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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1434 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To provide funding to summer youth employment programs to expand the |
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| 6 | 6 | | availability of subsidized jobs for youths and to develop innovative pro- |
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| 7 | 7 | | gram activities that improve academic, economic, and criminal justice |
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| 8 | 8 | | outcomes for youths, and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | FEBRUARY18, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Ms. S |
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| 12 | 12 | | HERRILL(for herself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following |
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| 13 | 13 | | bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To provide funding to summer youth employment programs |
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| 16 | 16 | | to expand the availability of subsidized jobs for youths |
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| 17 | 17 | | and to develop innovative program activities that improve |
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| 18 | 18 | | academic, economic, and criminal justice outcomes for |
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| 19 | 19 | | youths, and for other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Commu-4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | nities through Summer Employment Act’’. 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; DISTRIBU-1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | TION OF FUNDS . 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (a) A |
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| 31 | 31 | | UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—There is 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Labor 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | to carry out this Act— 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) $210,000,000 for fiscal year 2027; 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (3) $220,000,000 for fiscal year 2028; 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (4) $230,000,000 for fiscal year 2029; and 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (5) $240,000,000 for fiscal year 2030. 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (b) D |
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| 40 | 40 | | ISTRIBUTION OFFUNDS.—Of the amounts ap-11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | propriated under subsection (a), the Secretary of Labor 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | shall use— 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (1) 45 percent of such amount to award grants 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | under section 3; 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (2) 45 percent of such amount to award grants 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | under section 4; 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (3) 5 percent of such amount to carry out eval-18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | uation activities under section 5(b); and 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (4) 5 percent of such amount to fund the Advi-20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | sory Board under section 6. 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | SEC. 3. EXPANSION AND SCALING OF SUMMER YOUTH EM-22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | PLOYMENT PROGRAMS. 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (a) G |
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| 54 | 54 | | RANTSAUTHORIZED.—From the amounts avail-24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | able under section 2(b)(1), the Secretary of Labor shall 25 |
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| 56 | 56 | | award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities 26 |
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| 60 | 60 | | to develop and implement new, or expand existing, sum-1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | mer youth employment programs in a State or local area, 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | for the purpose of improving academic, economic, and 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | criminal justice outcomes for participants, including— 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (1) high school graduation rates; 5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (2) enrollment rates in postsecondary education; 6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (3) employment and wage rates; and 7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (4) arrest, conviction, and incarceration rates. 8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (b) G |
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| 69 | 69 | | RANTPRIORITIZATION.—In awarding grants to 9 |
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| 70 | 70 | | eligible entities under this section, the Secretary of Labor, 10 |
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| 71 | 71 | | in coordination with the Advisory Board, shall prioritize 11 |
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| 72 | 72 | | eligible entities that, based upon the applications sub-12 |
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| 73 | 73 | | mitted under subsection (c)— 13 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (1) have higher youth unemployment rates and 14 |
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| 75 | 75 | | violent crime rates in the local areas to be served; 15 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (2) will offer higher quality and more rigorous 16 |
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| 77 | 77 | | the summer youth employment programs (which 17 |
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| 78 | 78 | | shall include a consideration of whether the program 18 |
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| 79 | 79 | | has been evaluated and, if so, the impact of the pro-19 |
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| 80 | 80 | | gram on the youth outcomes listed under subsection 20 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (a)); and 21 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (3) will serve a higher number of youth histori-22 |
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| 83 | 83 | | cally underserved by summer youth employment pro-23 |
