2005 CFR Title 20, Volume 3

Title 20--Employees' Benefits CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PART 641--PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
	641.100	What does this part cover?
	641.110	What is the SCSEP?
	641.120	What are the purposes of the SCSEP?
	641.130	What is the scope of this part?
	641.140	What definitions apply to this part?
	641.200	What is the relationship between the SCSEP and the Workforce Investment Act?
	641.210	What services, in addition to the applicable core services, must SCSEP grantees provide through the One-Stop Delivery System?
	641.220	Does title I of WIA require the SCSEP to use OAA funds for individuals who are not eligible for SCSEP services or for services that are not authorized under the OAA?
	641.230	Must the individual assessment conducted by the SCSEP grantee and the assessment performed by the One-Stop Delivery System be accepted for use by either entity to determine the individual's need for services in the SCSEP and adult programs under title IB of WIA?
	641.240	Are SCSEP participants eligible for intensive and training services under title I of WIA?
	641.300	What is the State Plan?
	641.305	Who is responsible for developing and submitting the State Plan?
	641.310	May the Governor delegate responsibility for developing and submitting the State Plan?
	641.315	Who participates in developing the State Plan?
	641.320	Must all national grantees operating within a State participate in the State planning process?
	641.325	What information must be provided in the State Plan?
	641.330	How should the State Plan reflect community service needs?
	641.335	How should the Governor address the coordination of SCSEP services with activities funded under title I of WIA?
	641.340	Must the Governor submit a State Plan each year?
	641.345	What are the requirements for modifying the State Plan?
	641.350	How should public comments be solicited and collected?
	641.355	Who may comment on the State Plan?
	641.360	How does the State Plan relate to the equitable distribution (ED) report?
	641.365	How must the equitable distribution provisions be reconciled with the provision that disruptions to current participants should be avoided?
	641.400	What entities are eligible to apply to the Department for funds to administer SCSEP community service projects?
	641.410	How does an eligible entity apply?
	641.420	What factors will the Department consider in selecting grantees?
	641.430	What are the eligibility criteria that each applicant must meet?
	641.440	What are the responsibility conditions that an applicant must meet?
	641.450	Are there responsibility conditions that alone will disqualify an applicant?
	641.460	How will the Department examine the responsibility of eligible entities?
	641.465	Under what circumstances may the Department reject an application?
	641.470	What happens if an applicant's application is rejected?
	641.480	May the Governor make recommendations to the Department on grant applications?
	641.490	When may SCSEP grants be awarded competitively?
	641.500	Who is eligible to participate in the SCSEP?
	641.505	When is eligibility determined?
	641.507	What types of income are included and excluded for participant eligibility determinations?
	641.510	What happens if a grantee/subgrantee determines that a participant is no longer eligible for the SCSEP due to an increase in family income?
	641.515	How must grantees/subgrantees recruit and select eligible individuals for participation in the SCSEP?
	641.520	Are there any priorities that grantees/subgrantees must use in selecting eligible individuals for participation in the SCSEP?
	641.525	Are there any other groups of individuals who should be given special consideration when selecting SCSEP participants?
	641.530	Must the grantee/subgrantee always select priority or preference individuals?
	641.535	What services must grantees/subgrantees provide to participants?
	641.540	What types of training may grantees/subgrantees provide to SCSEP participants?
	641.545	What supportive services may grantees/subgrantees provide to participants?
	641.550	What responsibility do grantees/subgrantees have to place participants in unsubsidized employment?
	641.555	What responsibility do grantees have to participants who have been placed in unsubsidized employment?
	641.560	May grantees place participants directly into unsubsidized employment?
	641.565	What policies govern the provision of wages and fringe benefits to participants?
	641.570	Is there a time limit for participation in the program?
	641.575	May a grantee establish a limit on the amount of time its participants may spend at each host agency?
	641.580	Under what circumstances may a grantee terminate a participant?
	641.585	Are participants employees of the Federal Government?
	641.590	Are participants employees of the grantee, the local project, and/or the host agency?
	641.600	What is the purpose of the private sector training projects authorized under section 502(e) of the OAA?
	641.610	How are section 502(e) activities administered?
	641.620	How may an organization apply for section 502(e) funding?
	641.630	What private sector training activities are allowable under section 502(e)?
	641.640	How do the private sector training activities authorized under section 502(e) differ from other SCSEP activities?
