Eligibility Requirements 3

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  1. Now, let's review the eligibility requirements for the adult and
  2. dislocated worker programs.
  3. In order for an individual to receive adult or dislocated
  4. worker individualized career and training services, an individual must be
  5. a us citizen or authorized to work in the US
  6. and they must meet selective service registration requirements.
  7. This would be for males born after December 31 of
  8. 1959. Priority of services given to leo, adults who are
  9. recipients of public assistance are low income and are individuals
  10. who are basic skills deficient.
  11. The definition of a low income individual would be any
  12. person who receives or is a member of a family
  13. who receives or in the past six months has received
  14. assistance through snap tan if S.
  15. S. I.
  16. State or local income based public assistance.
  17. So in Connecticut, this would consist of general assistance, refugee
  18. cash assistance, and husky health.
  19. This individual could have also received an income or is
  20. a member of the family that received a total family
  21. income that did not exceed the poverty line, or 70%
  22. of the lower living standards income level.
  23. This individual could also qualify as a homeless individual, or
  24. it could be an individual with a disability.
  25. Other adult program eligibility definitions would be an individual who
  26. receives or is a member of a family that receives
  27. food stamps or has received assistance in the past six
  28. months, or is a member of a family that has
  29. received assistance during the past six months.
  30. Next, it could be an individual who receives an income,
  31. or is a member of a family that received a
  32. total income that does not exceed 100% of the lower
  33. living standards income level for the program year.
  34. Next, it could be an individual who is homeless or
  35. lacks of fixed, regular, inadequate nighttime residence.
  36. And finally, it could be an individual who has a
  37. disability or whose family income exceeds the income eligibility criteria
  38. for Woah, but their individual income meets the low income
  39. criteria. The dislocated worker program is designed to help workers
  40. get back to work as quickly as possible and overcome
  41. barriers to employment.
  42. These individuals may be considered dislocated due to job loss,
  43. mass layoff, global trade dynamics, or transitions in economic sectors.
  44. The first definition for dislocated worker eligibility would be an
  45. individual who has been terminated or laid off or has
  46. received a notice of termination or lay off from their
  47. employment and is eligible for, or they have exhausted their
  48. unemployment benefits and they are unlikely to return to the
  49. previous industry.
  50. The next definition could be an individual who has been
  51. terminated or laid off or has received a notice of
  52. termination or lay off from their employment and has been
  53. employed for sufficient duration.
  54. So this would be for six consecutive weeks as a
  55. minimum to demonstrate workforce attachment, But they are not eligible
  56. for unemployment assistance due to insufficient earnings or their employer
  57. not being covered under state unemployment compensation law, and they
  58. are unlikely to return to the previous industry or occupation.
  59. Next. It could also be an individual who has been
  60. terminated or laid off or has received notice of termination
  61. or lay off from employment as a result of a
  62. permanent closure or a substantial lay off at a plant
  63. facility or enterprise Could also be an individual who has
  64. been given a general announcement from their employer that the
  65. facility will close within 180 days, or an individual who
  66. was previously self employed.
  67. This would include farmers, ranchers and fishermen, but they are
  68. currently unemployed due to general economic conditions in the community
  69. of residents or because of natural disaster.
  70. Next, a displaced homemaker would qualify as a dislocated worker.
  71. And this is an individual who is providing unpaid services
  72. to family members in the home and has been dependent
  73. on the income of another family member, but they are
  74. no longer supported by that income and they are unemployed
  75. or underemployed, and they may be experiencing difficulty in obtaining
  76. or upgrading employment.
  77. And this includes dependent spouses of the Armed Forces on
  78. active duty whose family income is significantly reduced because of
  79. a deployment, a call or order to active duty, a
  80. permanent change in station or the service connected death or
  81. disability of a service member.
  82. Finally, military assignment, this would be an individual who is
  83. a spouse of a current member of the military, who
  84. was forced to leave their employment to follow their spouse
  85. due to change a military assignment.
  86. And finally, an individual who is a previous member of
  87. the military who was discharged from the armed Forces under
  88. honorable conditions and did not retire from the military.