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| 84 | 84 | | grams, including youth in rural and suburban local 24 |
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| 85 | 85 | | areas. 25 |
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| 89 | 89 | | (c) APPLICATIONREQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to 1 |
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| 90 | 90 | | receive a grant under this section, an eligible entity shall 2 |
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| 91 | 91 | | submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in 3 |
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| 92 | 92 | | such manner, and containing such information as the Sec-4 |
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| 93 | 93 | | retary may determine to be necessary, which shall include 5 |
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| 94 | 94 | | information that demonstrates that the eligible entity will 6 |
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| 95 | 95 | | use such grant to develop and implement, or expand, a 7 |
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| 96 | 96 | | summer youth employment program that includes each of 8 |
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| 97 | 97 | | the elements listed in subsection (d). 9 |
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| 98 | 98 | | (d) R |
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| 99 | 99 | | EQUIREDELEMENTS FORSUMMERYOUTHEM-10 |
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| 100 | 100 | | PLOYMENTPROGRAMS.—A summer youth employment 11 |
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| 101 | 101 | | program funded under this section shall include each of 12 |
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| 102 | 102 | | the following elements: 13 |
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| 103 | 103 | | (1) Provides youth participants under the age 14 |
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| 104 | 104 | | of 25 with subsidized employment for at least 4 15 |
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| 105 | 105 | | weeks during the summer. 16 |
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| 106 | 106 | | (2) Pays at least the greater of the applicable 17 |
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| 107 | 107 | | Federal, State, or local minimum wage. 18 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (3) Provides community engagement and out-19 |
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| 109 | 109 | | reach to ensure equitable access to the program in 20 |
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| 110 | 110 | | terms of awareness, application process, and comple-21 |
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| 111 | 111 | | tion of the hiring process, including documentation 22 |
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| 112 | 112 | | of eligibility. 23 |
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| 116 | 116 | | (4) Matches each youth participant with an em-1 |
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| 117 | 117 | | ployer based on the needs of the employer and the 2 |
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| 118 | 118 | | skills and interests of the youth participant. 3 |
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| 119 | 119 | | (5) Provides coaching and mentoring services 4 |
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| 120 | 120 | | for each youth participant to support the partici-5 |
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| 121 | 121 | | pant’s completion of the summer employment pro-6 |
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| 122 | 122 | | gram. 7 |
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| 123 | 123 | | (6) Provides assistance to each youth partici-8 |
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| 124 | 124 | | pant in obtaining educational and employment op-9 |
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| 125 | 125 | | portunities after the completion of the program, 10 |
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| 126 | 126 | | such as by connecting participants with secondary 11 |
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| 127 | 127 | | school programs, postsecondary education opportuni-12 |
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| 128 | 128 | | ties, apprenticeships, career and technical education, 13 |
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| 129 | 129 | | or adult job training programs, if applicable. 14 |
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| 130 | 130 | | (7) Provides training, coaching, and mentoring 15 |
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| 131 | 131 | | services, and technical assistance to participating 16 |
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| 132 | 132 | | employers to best help such employers structure the 17 |
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| 133 | 133 | | job opportunities of the employers to meet the em-18 |
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| 134 | 134 | | ployer’s needs and the support the success of youth 19 |
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| 135 | 135 | | participants. 20 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (8) Provides program supports to youth partici-21 |
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| 137 | 137 | | pants before, during, and after their program (such 22 |
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| 138 | 138 | | as digital literacy training, work-readiness opportu-23 |
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| 139 | 139 | | nities, financial literacy training, specific job train-24 |
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| 143 | 143 | | ing for their summer job placement, and career 1 |
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| 144 | 144 | | counseling services). 2 |
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| 145 | 145 | | SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION OF INNOVATIVE PROGRAM AC-3 |
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| 146 | 146 | | TIVITIES. 4 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (a) G |
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| 148 | 148 | | RANTSAUTHORIZED.—From the amounts ap-5 |
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| 149 | 149 | | propriated under section 2(b)(2) for this section, the Sec-6 |
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| 150 | 150 | | retary of Labor shall provide grants, on a competitive 7 |
