20 C.F.R. PART 641--PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
TITLE 20--Employees' Benefits
CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
PART 641--PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
Subpart A--PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS
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| What does this part cover?
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| What are the purposes of the SCSEP?
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| What is the scope of this part?
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| What definitions apply to this part?
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Subpart B--COORDINATION WITH THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT
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| What is the relationship between the SCSEP and the Workforce Investment Act?
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| What services, in addition to the applicable core services, must SCSEP grantees provide through the One-Stop Delivery System?
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| Does title I of WIA require the SCSEP to use OAA funds for individuals who are not eligible for SCSEP services or for services that are not authorized under the OAA?
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| Must the individual assessment conducted by the SCSEP grantee and the assessment performed by the One-Stop Delivery System be accepted for use by either entity to determine the individual's need for services in the SCSEP and adult programs under title IB of WIA?
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| Are SCSEP participants eligible for intensive and training services under title I of WIA?
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Subpart C--THE STATE SENIOR EMPLOYMENT SERVICES COORDINATION PLAN
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| Who is responsible for developing and submitting the State Plan?
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| May the Governor delegate responsibility for developing and submitting the State Plan?
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| Who participates in developing the State Plan?
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| Must all national grantees operating within a State participate in the State planning process?
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| What information must be provided in the State Plan?
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| How should the State Plan reflect community service needs?
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| How should the Governor address the coordination of SCSEP services with activities funded under title I of WIA?
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| Must the Governor submit a State Plan each year?
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| What are the requirements for modifying the State Plan?
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| How should public comments be solicited and collected?
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| Who may comment on the State Plan?
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| How does the State Plan relate to the equitable distribution (ED) report?
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| How must the equitable distribution provisions be reconciled with the provision that disruptions to current participants should be avoided?
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Subpart D--GRANT APPLICATION, ELIGIBILITY, AND AWARD REQUIREMENTS
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| What entities are eligible to apply to the Department for funds to administer SCSEP community service projects?
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| How does an eligible entity apply?
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| What factors will the Department consider in selecting grantees?
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| What are the eligibility criteria that each applicant must meet?
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| What are the responsibility conditions that an applicant must meet?
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| Are there responsibility conditions that alone will disqualify an applicant?
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| How will the Department examine the responsibility of eligible entities?
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| Under what circumstances may the Department reject an application?
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| What happens if an applicant's application is rejected?
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| May the Governor make recommendations to the Department on grant applications?
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| When may SCSEP grants be awarded competitively?
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Subpart E--SERVICES TO PARTICIPANTS
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| Who is eligible to participate in the SCSEP?
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| When is eligibility determined?
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| What types of income are included and excluded for participant eligibility determinations?
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| What happens if a grantee/subgrantee determines that a participant is no longer eligible for the SCSEP due to an increase in family income?
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| How must grantees/subgrantees recruit and select eligible individuals for participation in the SCSEP?
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| Are there any priorities that grantees/subgrantees must use in selecting eligible individuals for participation in the SCSEP?
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| Are there any other groups of individuals who should be given special consideration when selecting SCSEP participants?
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| Must the grantee/subgrantee always select priority or preference individuals?
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| What services must grantees/subgrantees provide to participants?
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| What types of training may grantees/subgrantees provide to SCSEP participants?
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| What supportive services may grantees/subgrantees provide to participants?
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| What responsibility do grantees/subgrantees have to place participants in unsubsidized employment?
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| What responsibility do grantees have to participants who have been placed in unsubsidized employment?
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| May grantees place participants directly into unsubsidized employment?
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| What policies govern the provision of wages and fringe benefits to participants?
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| Is there a time limit for participation in the program?
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| May a grantee establish a limit on the amount of time its participants may spend at each host agency?
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| Under what circumstances may a grantee terminate a participant?
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| Are participants employees of the Federal Government?
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| Are participants employees of the grantee, the local project, and/or the host agency?
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Subpart F--PRIVATE SECTOR TRAINING PROJECTS UNDER SECTION 502(E) OF THE OAA
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| What is the purpose of the private sector training projects authorized under section 502(e) of the OAA?
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| How are section 502(e) activities administered?
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| How may an organization apply for section 502(e) funding?
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| What private sector training activities are allowable under section 502(e)?
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| How do the private sector training activities authorized under section 502(e) differ from other SCSEP activities?
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| Does the requirement that not less than 75 percent of the funds be used to pay participant wages and fringe benefits apply to section 502(e) activities?
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| Who is eligible to participate in section 502(e) private sector training activities?
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| When is eligibility determined?
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| May an eligible individual be enrolled simultaneously in section 502(e) private sector training activities operated by one grantee and a community service SCSEP project operated by a different SCSEP grantee?
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| How should grantees report on participants who are co-enrolled?
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| How is the performance of section 502(e) grantees measured?
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Subpart G--PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY
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| What performance measures apply to SCSEP grantees?
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| How are these performance indicators defined?
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| What are the common performance measures?
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| How do the common performance measures affect grantees and the OAA performance measures?
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| How will the Department set and adjust performance levels?
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| How will the Department determine whether a grantee fails, meets, or exceeds negotiated levels of performance?
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| What sanctions will the Department impose if a grantee fails to meet negotiated levels of performance?
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| What sanctions will the Department impose if a national grantee fails to meet negotiated levels of performance under the total SCSEP grant?
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| What sanctions will the Department impose if a national grantee fails to meet negotiated levels of performance in any State it serves?
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| When will the Department assess the performance of a national grantee in a State?
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| What sanctions will the Department impose if a State grantee fails to meet negotiated levels of performance?
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| Will there be incentives for exceeding performance measures?
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Subpart H--ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS
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| What uniform administrative requirements apply to the use of SCSEP funds?
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| How must SCSEP program income be used?
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| What non-Federal share (matching) requirements apply to the use of SCSEP funds?
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| What is the period of availability of SCSEP funds?
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| May the period of availability be extended?
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| What happens to funds that are unexpended at the end of the Program Year?
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| What audit requirements apply to the use of SCSEP funds?
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| What lobbying requirements apply to the use of SCSEP funds?
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| What general nondiscrimination requirements apply to the use of SCSEP funds?
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| What policies govern political patronage?
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| What policies govern political activities?
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| What policies govern union organizing activities?
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| What policies govern nepotism?
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| What maintenance of effort requirements apply to the use of SCSEP funds?
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| What uniform allowable cost requirements apply to the use of SCSEP funds?
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| Are there other specific allowable and unallowable cost requirements for the SCSEP?
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| How are costs classified?
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| What functions and activities constitute costs of administration?
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| What other special rules govern the classification of costs as administrative costs or program costs?
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| Must SCSEP recipients provide funding for the administrative costs of subrecipients?
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| What functions and activities constitute program costs?
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| What are the limitations on the amount of SCSEP administrative costs?
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| Under what circumstances may the administrative cost limitation be increased?
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| What minimum expenditure levels are required for participant wages and fringe benefits?
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| When will compliance with cost limitations and minimum expenditure levels be determined?
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| What are the fiscal and performance reporting requirements for recipients?
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| What are the SCSEP recipient's responsibilities relating to awards to subrecipients?
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| What are the grant closeout procedures?
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Subpart I--GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES AND APPEALS PROCESS
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| What appeal process is available to an applicant that does not receive a grant?
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| What grievance procedures must grantees make available to applicants, employees, and participants?
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| What actions of the Department may a grantee appeal and what procedures apply to those appeals?
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| Is there an alternative dispute resolution process that may be used in place of an OALJ hearing?
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