[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: 20CFR638.400]

[Page 340-341]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 638--JOB CORPS PROGRAM UNDER TITLE IV-B OF THE JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart D--Enrollment, Transfers, Terminations, and Placements in the 
                                Job Corps
 
Sec. 638.400  Eligibility for participation.


    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;

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    (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]