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| 151 | 151 | | basis, to eligible entities that operate summer youth em-8 |
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| 152 | 152 | | ployment programs that include each of the program ele-9 |
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| 153 | 153 | | ments listed in section 3(d) to integrate innovative ap-10 |
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| 154 | 154 | | proaches in carrying out such programs for the purposes 11 |
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| 155 | 155 | | of improving the youth outcomes listed under section 3(a). 12 |
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| 156 | 156 | | (b) G |
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| 157 | 157 | | RANTPRIORITIZATION.—In awarding grants to 13 |
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| 158 | 158 | | eligible entities under this section, the Secretary of Labor, 14 |
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| 159 | 159 | | in coordination with the Advisory Board, shall prioritize 15 |
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| 160 | 160 | | eligible entities that, based upon the applications sub-16 |
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| 161 | 161 | | mitted under subsection (c)— 17 |
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| 162 | 162 | | (1) have higher youth unemployment rates and 18 |
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| 163 | 163 | | violent crime rates in the local areas to be served; 19 |
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| 164 | 164 | | (2) will offer a higher quality and more rigorous 20 |
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| 165 | 165 | | summer youth employment program (which shall in-21 |
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| 166 | 166 | | clude a consideration of whether the program has 22 |
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| 167 | 167 | | been evaluated and, if so, the impact of the program 23 |
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| 168 | 168 | | on the youth outcomes listed in section 3(a)); 24 |
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| 172 | 172 | | (3) will offer a higher quality and more rigorous 1 |
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| 173 | 173 | | innovative approach for such program (which shall 2 |
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| 174 | 174 | | include a consideration of whether that innovative 3 |
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| 175 | 175 | | approach has been evaluated and, if so, the impact 4 |
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| 176 | 176 | | of the innovative approach on the youth outcomes 5 |
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| 177 | 177 | | listed under section 3(a)); and 6 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (4) will serve a higher number of youth histori-7 |
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| 179 | 179 | | cally underserved by summer youth employment pro-8 |
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| 180 | 180 | | grams, including youth in rural and suburban local 9 |
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| 181 | 181 | | areas. 10 |
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| 182 | 182 | | (c) A |
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| 183 | 183 | | PPLICATIONREQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible for 11 |
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| 184 | 184 | | a grant under this section, an eligible entity shall submit 12 |
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| 185 | 185 | | to the Secretary an application at such time, and in such 13 |
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| 186 | 186 | | manner as may be required by the Secretary, which in-14 |
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| 187 | 187 | | cludes a description of the plan to integrate one or more 15 |
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| 188 | 188 | | of the innovative approaches listed in subsection (d) into 16 |
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| 189 | 189 | | the summer youth employment program operated by the 17 |
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| 190 | 190 | | eligible entity. 18 |
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| 191 | 191 | | (d) I |
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| 192 | 192 | | NNOVATIVEAPPROACHES TO SUMMERYOUTH 19 |
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| 194 | 194 | | MPLOYMENTPROGRAMS.—An eligible entity that oper-20 |
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| 195 | 195 | | ates a summer youth employment program that includes 21 |
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| 196 | 196 | | the required program elements listed in section 3(d) shall 22 |
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| 197 | 197 | | use funds received under this section to integrate into such 23 |
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| 198 | 198 | | program one or more of the following innovative ap-24 |
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| 199 | 199 | | proaches: 25 |
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| 203 | 203 | | (1) Individualized mentoring and coaching for 1 |
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| 204 | 204 | | youth participants, under which each youth partici-2 |
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| 205 | 205 | | pant— 3 |
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| 206 | 206 | | (A) before and after the participant starts 4 |
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| 207 | 207 | | the program and regularly during the program, 5 |
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| 208 | 208 | | meets one-on-one with a dedicated mentor; 6 |
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| 209 | 209 | | (B) develops a comprehensive success plan 7 |
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| 210 | 210 | | with the mentor, including academic and em-8 |
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| 211 | 211 | | ployment goals and the steps needed to achieve 9 |
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| 212 | 212 | | such goals; 10 |
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| 213 | 213 | | (C) receives other support from the men-11 |
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| 214 | 214 | | tor, which shall include— 12 |
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| 215 | 215 | | (i) coaching to overcome barriers that 13 |
