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(e) Pilot projects using community-based organizations

In order to determine whether community

participation as required under section 1701 of

this title can be improved through the closer involvement of community-based organizations,

the Secretary is authorized to undertake one or

more pilot projects utilizing community-based

organizations of demonstrated effectiveness for

Job Corps center operation. For purposes of such

pilot projects, the term ‘‘community-based organizations’’ may include nonprofit educational

foundations organized on a State or local basis.

(Pub. L. 97–300, title IV, §433, Oct. 13, 1982, 96

Stat. 1376; Pub. L. 102–367, title VII, §702(a)(13),

Sept. 7, 1992, 106 Stat. 1112.)

AMENDMENTS

1992—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 102–367 substituted ‘‘sections 1732 and 1733’’ for ‘‘sections 1732 and 1735’’.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1992 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 102–367 effective July 1, 1993,

see section 701(a) of Pub. L. 102–367, set out as an Effective Date of 1992 Amendment; Transition Provisions

note under section 1501 of this title.

§ 1703a. Job Corps centers for homeless families

(a) Authorization

Subject to the availability of appropriations

therefor, the Secretary is authorized, in accordance with section 1697 of this title, to provide

services and facilities in accordance with this

section to eligible homeless individuals and

their families at Job Corps centers. Job Corps

centers serving homeless individuals and their

families shall—

(1) be residential;

(2) be operated under a project agreement

with one or more State or local agencies that

complies with subsection (b) of this section;

(3) provide room and board for enrollees and

their dependents and child care to the extent

practicable for dependent children of enrollees; and

(4) provide enrollees—

(A) program activities that include both

activities to sustain the operation of the

center and regular Job Corps activities required under section 1698 of this title; and

(B) the benefits and services given to any

other enrollee under this part.

(b) Project agreements

Each Job Corps center providing services and

facilities to homeless individuals under this section shall provide such services and facilities

under a project agreement with one or more

State or local agencies that—

(1) requires such State and local agencies to

provide, in the aggregate, not less than 50 percent of the cost of such services and facilities;

(2) contains provisions to ensure that enrollees and their families are effectively assisted

in obtaining all necessary health, education,

and social services provided by existing Federal, State, and local programs in such State

or locality;

(3) require such State and local agencies to

provide such transitional assistance, including

housing, necessary to effect successful job

placements for enrollees; and

(4) contains or is accompanied by such other

information and assurances as the Secretary

may require.

(c) Eligibility for enrollment

To become an enrollee in the Job Corps at a

center established providing services and facilities to homeless individuals under this section,

an individual—

(1) shall qualify as a homeless individual

under section 11302 of title 42;

(2) shall have not attained the age of 25 at

the time of enrollment; and

(3) shall meet the requirements of paragraphs (2) through (5) of section 1693 of this

title.

(d) Screening standards

The Secretary shall prescribe special screening standards under sections 1694 and 1695 of this

title to identify and select enrollees for purposes

of this section.

(e) Evaluation of centers

The Secretary shall, pursuant to section

1732(d) of this title, conduct evaluations of the

centers providing services and facilities to

homeless individuals under this section. The

Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report

on the results of such evaluations, together with

the Secretary’s recommendations concerning

such centers, not later than 3 years after November 29, 1990.

(f) ‘‘Family’’ defined

As used in the 1 section, the term ‘‘family’’

may include, at a minimum, dependent children,

and the brothers, sisters and parents of those dependent children.

(Pub. L. 97–300, title IV, §433A, as added Pub. L.

101–645, title VI, §622, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4744;

amended Pub. L. 102–367, title VII, §702(a)(14),

Sept. 7, 1992, 106 Stat. 1112.)

AMENDMENTS

1992—Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 102–367, §702(a)(14)(A),

struck out ‘‘may be over the maximum age permitted

by section 1693(1) of this title, but’’ before ‘‘shall have

not attained’’.

Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 102–367, §702(a)(14)(B), substituted

‘‘section 1732(d)’’ for ‘‘section 1734’’.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1992 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 102–367 effective July 1, 1993,

see section 701(a) of Pub. L. 102–367, set out as an Effective Date of 1992 Amendment; Transition Provisions

note under section 1501 of this title.

§ 1704. Advisory boards and committees

The Secretary is authorized to make use of advisory committees in connection with the operation of the Job Corps, and the operation of Job

Corps centers, whenever the Secretary determines that the availability of outside advice and

counsel on a regular basis would be of substantial benefit in identifying and overcoming problems, in planning program or center development, or in strengthening relationships between

the Job Corps and agencies, institutions, or

groups engaged in related activities.

(Pub. L. 97–300, title IV, §434, Oct. 13, 1982, 96

Stat. 1378.)