{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-681.450","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 681.450","heading":"For how long must a local Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act youth program serve a participant?","body":"Local youth programs must provide service to a participant for the amount of time necessary to ensure successful preparation to enter postsecondary education and/or unsubsidized employment. While there is no minimum or maximum time a youth can participate in the WIOA youth program, programs must link participation to the individual service strategy and not the timing of youth service provider contracts or program years.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER V—EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","PART 681—YOUTH ACTIVITIES UNDER TITLE I OF THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT","Subpart C—Youth Program Design, Elements, and Parameters"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"028262c66858a718f67e14d20a58e66ee1b58a024f222efcd4862b6b87319162","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-681.440","next":"us/20-cfr-681.460"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}