[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: 20CFR641.309]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 641--SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart C--Grant Operations
 
Sec. 641.309  Assessment and reassessment of enrollees.

    (a) General. The grantee or subgrantee shall assess each enrollee 
under the grant or subgrant, respectively, to determine the most 
suitable community service assignment and to identify appropriate 
employment, training, and community service objectives for each 
individual. The assessment shall be made in partnership with the new 
enrollee and should consider the individual's preference of occupational 
category, work history, skills, interests, talents, physical 
capabilities, need for supportive services, aptitudes, potential for 
performing proposed community service assignment duties, and potential 
for transition to unsubsidized employment.
    (b) Assessment of physical capabilities. The assessment of each 
enrollee shall take into consideration his or her physical capabilities. 
Assessments of physical ability shall be consistent with section 504 of 
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (section 504), and the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA).
    (c) Assignment. The grantee or subgrantee shall seek a community 
service assignment which will permit the most effective use of each 
enrollee's skills, interests, and aptitudes.
    (d) Individual development plans. The grantee and subgrantee shall 
use the assessment or reassessment as a basis for developing or amending 
an individual development plan (IDP). The IDP shall be developed in 
partnership with the enrollee to reflect the needs of the enrollee as 
indicated by the assessment, as well as the expressed interests and 
desires of the enrollee.
    (e) Review of IDP plan. The grantee and subgrantee shall review the 
IDP at

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least once in a 12 month period for the following purposes: to evaluate 
the progress of each enrollee in meeting the objectives of the IDP; to 
determine each enrollee's potential for transition to unsubsidized 
employment; to determine the appropriateness of each enrollee's current 
community service assignment; and to review progress made toward meeting 
their training and employment objectives.
    (f) Alternative assignment. The sponsor may develop an alternative 
assignment for an enrollee, when feasible, should there be one of the 
following determinations:
    (1) That a different community service assignment will provide 
greater opportunity for the use of an enrollee's skills and aptitudes;
    (2) That an alternative assignment will provide work experience 
which will enhance the potential for unsubsidized employment; or
    (3) That an alternative assignment will otherwise serve the best 
interests of the enrollee.
    (g) Minimum requirements. The assessments and reassessments required 
by this section shall meet minimum requirements issued by the Department 
on assessment, and subsequent determinations are to be recorded in the 
enrollee's IDP, to become a part of each enrollee's permanent record.
    (h) Recent assessments. Assessments of an enrollee, prepared by 
another employment or training program (such as a program under the JTPA 
or the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act) may be 
substituted for one prepared by the grantee or subgrantee if the 
training program prepared the assessment within the last year prior to 
applying for SCSEP. [section 502(b)(1)(M) of the OAA.]