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In any return to conscription the Director of Selective Service
is responsible for finding alternative civilian work for registrants
who have been exempted from military service and training
because of conscientious objection to both combatant and noncombatant
military service. The Director will place these registrants
with members of the Alternative Service Employer Network (ASEN),
a pool of eligible civilian employers who agree to provide
jobs to Alternative Service Workers (ASWs) in a draft. The
work offered by these employers must contribute to the maintenance
of the national health, safety, or interest.
Eligible
Employers
Employers
considered appropriate for ASW assignments are limited to:
(1)
The U.S. Government or a state, territory, or possession
of the United States or a political subdivision thereof,
the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;
(2) Organizations, associations, or corporations primarily
engaged either in a charitable activity conducted for the
benefit of the general public or in carrying out a program
for the improvement of the public health, welfare, or environment,
including educational and scientific activities in support
of the program, when such activity or program is not principally
for the benefit of the members of such organization, association,
or corporation or for increasing the membership thereof.
Appropriate
Employment
Employment
programs or activities generally considered to be appropriate
for Alternative Service work include:
(1)
Health care services, including but not limited to hospitals,
nursing homes, extended care facilities, clinics, mental
health programs, hospices, community outreach programs,
and hotlines;
(2) Educational services, including but not limited to teachers,
teacher's aides, counseling, administrative support, parent
counseling, recreation, remedial programs, and scientific
research;
(3) Environmental programs, including but not limited to
conservation and firefighting, park and recreational activities,
pollution control and monitoring systems, and disaster relief;
(4) Social services, including but not limited to sheltered
or handicapped workshops, vocational training or retraining
programs, senior citizens activities, crisis intervention,
and poverty relief;
(5) Community services, including but not limited to fire
protection, public works projects, sanitation services,
school or public building maintenance, correctional facility
support programs, juvenile rehabilitation programs, and
(6) Agricultural work.
Identifying
Employers
In
peacetime, Selective Service makes contact with potential
employers. Those outreach efforts increase during mobilization
when Selective Service will seek the assistance of existing
members of its ASEN, charitable institutions, public agencies,
religious groups, and community leaders. In addition, organizations
desiring to employ ASWs will be encouraged to submit written
requests to SSS.
Employment
Agreements
Selective
Service will negotiate employment agreements with prospective
employers with the objective of obtaining an adequate number
of agreements to assure the timely placement of all ASWs.
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