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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1434
To provide funding to summer youth employment programs to expand the
availability of subsidized jobs for youths and to develop innovative pro-
gram activities that improve academic, economic, and criminal justice
outcomes for youths, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY18, 2025
Ms. S
HERRILL(for herself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To provide funding to summer youth employment programs
to expand the availability of subsidized jobs for youths
and to develop innovative program activities that improve
academic, economic, and criminal justice outcomes for
youths, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Commu-4
nities through Summer Employment Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; DISTRIBU-1
TION OF FUNDS . 2
(a) A
UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—There is 3
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Labor 4
to carry out this Act— 5
(1) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; 6
(2) $210,000,000 for fiscal year 2027; 7
(3) $220,000,000 for fiscal year 2028; 8
(4) $230,000,000 for fiscal year 2029; and 9
(5) $240,000,000 for fiscal year 2030. 10
(b) D
ISTRIBUTION OFFUNDS.—Of the amounts ap-11
propriated under subsection (a), the Secretary of Labor 12
shall use— 13
(1) 45 percent of such amount to award grants 14
under section 3; 15
(2) 45 percent of such amount to award grants 16
under section 4; 17
(3) 5 percent of such amount to carry out eval-18
uation activities under section 5(b); and 19
(4) 5 percent of such amount to fund the Advi-20
sory Board under section 6. 21
SEC. 3. EXPANSION AND SCALING OF SUMMER YOUTH EM-22
PLOYMENT PROGRAMS. 23
(a) G
RANTSAUTHORIZED.—From the amounts avail-24
able under section 2(b)(1), the Secretary of Labor shall 25
award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities 26
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to develop and implement new, or expand existing, sum-1
mer youth employment programs in a State or local area, 2
for the purpose of improving academic, economic, and 3
criminal justice outcomes for participants, including— 4
(1) high school graduation rates; 5
(2) enrollment rates in postsecondary education; 6
(3) employment and wage rates; and 7
(4) arrest, conviction, and incarceration rates. 8
(b) G
RANTPRIORITIZATION.—In awarding grants to 9
eligible entities under this section, the Secretary of Labor, 10
in coordination with the Advisory Board, shall prioritize 11
eligible entities that, based upon the applications sub-12
mitted under subsection (c)— 13
(1) have higher youth unemployment rates and 14
violent crime rates in the local areas to be served; 15
(2) will offer higher quality and more rigorous 16
the summer youth employment programs (which 17
shall include a consideration of whether the program 18
has been evaluated and, if so, the impact of the pro-19
gram on the youth outcomes listed under subsection 20
(a)); and 21
(3) will serve a higher number of youth histori-22
cally underserved by summer youth employment pro-23
grams, including youth in rural and suburban local 24
areas. 25
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(c) APPLICATIONREQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to 1
receive a grant under this section, an eligible entity shall 2
submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in 3
such manner, and containing such information as the Sec-4
retary may determine to be necessary, which shall include 5
information that demonstrates that the eligible entity will 6
use such grant to develop and implement, or expand, a 7
summer youth employment program that includes each of 8
the elements listed in subsection (d). 9
(d) R
EQUIREDELEMENTS FORSUMMERYOUTHEM-10
PLOYMENTPROGRAMS.—A summer youth employment 11
program funded under this section shall include each of 12
the following elements: 13
(1) Provides youth participants under the age 14
of 25 with subsidized employment for at least 4 15
weeks during the summer. 16
(2) Pays at least the greater of the applicable 17
Federal, State, or local minimum wage. 18
(3) Provides community engagement and out-19
reach to ensure equitable access to the program in 20
terms of awareness, application process, and comple-21
tion of the hiring process, including documentation 22
of eligibility. 23
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(4) Matches each youth participant with an em-1
ployer based on the needs of the employer and the 2