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| 216 | 216 | | could impact progress in completing the 14 |
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| 217 | 217 | | employment received under the summer 15 |
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| 218 | 218 | | youth employment program; 16 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (ii) providing letters of recommenda-17 |
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| 220 | 220 | | tion; and 18 |
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| 221 | 221 | | (iii) making referrals to educational 19 |
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| 222 | 222 | | and social services, where necessary. 20 |
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| 223 | 223 | | (2) High-quality job training, career counseling, 21 |
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| 224 | 224 | | or educational tutoring programs to be delivered in 22 |
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| 225 | 225 | | small group settings before the program, on evenings 23 |
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| 226 | 226 | | and weekends during the program, and after the 24 |
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| 227 | 227 | | program, with the goal of preparing youth partici-25 |
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| 231 | 231 | | pants for future employment, which shall include as-1 |
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| 232 | 232 | | sisting youth participants— 2 |
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| 233 | 233 | | (A) with developing resumes and inter-3 |
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| 234 | 234 | | viewing skills, and financial literacy; and 4 |
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| 235 | 235 | | (B) in completing a regular high school di-5 |
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| 236 | 236 | | ploma or its recognized equivalent and literacy 6 |
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| 237 | 237 | | classes, if applicable. 7 |
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| 238 | 238 | | (3) Social-emotional learning for youth partici-8 |
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| 239 | 239 | | pants, including proven interventions to help develop 9 |
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| 240 | 240 | | empathy, self-efficacy, positive decision-making, and 10 |
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| 241 | 241 | | communication skills. 11 |
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| 242 | 242 | | (4) Wrap-around financial assistance services, 12 |
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| 243 | 243 | | including for food, shelter, and transportation. 13 |
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| 244 | 244 | | (5) Mental health supports for youth partici-14 |
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| 245 | 245 | | pants, as applicable. 15 |
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| 246 | 246 | | (6) Substance abuse and addiction treatment 16 |
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| 247 | 247 | | supports for youth participants, as applicable. 17 |
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| 248 | 248 | | (7) The continuation of certain program ele-18 |
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| 249 | 249 | | ments (particularly the individualized mentoring, 19 |
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| 250 | 250 | | mental health and behavioral supports, and career 20 |
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| 251 | 251 | | counseling), in coordination with their school dis-21 |
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| 252 | 252 | | tricts, for a period of time after the employment por-22 |
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| 253 | 253 | | tion of the program ends to help participants con-23 |
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| 254 | 254 | | tinue their engagement with the education and em-24 |
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| 255 | 255 | | ployment system, with financial assistance available 25 |
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| 259 | 259 | | to youth who continue to participate in these pro-1 |
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| 260 | 260 | | gram elements after their summer employment has 2 |
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| 261 | 261 | | ended. 3 |
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| 262 | 262 | | (8) The provision of one or more of the pro-4 |
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| 263 | 263 | | gram elements listed in section 3(d) virtually to de-5 |
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| 264 | 264 | | velop digital literacy and remote work skills that are 6 |
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| 265 | 265 | | a part of many professional settings. 7 |
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| 266 | 266 | | (9) The provision of Learn and Earn opportuni-8 |
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| 267 | 267 | | ties, in which participants take postsecondary or 9 |
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| 268 | 268 | | training courses during nonsummer months coupled 10 |
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| 269 | 269 | | with work experience in related fields during the 11 |
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| 270 | 270 | | summer. 12 |
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| 271 | 271 | | (10) The expansion of private sector opportuni-13 |
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| 272 | 272 | | ties with employers in in-demand occupations or in-14 |
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| 273 | 273 | | dustry sectors (as defined in section 3 of the Work-15 |
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| 274 | 274 | | force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 16 |
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| 275 | 275 | | 3102)), such as information technology, health care, 17 |
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| 276 | 276 | | life sciences, and vocational careers. 18 |
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| 277 | 277 | | (11) The development of skill-based digital 19 |
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| 278 | 278 | | badges issued by cities that are recognized by high 20 |
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| 279 | 279 | | schools, community colleges, and employers. 21 |
