[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: 20CFR664.405]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 664--YOUTH ACTIVITIES UNDER TITLE I OF THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart D--Youth Program Design, Elements, and Parameters
 
Sec. 664.405  How must local youth programs be designed?

    (a) The design framework of local youth programs must:
    (1) Provide an objective assessment of each youth participant, that 
meets the requirements of WIA section 129(c)(1)(A), and includes a 
review of the academic and occupational skill levels, as well as the 
service needs, of each youth;
    (2) Develop an individual service strategy for each youth 
participant that meets the requirements of WIA section 129(c)(1)(B), 
including identifying an age-appropriate career goal and consideration 
of the assessment results for each youth; and
    (3) Provide preparation for postsecondary educational opportunities, 
provide linkages between academic and occupational learning, provide 
preparation for employment, and provide effective connections to 
intermediary organizations that provide strong links to the job market 
and employers.
    (4) The requirement in WIA section 123 that eligible providers of 
youth services be selected by awarding a grant or contract on a 
competitive basis does not apply to the design framework component, such 
as services for intake, objective assessment and the development of 
individual service strategy, when these services are provided by the 
grant recipient/fiscal agent.
    (b) The local plan must describe the design framework for youth 
program design in the local area, and how the ten program elements 
required in Sec. 664.410 are provided within that framework.
    (c) Local Boards must ensure appropriate links to entities that will 
foster the participation of eligible local area youth. Such links may 
include connections to:
    (1) Local area justice and law enforcement officials;
    (2) Local public housing authorities;
    (3) Local education agencies;
    (4) Job Corps representatives; and
    (5) Representatives of other area youth initiatives, including those 
that serve homeless youth and other public and private youth 
initiatives.
    (d) Local Boards must ensure that the referral requirements in WIA 
section 129(c)(3) for youth who meet the income eligibility criteria are 
met, including:
    (1) Providing these youth with information regarding the full array 
of applicable or appropriate services available through the Local Board 
or other eligible providers, or One-Stop partners; and
    (2) Referring these youth to appropriate training and educational 
programs that have the capacity to serve them either on a sequential or 
concurrent basis.

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    (e) In order to meet the basic skills and training needs of eligible 
applicants who do not meet the enrollment requirements of a particular 
program or who cannot be served by the program, each eligible youth 
provider must ensure that these youth are referred:
    (1) For further assessment, as necessary, and
    (2) To appropriate programs, in accordance with paragraph (d)(2) of 
this section.
    (f) Local Boards must ensure that parents, youth participants, and 
other members of the community with experience relating to youth 
programs are involved in both the design and implementation of its youth 
programs.
    (g) The objective assessment required under paragraph (a)(1) of this 
section or the individual service strategy required under paragraph 
(a)(2) of this section is not required if the program provider 
determines that it is appropriate to use a recent objective assessment 
or individual service strategy that was developed under another 
education or training program. (WIA section 129(c)(1).)