OAR 715-100-0004: Community Stewardship Corps Vouchers

(1) The following definitions apply to terms used in this rule: (a) Program – Recipient of an Oregon Youth Corps Community Stewardship Corps Grant. (b) Participants- Youth who participate in an Oregon Youth Community Stewardship Corps experience offered by a program. (c) Successful Completion – Completion of a program in a manner that qualifies a participant for a support voucher. The criterion for successful completion is defined by each program. (d) Support Voucher – Funds a program sets aside to support and enhance an individual participant’s access to employment or education training, services, and resources . (2) Programs must provide participants with the following information: (a) Criteria to meet the successful completion of the program for purposes of accessing support vouchers (b) Notification once they have met the successful completion criteria, and (c) Information on how to access the support voucher, including the process, allowable uses and the expiration of funds if applicable. (3) Programs shall award support vouchers to any participant meeting the successful completion criteria. (4) Programs may use funds within their grant agreement, use other funding, or equivalent awards to satisfy the programs responsibility to provide support voucher funding. For programs electing to use grant funding from the Oregon Youth Community Stewardship Corps to provide support vouchers, the funds provided to each eligible participant may not exceed $1,500. (5) Support vouchers provided to participants determined to meet the criteria for successful completion may be used pay for tuition, books, certifications, licensing, trainings, resources, support services, and supplies that enhance and support education or employment. (6) Programs shall report to the Commission the definition of successful completion established by the program and any data required by the commission to monitor compliance with the Oregon Youth Corps Community Stewardship Corps Grant (7) If it is determined there are insufficient resources available to provide support vouchers, the Commission may authorize programs to suspend the awarding of support vouchers.