29 U.S.C. § 3194 — Individuals eligible for the Job Corps

(a) In general

To be eligible to become an enrollee^*, an individual must—

(1) be at least 16 and not older than 21 on the date of enrollment, except that—

(A) no more than 20 percent of Job Corps^* enrollees may be at least 22 and not older than 24 on the date of enrollment; and

(B) the Secretary may waive either maximum age limit, under the Secretary’s regulations, for an individual with a disability;

(2) be a “low-income individual”; and

(3) be one or more of the following:

(A) “Basic skills deficient.”

(B) A school dropout.

(C) A “homeless individual” (as defined in section 12473(6) of title 34), a “homeless child or youth” (as defined in section 11434a(2) of title 42), a runaway, an individual in foster care, or an individual who was in foster care and has aged out of the foster care system.

(D) A parent.

(E) An individual who needs additional education, career and technical education or training, or workforce preparation skills to obtain and keep a job that leads to economic self-sufficiency.

(F) A victim of a “severe form of trafficking in persons” (as defined in section 7102 of title 22). Despite paragraph (2), an individual described in this subparagraph does not have to show that the individual meets that paragraph’s requirement.

(b) Special rule for veterans

Despite subsection (a)(2), a veteran is eligible to become an enrollee under subsection (a) if the individual—

(1) meets the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (3) of that subsection; and

(2) does not meet subsection (a)(2) because the military income the individual earned during the 6-month period before the individual’s application for Job Corps prevents the individual from meeting that requirement.

This section does not define the terms “enrollee,” “low-income individual,” “Basic skills deficient,” “school dropout,” “parent,” “veteran,” or “Job Corps.”