For WIOA eligibility, the grantee must ensure each male customer has complied with the following Selective Service guidelines.

1. If the male customer has not reached age eighteen (18) and will not within the next thirty (30) days, or was born before January 1, 1960, the Military Selective Service Act (MSSA) is not applicable to that individual.  Selective Service Compliance in the Illinois Workforce Development System (IWDS) is to be marked "not applicable" in this instance.
    
2. A male WIOA participant who attains the age of eighteen (18) while participating in the program must be registered with Selective Service by the thirtieth (30^th) day after his eighteenth (18th) birthday to remain eligible. He may also register in the thirty (30) days prior to his eighteenth (18th) birthday.
   1. If the customer fails to register within thirty (30) days after his eighteenth (18th) birthday, all existing WIOA services that were obtained before the age of eighteen (18) must be closed.
      1. All WIOA services provided after the customer is determined to be non-compliant will be disallowed.
          
3. All other male customers must be registered prior to their twenty-sixth (26^th) birthday, unless the following exceptions apply: 
   1. For United States citizens, Selective Service registration is not required while the male meets one (1) of the following conditions:
      1. A male who is serving in the military on full-time active duty;
      2. A male attending the service academies;
      3. A disabled male who is continually confined to a residence, hospital, or institution;
      4. A male who is hospitalized, institutionalized, or incarcerated; or
      5. If a male is released from any of the above conditions before he reaches the age of twenty-six (26), he is required to register with Selective Service within thirty (30) days of his release.
   2. For non-United States citizens, Selective Service registration is required within thirty (30) days of becoming a resident unless the man falls within one (1) of the following categories:
      1. A male who came into this country for the first time after his twenty-sixth (26^th) birthday.
         1. Acceptable forms of documentation for this exemption include:
            1. Date of entry stamp on passport;
            2. I-94 with date of entry stamp on it; or
            3. Letter from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) indicating the date the man entered the United States presented in conjunction with documentation establishing the individual's age.
      2. A male who entered the country illegally after his twenty-sixth (26^th) birthday and can provide proof that he was not living in the United States from age eighteen to twenty-five (18-25).
      3. A male on a valid, non-immigrant visa.
   3. If a non-compliant male customer is receiving basic, staff assisted, or individualized career services at the time this policy becomes effective, he will receive a grace period of thirty (30) days to begin the compliance process. This can mean registration for males under twenty-six (26) or completion of the Request for Status Information Letter (RSIL) and the Selective Service Verification Form (OET/SS Form #001), see the Forms & Instructions tab, for males twenty-six (26) years of age and older. At the conclusion of the thirty (30)-day grace period, any non-compliant male that has not begun the compliance process will be removed from WIOA funded services and any costs associated with servicing this customer after that time will be disallowed.
       
4. Any male customer that is beyond their twenty-sixth (26th) birthday can no longer register, but is required to provide documentation of their compliance to the Selective Service requirement in order to be considered eligible for any WIOA Title I benefits and services.
   1. Acceptable forms of documentation can be found below in Section 5.a.
   2. Failure to produce authorized documentation requires that the individual acquire a Status Information Letter (SIL) from Selective Service indicating whether he was required to register.
      1. If the SIL indicates that he was not required to register, he can then be enrolled in WIOA-funded services.
      2. If the SIL indicates that he was required and failed to register and now is unable to, as a result of being twenty-six (26) years of age or older, he is to be disqualified from WIOA-funded programs and services until it is determined that his failure was not knowing or willful.
         1. All WIOA services, beyond basic, non-staff assisted career services should be discontinued, until it is determined that it was not a knowing and willful failure, as they will be disallowed.
             
5. The grantee must verify whether the customer has complied with the MSSA requirements and place documentation in the case file.
   1. Verification may be made in any one of the following ways:
      1. Contacting the Selective Service at the website indicated on the References tab to determine if the customer has registered.
      2. Phone the Selective Service Registration Office (see telephone number on the Contact Us Information page of the Selective Service website on the References tab). A phone confirmation coupled with a case note will be sufficient for WIOA verification.
      3. Acquiring any one (1) of the following forms of documentation:
         1. Selective Service Acknowledgement Letter;
         2. Form DD-214, "Report of Separation";
         3. Screen printout from the Selective Service Verification site;
         4. Selective Service Registration Card;
         5. Selective Service Verification Form (Form 3A); or
         6. Stamped Post Office Receipt of Registration.
      4. Additional registration information can be found by visiting the Selective Service website or by viewing the "Who Must Register Chart".  (See the Attachments tab.)
   2. Once verification has been completed:
      1. If the male customer has complied with MSSA, he may be entered as such in IWDS and no further action is necessary.
      2. If the male customer has not complied with MSSA:
         1. All WIOA services, beyond basic, non-staff-assisted career services should be discontinued, as they will be disallowed until it is determined that they are in compliance.
         2. The grantee should advise the customer to go to the Selective Service website to register. Enrollment in basic, staff assisted, or individualized career services should not occur until registration is confirmed.
         3. However, if the customer has failed to comply with Selective Service and is over the age of twenty-six (26), he can no longer register to achieve compliance and must fill out the RSIL form explaining why he did not register. A copy of the RSIL and the (OET/SS Form #001), see the Forms & Instructions tab, must be signed by the male customer and maintained in the customer's file.
            1. The RSIL form and instructions can be found by accessing the Selective Service website indicated on the References tab and clicking on "Status Information Letter Request Form."
            2. The SIL may take from four to six (4-6) weeks to arrive.
            3. If the SIL dictates that the customer was required and failed to register, the grantee must then determine the eligibility of the male customer based on local policy on knowing and willing failure to comply.