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Supplemental Youth Services: Participant Eligibility

U.S. Department of Labor funds programs to provide supplemental employment and training services to low-income youth residing on or near Indian reservations and in Oklahoma, Alaska, or Hawaii who meets these criteria:

Who’s eligible to receive supplemental youth services?

1. American Indian, Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian as determined by the INA program grantee according to § 684.300(a); and
2. Is between the ages of 14 and 24; and
3. Is a member of a low-income family as defined at WIOA sec. 3(36). WIOA Low-Income definition includes, but not limited to a family who receives, or in the past 6 months has received assistance through:

• Supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP), including commodities
• Temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) program
• Supplemental security income program
• State or local income-based public assistance

Or is in a family with total family income that does not exceed the higher of:

• the HHS poverty line; or
• 70 percent of the lower living standard income level

Or a youth who resides in a high-poverty area is considered low income.

• High-poverty area is defined as American Indian Reservation, Oklahoma Tribal Statistical Area, Native Hawaiian Homeland Area or county where the poverty rate for the INA population is at least 25% of the total INA population of such area using the most recent ACS 5-Year data (20 CFR 684.130).

       4. And males that are aged 18 or older must register for the U.S. Selective Service. If they turn 18 while participating, they must register at that time.

Up to, but not more than, five (5) percent of the participants enrolled during the program year may be Youth who do not meet low-income criteria, provided they meet the eligibility requirements in criteria 1 and 2 listed above.

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• Resource Publication Date: 2023
• Posted by: Damon Jones
• Posted in: Indian & Native American Programs