TRAINEE REQUIREMENTS

1. (a) Eligibility requirements for a trainee to be enrolled in a project that applies for Program funds are as follows:

   1. (1) The trainee shall reside in an impoverished area.
   2. (2) The trainee shall be within the income guidelines established by the Federal Office of Economic Opportunity.
   3. (3) The trainee shall be between the ages of 18 and 50 and either unemployed or underemployed.
   4. (4) The trainee may not have participated in any Federal or State administered manpower training program within the past 2 years.

   5. (5) Preference will be given to the following:

      1. (i) Public Assistance recipients, especially those with dependents
      2. (ii) Ex-offenders
      3. (iii) Ex-addicts
      4. (iv) Reformed alcoholics
2. (b) Verification of trainees’ status utilizing the above criteria shall be submitted to the Department within 2 weeks of the beginning date of each training cycle.