25 C.F.R. § 27.5 Selection of applicants.
Title 25 - Indians
(a) Applicants must be adult Indians residing on or near Indian reservations. (b) Eligible individuals shall be at least eighteen (18) years of age, except that high school graduates shall be eligible at the age of seventeen (17) years. Also, while the program is designed primarily for persons between the ages of eighteen (18) and thirty-five (35), persons over the age of thirty-five (35) shall be eligible, assuming training and permanent employment to be otherwise feasible in terms of health and physical capability. (c) An applicant must be in need of training in order to obtain reasonable and satisfactory employment or is underemployed and without additional training would result in extreme hardship for the applicant, and is in need of financial assistance in order to obtain such training. It must also be feasible for the applicant to pursue training. (d) Selection of applicants shall be made without regard to sex or marital status, providing they meet the requirements of paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this section. Non-Indian spouses shall not be eligible for training. (e) No more than two (2) repeat training services will be allowed. Repeat training services will be on a lower priority than the initial service and will be determined on an individual basis, considering need, ability, prior performance and present motivation of the applicant. In order to be in need of repeat institutional training, an applicant must be unemployed, underemployed, or unable to work in his/her primary occupation due to physical or other disabilities. Time spent in on-the-job training programs will be deducted from the maximum of institutional training eligibility. (f) Only those applicants who willingly declare intent to accept full time employment as soon as possible after completion of training shall be selected. Plans may subsequently change, but the intent of the training program is preparation for employment, and this must be the initial intent of program participants. The program is not meant to serve as a preliminary to immediate further education.
Title 25: Indians
PART 27—VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR ADULT INDIANS
Subpart B—Administrative Procedures
§ 27.5 Selection of applicants.
