[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 6]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR1656.5]

[Page 347]
 
                        TITLE 32-NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                  CHAPTER XVI--SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
 
PART 1656_ALTERNATIVE SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1656.5  Eligible employment.

    (a) The Director will determine in accordance with the Selective 
Service Law which civilian employment programs or activities are 
appropriate for Alternative Service work.
    (1) Employers which are considered appropriate for Alternative 
Service assignments are limited to:
    (i) The U.S. Government or a state, territory or possession of the 
United States or a political subdivision thereof, the District of 
Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;
    (ii) Organizations, associations or corporations primarily engaged 
either in a charitable activity conducted for the benefit of the general 
public or in carrying out a program for the improvement of the public 
health, welfare or environment, including educational and scientific 
activities in support thereof, when such activity or program is not 
principally for the benefit of the members of such organization, 
association or corporation or for increasing the membership thereof.
    (2) Employment programs or activities generally considered to be 
appropriate for Alternative Service work include:
    (i) Health care services, including but not limited to hospitals, 
nursing homes, extended care facilities, clinics, mental health 
programs, hospices, community outreach programs and hotlines;
    (ii) Educational services, including but not limited to teachers, 
teacher's aides, counseling, administrative support, parent counseling, 
recreation, remedial programs and scientific research;
    (iii) Environmental programs, including but not limited to 
conservation and firefighting, park and recreational activities, 
pollution control and monitoring systems, and disaster relief;
    (iv) Social services, including but not limited to sheltered or 
handicapped workshops, vocational training or retraining programs, 
senior citizens activities, crisis intervention and poverty relief;
    (v) Community services, including but not limited to fire 
protection, public works projects, sanitation services, school or public 
building maintenance, correctional facility support programs, juvenile 
rehabilitation programs, and
    (vi) Agricultural work.
    (b) An organization desiring to employ ASWs is encouraged to submit 
a request in writing to the Director or an ASOM for approval. Such 
requests will be considered at any time.
    (c) Selective Service shall negotiate employment agreements with 
prospective employers with the objective of obtaining an adequate number 
of agreements to assure the timely placement of all ASWs. Participating 
employers will provide prospective job listings to Selective Service.
    (d) Selective Service shall also negotiate employment agreements 
with eligible employers wherein the employer will agree to hire a 
specified number of ASWs for open placement positions.
    (e) A registrant classfied in Class 1-O or Class 1-O-S may seek his 
own alternative service work by identifying a job with an employer he 
believes would be appropriate for Alternative Service assignments and by 
having the employer advise the ASO in writing that he desires to employ 
the ASW. The acceptability of the job and employer so identified will be 
evaluated in accordance with Sec. 1656.5(a).

[48 FR 16676, Apr. 19, 1983, as amended at 51 FR 17627, May 14, 1986; 52 
FR 8892, Mar. 20, 1987; 54 FR 27001, June 27, 1989]