skills and interests of the youth participant. 3
(5) Provides coaching and mentoring services 4
for each youth participant to support the partici-5
pant’s completion of the summer employment pro-6
gram. 7
(6) Provides assistance to each youth partici-8
pant in obtaining educational and employment op-9
portunities after the completion of the program, 10
such as by connecting participants with secondary 11
school programs, postsecondary education opportuni-12
ties, apprenticeships, career and technical education, 13
or adult job training programs, if applicable. 14
(7) Provides training, coaching, and mentoring 15
services, and technical assistance to participating 16
employers to best help such employers structure the 17
job opportunities of the employers to meet the em-18
ployer’s needs and the support the success of youth 19
participants. 20
(8) Provides program supports to youth partici-21
pants before, during, and after their program (such 22
as digital literacy training, work-readiness opportu-23
nities, financial literacy training, specific job train-24
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ing for their summer job placement, and career 1
counseling services). 2
SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION OF INNOVATIVE PROGRAM AC-3
TIVITIES. 4
(a) G
RANTSAUTHORIZED.—From the amounts ap-5
propriated under section 2(b)(2) for this section, the Sec-6
retary of Labor shall provide grants, on a competitive 7
basis, to eligible entities that operate summer youth em-8
ployment programs that include each of the program ele-9
ments listed in section 3(d) to integrate innovative ap-10
proaches in carrying out such programs for the purposes 11
of improving the youth outcomes listed under section 3(a). 12
(b) G
RANTPRIORITIZATION.—In awarding grants to 13
eligible entities under this section, the Secretary of Labor, 14
in coordination with the Advisory Board, shall prioritize 15
eligible entities that, based upon the applications sub-16
mitted under subsection (c)— 17
(1) have higher youth unemployment rates and 18
violent crime rates in the local areas to be served; 19
(2) will offer a higher quality and more rigorous 20
summer youth employment program (which shall in-21
clude a consideration of whether the program has 22
been evaluated and, if so, the impact of the program 23
on the youth outcomes listed in section 3(a)); 24
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(3) will offer a higher quality and more rigorous 1
innovative approach for such program (which shall 2
include a consideration of whether that innovative 3
approach has been evaluated and, if so, the impact 4
of the innovative approach on the youth outcomes 5
listed under section 3(a)); and 6
(4) will serve a higher number of youth histori-7
cally underserved by summer youth employment pro-8
grams, including youth in rural and suburban local 9
areas. 10
(c) A
PPLICATIONREQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible for 11
a grant under this section, an eligible entity shall submit 12
to the Secretary an application at such time, and in such 13
manner as may be required by the Secretary, which in-14
cludes a description of the plan to integrate one or more 15
of the innovative approaches listed in subsection (d) into 16
the summer youth employment program operated by the 17
eligible entity. 18
(d) I
NNOVATIVEAPPROACHES TO SUMMERYOUTH 19
E
MPLOYMENTPROGRAMS.—An eligible entity that oper-20
ates a summer youth employment program that includes 21
the required program elements listed in section 3(d) shall 22
use funds received under this section to integrate into such 23
program one or more of the following innovative ap-24
proaches: 25
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(1) Individualized mentoring and coaching for 1
youth participants, under which each youth partici-2
pant— 3
(A) before and after the participant starts 4
the program and regularly during the program, 5
meets one-on-one with a dedicated mentor; 6
(B) develops a comprehensive success plan 7
with the mentor, including academic and em-8
ployment goals and the steps needed to achieve 9
such goals; 10
(C) receives other support from the men-11
tor, which shall include— 12
(i) coaching to overcome barriers that 13
could impact progress in completing the 14
employment received under the summer 15
youth employment program; 16
(ii) providing letters of recommenda-17
tion; and 18
(iii) making referrals to educational 19
and social services, where necessary. 20
(2) High-quality job training, career counseling, 21
or educational tutoring programs to be delivered in 22
