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20 C.F.R. § 641.520   Are there any priorities that grantees/subgrantees must use in selecting eligible individuals for participation in the SCSEP?

Title 20: Employees' Benefits
PART 641—PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
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§ 641.520   Are there any priorities that grantees/subgrantees must use in selecting eligible individuals for participation in the SCSEP?

(a) Yes, in selecting eligible individuals for participation in the SCSEP, priority must be given to:

(1) Individuals who are at least 60 years old (OAA sec. 516(2)); and

(2) A veteran, or the spouse of a veteran who died of a service-connected disability, a member of the Armed Forces on active duty, who has been listed for a total of more than 90 days as missing in action, captured in the line of duty by a hostile force, or forcibly detained by a foreign government or power, the spouse of any veteran who has a total disability resulting from a service-connected disability, and the spouse of any veteran who died while a disability so evaluated was in existence, who meet program eligibility requirements under section 2 of the Jobs for Veterans Act, Public Law 107–288 (2002).

(b) Grantees must apply these priorities in the following order:

(1) Veterans and qualified spouses at least 60 years old;

(2) Other individuals at least 60 years old;

(3) Veterans and qualified spouses aged 55–59; and

(4) Other individuals aged 55–59.