Targeting of hard to employ individuals with characteristics associated with long-term welfare dependence
An entity that operates a project with funds provided under this paragraph may expend not more than 30 percent of all funds provided to the project for programs that provide assistance in a form described in clause (i)—
(I)#
to recipients of assistance under the program funded under this part of the State in which the entity is located who have characteristics associated with long-term welfare dependence (such as school dropout, teen pregnancy, or poor work history), including, at the option of the State, by providing assistance in such form as a condition of receiving assistance under the State program funded under this part;
(II)#
to children—
(aa) who have attained 18 years of age but not 25 years of age; and
(bb) who, before attaining 18 years of age, were recipients of foster care maintenance payments (as defined in section 675(4) of this title ) under part E or were in foster care under the responsibility of a State;
(II)(aa)#
who have attained 18 years of age but not 25 years of age; and
(II)(bb)#
who, before attaining 18 years of age, were recipients of foster care maintenance payments (as defined in section 675(4) of this title ) under part E or were in foster care under the responsibility of a State;
(III)#
to recipients of assistance under the State program funded under this part, determined to have significant barriers to self-sufficiency, pursuant to criteria established by the local private industry council; or
(IV)#
to custodial parents with incomes below 100 percent of the poverty line (as defined in section 9902(2) of this title , including any revision required by such section, applicable to a family of the size involved).