	641.650	Does the requirement that not less than 75 percent of the funds be used to pay participant wages and fringe benefits apply to section 502(e) activities?
	641.660	Who is eligible to participate in section 502(e) private sector training activities?
	641.665	When is eligibility determined?
	641.670	May an eligible individual be enrolled simultaneously in section 502(e) private sector training activities operated by one grantee and a community service SCSEP project operated by a different SCSEP grantee?
	641.680	How should grantees report on participants who are co-enrolled?
	641.690	How is the performance of section 502(e) grantees measured?
	641.700	What performance measures apply to SCSEP grantees?
	641.710	How are these performance indicators defined?
	641.715	What are the common performance measures?
	641.720	How do the common performance measures affect grantees and the OAA performance measures?
	641.730	How will the Department set and adjust performance levels?
	641.740	How will the Department determine whether a grantee fails, meets, or exceeds negotiated levels of performance?
	641.750	What sanctions will the Department impose if a grantee fails to meet negotiated levels of performance?
	641.760	What sanctions will the Department impose if a national grantee fails to meet negotiated levels of performance under the total SCSEP grant?
	641.770	What sanctions will the Department impose if a national grantee fails to meet negotiated levels of performance in any State it serves?
	641.780	When will the Department assess the performance of a national grantee in a State?
	641.790	What sanctions will the Department impose if a State grantee fails to meet negotiated levels of performance?
	641.795	Will there be incentives for exceeding performance measures?
	641.800	What uniform administrative requirements apply to the use of SCSEP funds?
	641.803	What is program income?
	641.806	How must SCSEP program income be used?
	641.809	What non-Federal share (matching) requirements apply to the use of SCSEP funds?
	641.812	What is the period of availability of SCSEP funds?
	641.815	May the period of availability be extended?
	641.818	What happens to funds that are unexpended at the end of the Program Year?
	641.821	What audit requirements apply to the use of SCSEP funds?
	641.824	What lobbying requirements apply to the use of SCSEP funds?
	641.827	What general nondiscrimination requirements apply to the use of SCSEP funds?
	641.833	What policies govern political patronage?
	641.836	What policies govern political activities?
	641.839	What policies govern union organizing activities?
	641.841	What policies govern nepotism?
	641.844	What maintenance of effort requirements apply to the use of SCSEP funds?
	641.847	What uniform allowable cost requirements apply to the use of SCSEP funds?
	641.850	Are there other specific allowable and unallowable cost requirements for the SCSEP?
	641.853	How are costs classified?
	641.856	What functions and activities constitute costs of administration?
	641.859	What other special rules govern the classification of costs as administrative costs or program costs?
	641.861	Must SCSEP recipients provide funding for the administrative costs of subrecipients?
	641.864	What functions and activities constitute program costs?
	641.867	What are the limitations on the amount of SCSEP administrative costs?
	641.870	Under what circumstances may the administrative cost limitation be increased?
	641.873	What minimum expenditure levels are required for participant wages and fringe benefits?
	641.876	When will compliance with cost limitations and minimum expenditure levels be determined?
	641.879	What are the fiscal and performance reporting requirements for recipients?
	641.881	What are the SCSEP recipient's responsibilities relating to awards to subrecipients?
	641.884	What are the grant closeout procedures?
	641.900	What appeal process is available to an applicant that does not receive a grant?
	641.910	What grievance procedures must grantees make available to applicants, employees, and participants?
	641.920	What actions of the Department may a grantee appeal and what procedures apply to those appeals?
	641.930	Is there an alternative dispute resolution process that may be used in place of an OALJ hearing?