small group settings before the program, on evenings 23
and weekends during the program, and after the 24
program, with the goal of preparing youth partici-25
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pants for future employment, which shall include as-1
sisting youth participants— 2
(A) with developing resumes and inter-3
viewing skills, and financial literacy; and 4
(B) in completing a regular high school di-5
ploma or its recognized equivalent and literacy 6
classes, if applicable. 7
(3) Social-emotional learning for youth partici-8
pants, including proven interventions to help develop 9
empathy, self-efficacy, positive decision-making, and 10
communication skills. 11
(4) Wrap-around financial assistance services, 12
including for food, shelter, and transportation. 13
(5) Mental health supports for youth partici-14
pants, as applicable. 15
(6) Substance abuse and addiction treatment 16
supports for youth participants, as applicable. 17
(7) The continuation of certain program ele-18
ments (particularly the individualized mentoring, 19
mental health and behavioral supports, and career 20
counseling), in coordination with their school dis-21
tricts, for a period of time after the employment por-22
tion of the program ends to help participants con-23
tinue their engagement with the education and em-24
ployment system, with financial assistance available 25
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to youth who continue to participate in these pro-1
gram elements after their summer employment has 2
ended. 3
(8) The provision of one or more of the pro-4
gram elements listed in section 3(d) virtually to de-5
velop digital literacy and remote work skills that are 6
a part of many professional settings. 7
(9) The provision of Learn and Earn opportuni-8
ties, in which participants take postsecondary or 9
training courses during nonsummer months coupled 10
with work experience in related fields during the 11
summer. 12
(10) The expansion of private sector opportuni-13
ties with employers in in-demand occupations or in-14
dustry sectors (as defined in section 3 of the Work-15
force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 16
3102)), such as information technology, health care, 17
life sciences, and vocational careers. 18
(11) The development of skill-based digital 19
badges issued by cities that are recognized by high 20
schools, community colleges, and employers. 21
(12) The laddering of job opportunities from 22
one summer to the next to enable participants to 23
build skills over multiple summers by progressing 24
from entry-level to more senior positions that further 25
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develop soft skills (such as leadership skills) or hard 1
skills (such as technical skills). 2
(13) A program element identified by the Advi-3
sory Board under section 6(i)(3). 4
(14) A new innovative program element that is 5
not identified by the Advisory Board under section 6
6(i)(3) and is not listed in this subsection, which 7
is— 8
(A) proposed by the eligible entity in the 9
application submitted under subsection (b); 10
(B) determined by the Secretary, in con-11
sultation with the Advisory Board, as being rea-12
sonably expected to demonstrate evidence, in 13
the case of an element in which such evidence 14
does not exist, in carrying out the purposes de-15
scribed in subsection (a). 16
SEC. 5. EVALUATION ACTIVITIES. 17
(a) P
ERFORMANCEMEASUREMENTASSESSMENTS.— 18
Beginning not later than 1 year after receiving such grant 19
and for each succeeding year of the grant period, each eli-20
gible entity receiving a grant under section 3 or 4, in con-21
sultation with the Advisory Board established under sec-22
tion 6, shall develop and implement a performance meas-23
urement assessment of such program to assess whether 24
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the program is being implemented in a way that meets 1
the requirements of section 3 or 4, respectively. 2
(b) I
MPACTEVALUATIONS.— 3
(1) I
N GENERAL.—From the amounts appro-4
priated under section 2(b)(3), the Secretary of 5
Labor shall, in consultation with the Advisory Board 6
established under section 6, award a contract to one 7
or more independent research organizations or non-8
profit organizations to carry out evaluations to 9
measure the impact of each summer youth employ-10
ment program that is being supported by a grant 11
awarded under section 3 or 4. 12
(2) R
EQUIREMENTS OF EVALUATIONS .—An im-13
pact evaluation of a program that is being supported 14
