Sec. 153. Individuals eligible for the Job Corps
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Section 144 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3194 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (1)— by striking 21 and inserting 24 ; by amending subparagraph
(A)to read as follows: an individual who is age 16 or 17 shall be eligible only upon an individual determination by the director of a Job Corps campus that such individual meets the criteria described in subparagraph
(A)or
(B)of section 145(b)(1); and ; and in subparagraph (B), by striking either ; in paragraph (2), by inserting after individual the following: or a resident of a qualified opportunity zone as defined in ; and section 1400Z–1(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in paragraph (3), by amending subparagraph
(A)to read as follows: Has foundational skill needs. ; in subsection (b), by inserting after a veteran the following: or a member of the Armed Forces eligible for preseparation counseling of the Transition Assistance Program under section 1142 of title 10, United States Code ; and by inserting at the end the following: In determining whether an individual is eligible to enroll for services under this subtitle on the basis of being an individual who is a homeless child or youth, or a youth in foster care, as described in subsection (a)(3)(C), staff shall— if determining whether the individual is a homeless child or youth, use a process that is in compliance with the requirements of subsection
(a)of section 479D of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as added by section 702(l) of the FAFSA Simplification Act ( Public Law 116–260 ), for financial aid administrators; and if determining whether the individual is a youth in foster care, use a process that is in compliance with the requirements of subsection
(b)of such section 479D of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as added by section 702(l) of the FAFSA Simplification Act ( Public Law 116–260 ), for financial aid administrators. .