---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 641.540"
title: "20"
number: "641.540"
heading: "What types of training may grantees and sub-recipients provide to SCSEP participants in addition to the training received at a community service assignment?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/641.540"
---

# §641.540. What types of training may grantees and sub-recipients provide to SCSEP participants in addition to the training received at a community service assignment?

- (a) In addition to the training provided in a community service assignment, grantees and sub-recipients may arrange skill training provided that it:
  - (1) Is realistic and consistent with the participants' IEP;
  - (2) Makes the most effective use of the participant's skills and talents; and
  - (3) **Prepares the participant for unsubsidized employment.**
- (b) Training may be provided before or during a community service assignment.
- (c) Training may be in the form of lectures, seminars, classroom instruction, individual instruction, online instruction, and on-the-job experiences. Training may be provided by the grantee or through other arrangements, including but not limited to, arrangements with other workforce development programs such as WIOA. (OAA [sec. 502(c)(6)(A)(ii)](/cfr/20/502.md?p=c-6-A-ii).)
- (d) Grantees and sub-recipients are encouraged to obtain training through locally available resources, including host agencies, at no cost or reduced cost to the SCSEP.
- (e) Grantees and sub-recipients may pay for participant training, including the payment of reasonable costs of instructors, classroom rental, training supplies, materials, equipment, and tuition. (OAA [§ 502(c)(6)(A)(ii)](/cfr/20/502.md?p=c-6-A-ii)).
- (f) Participants must be paid wages while in training, as described in [§ 641.565(a)](/cfr/20/641.565.md?p=a). (OAA [§ 502(b)(1)(I)](/cfr/20/502.md?p=b-1-I)).
- (g) As provided in [§ 641.545](/cfr/20/641.545.md), grantees and sub-recipients may pay for costs associated with supportive services, such as transportation, necessary to participate in training. (OAA [§ 502(b)(1)(L)](/cfr/20/502.md?p=b-1-L)).
- (h) Nothing in this section prevents or limits participants from engaging in self-development training available through other sources, at their own expense, during hours when not performing their community service assignments.

## Notes

### Amendments

[75 FR 53812, Sept. 1, 2010, as amended at 82 FR 56883, Dec. 1, 2017]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 3056-3056p.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 53812, Sept. 1, 2010, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[75 FR 53812, Sept. 1, 2010, as amended at 82 FR 56883, Dec. 1, 2017]