by a grant awarded under section 3 or 4 shall meet 15
the following requirements: 16
(A) The evaluation begins not later than 3 17
years after the program first receives such sup-18
port. 19
(B) The evaluation shall meet each of the 20
following: 21
(i) Impact evaluation design and anal-22
ysis methods are shared with the Advisory 23
Board before the beginning of the evalua-24
tion. 25
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(ii) The evaluation uses administrative 1
data to assess the impact of the program 2
as a whole on participants for 1 year, 3 3
years, and 5 years after the completion of 4
the program on each of the following: 5
(I) High school graduation rates. 6
(II) Enrollment rates in postsec-7
ondary education. 8
(III) Employment and wage 9
rates. 10
(IV) Crime rates (such as arrest, 11
arraignment, or incarceration rates). 12
(iii) The evaluation uses survey data 13
collected during the program to assess pro-14
gram impacts on short-term changes in 15
soft skills (such as such as interpersonal, 16
communication, and time management 17
skills), academic and career goals, and job 18
readiness. 19
(iv) The evaluation uses randomized 20
experimental designs, when feasible, or 21
other research methods that allow for the 22
strongest possible causal inferences when 23
random assignment is not feasible. 24
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(3) ADVISORY BOARD.—In assisting the organi-1
zation that receives a contract under this subsection, 2
the Advisory Board established under section 6 shall 3
provide additional resources to such organization to 4
carry out the evaluations under this subsection, in-5
cluding assistance with using randomized experi-6
mental designs. 7
SEC. 6. ADVISORY BOARD. 8
(a) I
NGENERAL.—From the amounts available 9
under section 2(b)(4), the Secretary of Labor shall estab-10
lish within the Department of Labor an Advisory Board 11
to carry out the duties listed in subsection (i). 12
(b) M
EMBERS.— 13
(1) N
UMBER OF MEMBERS .—The Secretary 14
shall determine the number of members to serve on 15
the Advisory Board. 16
(2) A
PPOINTMENT AND EXPERTISE .—Each 17
member of the Advisory Board shall be appointed by 18
the Secretary of Labor, and shall have expertise in 19
designing and administering summer youth employ-20
ment programs or experience in program evaluation 21
and evidence-based policy in the workforce develop-22
ment field. 23
(3) T
ERMS.— 24
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Each member shall be 1
appointed for a term of 4 years, and may be re-2
appointed for subsequent terms by the Sec-3
retary. 4
(B) V
ACANCIES.—Any member appointed 5
to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration 6
of the term for which the member’s predecessor 7
was appointed shall be appointed only for the 8
remainder of that term. A member may serve 9
after the expiration of that member’s term until 10
a successor has taken office. A vacancy in the 11
Advisory Board shall be filled in the manner in 12
which the original appointment was made. 13
(c) B
ASICPAY.— 14
(1) R
ATES OF PAY.—Except as provided in 15
paragraph (2), Advisory Board Members and staff, 16
including the Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, and 17
Director, shall each be paid at a rate determined by 18
the Secretary. 19
(2) P
ROHIBITION OF COMPENSATION OF FED -20
ERAL EMPLOYEES.—Members of the Advisory Board 21
who are full-time officers or employees of the United 22
States may not receive additional pay, allowances, or 23
benefits by reason of their service on the Advisory 24
Board. 25
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(d) TRAVELEXPENSES.—Each member shall receive 1
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, 2
in accordance with applicable provisions under subchapter 3
I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code. 4
(e) Q
UORUM.—Fifty percent plus one members of the 5
Advisory Board shall constitute a quorum but a lesser 6
number may hold hearings. 7
(f) C
HAIRPERSON; VICECHAIRPERSON.—The Chair-8
person and Vice Chairperson of the Advisory Board shall 9
be designated by the Secretary at the time of the appoint-10
ment. The term of office of the Chairperson and Vice 11
Chairperson shall be 4 years. 12
(g) M
EETINGS.—The Advisory Board shall meet 13
monthly and at the call of the Chairperson or a majority 14
of its members. 15
(h) D
IRECTOR ANDSTAFF OFADVISORYBOARD; EX-16
PERTS ANDCONSULTANTS.— 17
(1) D
IRECTOR.—The Advisory Board shall have 18
a Director who shall be appointed by the Chair-19
person. 20
(2) S
TAFF.—The Advisory Board Chairperson 21
