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8.2.1 Adult Program

Effective date: February 1, 2024 - TBD

Anyone interested in being considered for the WIOA Title I Adult Program must be allowed to apply.¹ All applicants must receive an eligibility determination.² While WIOA is not an entitlement program,³ this only means that funding for WIOA programs is not unlimited. Local WDBs must offer services to all eligible applicants when funding is available.

Individuals are eligible for the WIOA Title I Adult Program if they are:

18 years of age or older;⁴

eligible to work in the United States;⁵
AND

registered with Selective Service (if applicable).⁶

Note: If someone is required to register with the Selective Service, but has not, follow the "Failure to Register for Selective Service" procedure.

States and local WDBs may not add eligibility criteria, including, but not limited to, criteria related to county or state of residence.⁷

Any costs associated with providing WIOA Title I services to ineligible individuals may be disallowed.⁸

¹ WIOA Sec. 188(a)(2) and (5); 20 CFR § 680.110(c); 29 CFR part 38

² 29 CFR §§ 38.4, 38.5, 38.6(b) and (d), & 38.41 combine to require that applicants must not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, political affiliation or belief, citizenship, or participation in any WIOA Title I-financially assisted program or activity. An "applicant" is an individual who is interested in being considered for WIOA Title I assistance. To ensure that discrimination does not occur, recipients of WIOA funding must maintain records on the race/ethnicity, sex, age, and disability status of every applicant. See also WIOA Sec. 188(a); 20 CFR § 683.285; and 81 FR 56113.

³ WIOA Sec. 194(12); 81 FR 56124

⁴ 20 CFR § 680.120

⁵ WIOA Sec. 188(a)(5); TEGL 02-14, p. 2

⁶WIOA Sec. 189(h); 50 USC App. 453

⁷81 FR 56220; Email from DOL to DWD-DET, 4/25/2017

⁸TEGL 11-11, Change 2, p. 4