[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR628.605]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 628--PROGRAMS UNDER TITLE II OF THE JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart F--The Adult Program
 
Sec. 628.605  Eligibility.

    (a) Age and economic disadvantage. Except as provided in paragraph 
(b) of this section, an individual shall be eligible to participate 
under this part only if he or she is economically disadvantaged and 22 
years of age or older. There is no maximum age for eligibility.
    (b) Non-economically disadvantaged individuals. Up to 10 percent of 
the individuals served under this subpart in each SDA may be individuals 
who are not economically disadvantaged, if such individuals face serious 
barriers to employment in accordance with section 203(c) of the Act.
    (c) Requirement to assist hard-to-serve individuals. (1) Not less 
than 65 percent of adults who participate in the program under this 
subpart, including those who are not economically disadvantaged, shall 
have one or more of the additional barriers to employment as described 
in section 203(b) of the Act.
    (2) The 65 percent barrier requirement in paragraph (c)(1) of this 
section shall be calculated on the basis of participants for whom 
services or training have been provided subsequent to an objective 
assessment on July 1, 1993 or later.
    (d) Addition of barrier. An SDA may identify and add one additional 
serious barrier to employment to the categories listed at section 203(b) 
of the Act, in accordance with the specific procedures and requirements 
in section 203(d) of the Act.
    (e) Criteria for older workers under joint programs. (1) The SDA may 
establish written financial or non-financial agreements with sponsors of 
programs under title V of the Older Americans Act to carry out joint 
programs.
    (2) Joint programs under this paragraph (e) may include referrals 
between programs, co-enrollment and provision of services.
    (3) Under agreements entered into pursuant to this paragraph (e), 
individuals eligible under title V of the Older Americans Act shall be 
deemed to satisfy the requirements of section 203(a)(2) of the JTPA 
(Older Americans Act, Pub. L. 102-375, section 510).