may appoint additional personnel as they consider 22
appropriate. Such staff shall provide specific over-23
sight and guidance, pursuant to the functions of the 24
Advisory Board under this section. 25
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(3) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN CIVIL SERVICE 1
LAWS.—The Director and staff of the Advisory 2
Board shall be appointed subject to the provisions of 3
title 5, United States Code, governing appointments 4
in the competitive service. 5
(4) E
XPERTS AND CONSULTANTS .—The Advi-6
sory Board may procure temporary and intermittent 7
services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United 8
States Code. 9
(5) S
TAFF OF FEDERAL AGENCIES .—Upon re-10
quest of the Advisory Board, the head of any Fed-11
eral department or agency may detail, on a reim-12
bursable basis, any of the personnel of that depart-13
ment or agency to the Advisory Board to assist it in 14
carrying out its duties under this Act. 15
(i) D
UTIES.—The Advisory Board shall assist the 16
Secretary in carrying out each of the following: 17
(1) A
PPLICATION REVIEW.—Reviewing applica-18
tions submitted by eligible entities under sections 19
4(d) and 5(b) to ensure that each eligible entity se-20
lected to receive a grant under this Act will use such 21
grant as required under this Act. 22
(2) T
ECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 23
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Providing technical as-24
sistance to eligible entities receiving grants 25
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under section 3, for the purpose of assisting 1
such eligible entities to best implement the sum-2
mer youth employment programs to be assisted 3
with such grants, by identifying existing sum-4
mer youth employment programs that dem-5
onstrate, through evaluations conducted under 6
section 5(b) or through outside studies, that 7
each of the program elements listed in section 8
3(d) and implemented under such programs 9
have a significant impact on academic, eco-10
nomic, and criminal justice outcomes. 11
(B) W
ORKING GROUP.—Technical assist-12
ance may be provided under subparagraph (A) 13
through the creation and administration of a 14
working group of the administrators of eligible 15
entities to share best practices regarding the 16
implementation of summer youth employment 17
programs. 18
(3) I
NNOVATIVE PROGRAM ELEMENTS .— 19
(A) I
DENTIFYING PROGRAM ELEMENTS .— 20
Identifying any innovative approaches to sum-21
mer youth employment programs for purposes 22
of paragraph (13) of section 4(d) that are not 23
listed in section 4(d), which demonstrate or are 24
reasonably expected to demonstrate evidence of 25
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improving the youth outcomes listed under sec-1
tion 3(a). 2
(B) A
PPROVING NEW PROGRAM ELE -3
MENTS.—Providing recommendations to the 4
Secretary with respect to whether any new pro-5
gram element proposed by any eligible entity 6
under section 4(d)(14) demonstrate or are rea-7
sonable expected to demonstrate such evidence. 8
(4) D
ATABASE OF IMPACT EVALUATIONS .— 9
Publishing a database of completed evaluations con-10
ducted under section 5(b), which maintains evidence 11
on the impact of programs (including the program 12
elements of programs) supported with grants under 13
this Act. 14
(5) P
ROGRAM EVALUATIONS .—Providing assist-15
ance with respect to impact evaluations described in 16
section 5(b)(3). 17
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 18
In this Act: 19
(1) E
LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-20
ty’’ means a State (or State board) or unit of gen-21
eral local government (or a local board), or a non-22
profit organization, or a consortium of any of such 23
entities. 24
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(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 1
the Secretary of Labor. 2
(3) S
TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any 3
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 4
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Is-5
lands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Common-6
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 7
(4) WIOA
TERMS.—The terms ‘‘local area’’, 8
‘‘local board’’, ‘‘State board’’, and ‘‘unit of general 9
local government’’ have the meanings given such 10
terms in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and 11
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 12
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