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CFR	Code of Federal Regulations Pertaining to ETA

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

Subpart B

Eligibility for Youth Services

• Section Number: 664.220
• Section Name: Is there an exception to permit youth who are not low-income individuals to receive youth services?

    Yes. Up to five percent of youth participants served by youth 

programs in a local area may be individuals who do not meet the income 

criterion for eligible youth, provided that they are within one or more 

of the following categories:

    (a) School dropout;

    (b) Basic skills deficient, as defined in WIA section 101(4);

    (c) Are one or more grade levels below the grade level appropriate 

to the individual's age;

    (d) Pregnant or parenting;

    (e) Possess one or more disabilities, including learning 

disabilities;

    (f) Homeless or runaway;

    (g) Offender; or

    (h) Face serious barriers to employment as identified by the Local 

Board. (WIA sec. 129(c)(5).)