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| 280 | 280 | | (12) The laddering of job opportunities from 22 |
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| 281 | 281 | | one summer to the next to enable participants to 23 |
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| 282 | 282 | | build skills over multiple summers by progressing 24 |
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| 283 | 283 | | from entry-level to more senior positions that further 25 |
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| 287 | 287 | | develop soft skills (such as leadership skills) or hard 1 |
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| 288 | 288 | | skills (such as technical skills). 2 |
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| 289 | 289 | | (13) A program element identified by the Advi-3 |
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| 290 | 290 | | sory Board under section 6(i)(3). 4 |
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| 291 | 291 | | (14) A new innovative program element that is 5 |
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| 292 | 292 | | not identified by the Advisory Board under section 6 |
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| 293 | 293 | | 6(i)(3) and is not listed in this subsection, which 7 |
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| 294 | 294 | | is— 8 |
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| 295 | 295 | | (A) proposed by the eligible entity in the 9 |
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| 296 | 296 | | application submitted under subsection (b); 10 |
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| 297 | 297 | | (B) determined by the Secretary, in con-11 |
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| 298 | 298 | | sultation with the Advisory Board, as being rea-12 |
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| 299 | 299 | | sonably expected to demonstrate evidence, in 13 |
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| 300 | 300 | | the case of an element in which such evidence 14 |
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| 301 | 301 | | does not exist, in carrying out the purposes de-15 |
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| 302 | 302 | | scribed in subsection (a). 16 |
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| 303 | 303 | | SEC. 5. EVALUATION ACTIVITIES. 17 |
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| 304 | 304 | | (a) P |
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| 305 | 305 | | ERFORMANCEMEASUREMENTASSESSMENTS.— 18 |
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| 306 | 306 | | Beginning not later than 1 year after receiving such grant 19 |
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| 307 | 307 | | and for each succeeding year of the grant period, each eli-20 |
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| 308 | 308 | | gible entity receiving a grant under section 3 or 4, in con-21 |
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| 309 | 309 | | sultation with the Advisory Board established under sec-22 |
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| 310 | 310 | | tion 6, shall develop and implement a performance meas-23 |
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| 311 | 311 | | urement assessment of such program to assess whether 24 |
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| 315 | 315 | | the program is being implemented in a way that meets 1 |
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| 316 | 316 | | the requirements of section 3 or 4, respectively. 2 |
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| 317 | 317 | | (b) I |
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| 318 | 318 | | MPACTEVALUATIONS.— 3 |
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| 319 | 319 | | (1) I |
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| 320 | 320 | | N GENERAL.—From the amounts appro-4 |
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| 321 | 321 | | priated under section 2(b)(3), the Secretary of 5 |
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| 322 | 322 | | Labor shall, in consultation with the Advisory Board 6 |
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| 323 | 323 | | established under section 6, award a contract to one 7 |
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| 324 | 324 | | or more independent research organizations or non-8 |
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| 325 | 325 | | profit organizations to carry out evaluations to 9 |
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| 326 | 326 | | measure the impact of each summer youth employ-10 |
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| 327 | 327 | | ment program that is being supported by a grant 11 |
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| 328 | 328 | | awarded under section 3 or 4. 12 |
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| 329 | 329 | | (2) R |
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| 330 | 330 | | EQUIREMENTS OF EVALUATIONS .—An im-13 |
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| 331 | 331 | | pact evaluation of a program that is being supported 14 |
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| 332 | 332 | | by a grant awarded under section 3 or 4 shall meet 15 |
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| 333 | 333 | | the following requirements: 16 |
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| 334 | 334 | | (A) The evaluation begins not later than 3 17 |
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| 335 | 335 | | years after the program first receives such sup-18 |
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| 336 | 336 | | port. 19 |
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| 337 | 337 | | (B) The evaluation shall meet each of the 20 |
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| 338 | 338 | | following: 21 |
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| 339 | 339 | | (i) Impact evaluation design and anal-22 |
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| 340 | 340 | | ysis methods are shared with the Advisory 23 |
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| 341 | 341 | | Board before the beginning of the evalua-24 |
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| 342 | 342 | | tion. 25 |
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| 346 | 346 | | (ii) The evaluation uses administrative 1 |
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| 347 | 347 | | data to assess the impact of the program 2 |
