation) and by §§638.526 and 638.527 of this part. (Section 436(a)) The Job Corps Director shall issue procedures for the termination of students. The transportation of students to and from centers shall occur in accordance with procedures issued by the Job Corps Director. The overall objective of all Job Corps activities shall be to enhance each student's employability and to effect the successful placement of each student. Placement efforts shall concentrate on jobs related to a student's vocational training, on military service when this is the student's choice, or on acceptance and placement in other educational and/or training programs. The placement of students shall be performed in accordance with procedures issued by the Job Corps Director. (a) The Regional Director, as contracting officer, shall contract with placement agencies, which shall perform placement functions. (b) Placement agencies shall complete all Job Corps placement forms.
Title 20: Employees' Benefits
PART 638—JOB CORPS PROGRAM UNDER TITLE IV-B OF THE JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT
Subpart D—Enrollment, Transfers, Terminations, and Placements in the Job Corps
§ 638.400 Eligibility for participation.
§ 638.401 Outreach and screening of participants.
§ 638.402 Enrollment by readmission.
§ 638.403 Selective Service.
§ 638.404 Transfers.
§ 638.405 Extensions of enrollment.
§ 638.406 Federal status of students.
§ 638.407 Terminations.
§ 638.408 Transportation.
§ 638.409 Placement and job development.
