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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 H

Youth Opportunity Grants

• Section Number: 664.810
• Section Name: How does a Local Board or other entity become eligible to receive a Youth Opportunity Grant?

    (a) A Local Board is eligible to receive a Youth Opportunity Grant 

if it serves a community that:

    (1) Has been designated as an empowerment zone (EZ) or enterprise 

community (EC) under section 1391 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;

    (2) Is located in a State that does not have an EZ or an EC and 

that has been designated by its Governor as a high poverty area; or

    (3) Is one of two areas in a State that has been designated by the 

Governor as an area for which a local board may apply for a Youth 

Opportunity Grant, and that meets the poverty rate criteria in sections 

1392 (a)(4), (b), and (d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

    (b) An entity other than a Local Board is eligible to receive a 

grant if that entity:

    (1) Is a WIA Indian and Native American grant recipient under WIA 

sec. 166; and

    (2) Serves a community that:

    (i) Meets the poverty rate criteria in sections 1392(a)(4), (b), 

and (d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and

    (ii) Is located on an Indian reservation or serves Oklahoma Indians 

or Alaska Native villages or Native groups, as provided in WIA section 

169 (d)(2)(B). (WIA sec. 169(c) and (d).)