In accordance with procedures issued by the Job Corps Director:
(a) The Regional Director, as contracting officer, shall contract
with screening agencies, which shall perform Job Corps outreach and
screening functions.
(b) Screening agencies shall develop outreach and referral sources,
actively seek out potential applicants, conduct personal interviews with
all applicants, and determine who are interested and likely Job Corps
participants. See also Sec. 638.541 of this part.
(c) Screening agencies shall complete all Job Corps application
forms.
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(2) of this section,
screening agencies shall determine whether applicants meet the
eligibility criteria in Sec. 638.400 of this part for participation in
the Job Corps.
(2) The Job Corps Director may provide that determinations with
respect to one or more of the eligibility criteria set forth in
Sec. 638.400 of this part shall be made by the Regional Director on the
basis of information and recommendations supplied by the screening
agency.
(3) An applicant for participation in the Job Corps who has been
determined
ineligible may appeal that determination pursuant to Sec. 638.539 of
this part. (Sections 423, 424, 425, and 144(a))
(d) In enrolling individuals who are to be nonresidential
participants, priority shall be given to those eligible individuals who
are single parents with dependent children.
[55 FR 12996, Apr. 6, 1990, as amended at 58 FR 69100, Dec. 29, 1993]
