632.253—Special operating provisions.
Native American grantees shall:
(b)
Develop outreach and recruitment techniques aimed at all segments of the economically disadvantage youth population, especially school dropouts, youth not likely to return to school without assistance from the summer program, and youth who remain in school but are likely to be confronted with significant employment barriers relating to work attitude, aptitude, social adjustment, and other such factors;
(c)
Provide labor market orientation to participants. This orientation may include, as appropriate: vocational exposure, counseling, testing, resume preparation, job interview preparation, providing labor market information, providing information about other training programs available in the area, including apprenticeship programs, and similar activities. It may be provided on a group or individual basis. In providing labor market orientation, skill training and remedial education, each grantee shall make maximum efforts to develop cooperative relationships with other community resources so that these activities are provided in the summer program at no cost, or at minimum cost, to the summer program;
(d)
Assure that adequate supervision from skilled supervisors is provided to participants at each worksite;
(e)
Make appropriate efforts to encourage educational agencies and post-secondary institutions to award academic credit for the competencies participants gain from their participation in the summer program;
(f)
Ensure that appropriate efforts are made to closely monitor the performance of the summer program and measure program results against established goals;
(g)
Ensure that enrollee applications are widely available and that jobs are awarded among individuals most severely disadvantaged in an equitable fashion. Enrollment applications shall require the signature of the applicant or (in the case of minors) the parent or guardian attesting to the accuracy of the information, including income data, provided on the application; and
(h)
Provide participants with an orientation to the program which shall include, but not be limited to: purposes of the program and the conditions and standards (including such items as hours of work, pay provisions and complaint procedures) for such activities in the program.