PUBLIC LAW 101-610—NOV. 16, 1990 104 STAT. 3175 "(3) administrative expenses incurred by the project in an amount not to exceed 10 percent of the amount of assistance provided to the project under this title unless such project receives a waiver, on the basis of substantial need, granted by the Director to use an amount not to exceed 15 percent of the amount of such Eissistance provided under this title for such purposes. "SEC. 706. ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS. "(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), an individual shall be eligible to participate in a Youthbuild project receiving assistance under this title if such individual is— "(1) 16 to 24 years of age, inclusive; "(2) economically disadvantaged; and "(3) an individual who has dropped out of high school whose reading and mathematics skills are at or below the 8th grade level. "db) EXCEPTIONS.—Not more than 25 percent of the participants in a Youthbuild project receiving assistance under this title may be individuals who do not meet the requirements of subsection (a). "(c) PARTICIPATION LIMITATION.—Any eligible individual selected for full-time participation in a Youthbuild project may participate full-time for a period of not less than 6 months and not more than 18 months. «SEC. 707. LIVING ALLOWANCES. " (a) AMOUNT OF ALLOWANCE. — "(1) IN GENERAL.— Each participant in a full-time Youthbuild program that receives assistance under this title shall receive a living allowance of not more than an amount equal to 100 percent of the poverty line for a family of two (as defined in section 673(2) of the Community Service Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)). "(2) NON-FEDERAL SOURCES. — Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a program agency may provide participants with additional amounts that are made available from non-Federal sources. " (3) REDUCTION IN EXISTING PROGRAM BENEFITS.— Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a program in existence on the date of enactment of this title to decrease any stipends, salaries, or living allowances provided to participants under such program so long as the amount of any such stipend, salaries, or living allowances that is in excess of the levels provided for in this section are paid from non-Federal sources. " (b) NONDISCRIMINATION. — "(1) IN GENERAL.— Except as provided in paragraph (2), an individual with responsibility for the operation of a Youthbuild project shall not discriminate on the basis of religion against a participant or a member of the project staff who is paid with funds under this title. "(2) EXCEPTION. —Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the employ- ment, with funds provided under this title, of any member of the staff of a Youthbuild project who was employed with the organization operating the project on the date the grant funded under this title was awarded. 42 USC 5091e. 42 USC 5091f.
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