20 CFR § 641.500 - Who is eligible to participate in the SCSEP?

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title: "20 CFR § 641.500 - Who is eligible to participate in the SCSEP?"
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "641.500"
section_name: "Who is eligible to participate in the SCSEP?"
chapter_name: "EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
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part_name: "PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM"
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# 641.500 Who is eligible to participate in the SCSEP?

Anyone who is at least 55 years old, unemployed (as defined in § 641.140), and who is a member of a family with an income that is not more than 125 percent of the family income levels prepared by the Department of Health and Human Services and approved by OMB (Federal poverty guidelines) is eligible to participate in the SCSEP. (OAA sec. 518(a)(3), (9).) A person with a disability may be treated as a “family of one” for income eligibility determination purposes at the option of the applicant.

[82 FR 56883, Dec. 17, 2017]