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| 348 | 348 | | as a whole on participants for 1 year, 3 3 |
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| 349 | 349 | | years, and 5 years after the completion of 4 |
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| 350 | 350 | | the program on each of the following: 5 |
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| 351 | 351 | | (I) High school graduation rates. 6 |
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| 352 | 352 | | (II) Enrollment rates in postsec-7 |
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| 353 | 353 | | ondary education. 8 |
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| 354 | 354 | | (III) Employment and wage 9 |
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| 355 | 355 | | rates. 10 |
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| 356 | 356 | | (IV) Crime rates (such as arrest, 11 |
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| 357 | 357 | | arraignment, or incarceration rates). 12 |
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| 358 | 358 | | (iii) The evaluation uses survey data 13 |
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| 359 | 359 | | collected during the program to assess pro-14 |
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| 360 | 360 | | gram impacts on short-term changes in 15 |
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| 361 | 361 | | soft skills (such as such as interpersonal, 16 |
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| 362 | 362 | | communication, and time management 17 |
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| 363 | 363 | | skills), academic and career goals, and job 18 |
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| 364 | 364 | | readiness. 19 |
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| 365 | 365 | | (iv) The evaluation uses randomized 20 |
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| 366 | 366 | | experimental designs, when feasible, or 21 |
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| 367 | 367 | | other research methods that allow for the 22 |
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| 368 | 368 | | strongest possible causal inferences when 23 |
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| 369 | 369 | | random assignment is not feasible. 24 |
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| 373 | 373 | | (3) ADVISORY BOARD.—In assisting the organi-1 |
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| 374 | 374 | | zation that receives a contract under this subsection, 2 |
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| 375 | 375 | | the Advisory Board established under section 6 shall 3 |
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| 376 | 376 | | provide additional resources to such organization to 4 |
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| 377 | 377 | | carry out the evaluations under this subsection, in-5 |
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| 378 | 378 | | cluding assistance with using randomized experi-6 |
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| 379 | 379 | | mental designs. 7 |
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| 380 | 380 | | SEC. 6. ADVISORY BOARD. 8 |
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| 381 | 381 | | (a) I |
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| 382 | 382 | | NGENERAL.—From the amounts available 9 |
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| 383 | 383 | | under section 2(b)(4), the Secretary of Labor shall estab-10 |
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| 384 | 384 | | lish within the Department of Labor an Advisory Board 11 |
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| 385 | 385 | | to carry out the duties listed in subsection (i). 12 |
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| 386 | 386 | | (b) M |
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| 387 | 387 | | EMBERS.— 13 |
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| 388 | 388 | | (1) N |
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| 389 | 389 | | UMBER OF MEMBERS .—The Secretary 14 |
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| 390 | 390 | | shall determine the number of members to serve on 15 |
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| 391 | 391 | | the Advisory Board. 16 |
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| 392 | 392 | | (2) A |
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| 393 | 393 | | PPOINTMENT AND EXPERTISE .—Each 17 |
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| 394 | 394 | | member of the Advisory Board shall be appointed by 18 |
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| 395 | 395 | | the Secretary of Labor, and shall have expertise in 19 |
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| 396 | 396 | | designing and administering summer youth employ-20 |
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| 397 | 397 | | ment programs or experience in program evaluation 21 |
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| 398 | 398 | | and evidence-based policy in the workforce develop-22 |
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| 399 | 399 | | ment field. 23 |
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| 400 | 400 | | (3) T |
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| 401 | 401 | | ERMS.— 24 |
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| 405 | 405 | | (A) IN GENERAL.—Each member shall be 1 |
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| 406 | 406 | | appointed for a term of 4 years, and may be re-2 |
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| 407 | 407 | | appointed for subsequent terms by the Sec-3 |
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| 408 | 408 | | retary. 4 |
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| 409 | 409 | | (B) V |
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| 410 | 410 | | ACANCIES.—Any member appointed 5 |
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| 411 | 411 | | to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration 6 |
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| 412 | 412 | | of the term for which the member’s predecessor 7 |
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| 413 | 413 | | was appointed shall be appointed only for the 8 |
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| 414 | 414 | | remainder of that term. A member may serve 9 |
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| 415 | 415 | | after the expiration of that member’s term until 10 |
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| 416 | 416 | | a successor has taken office. A vacancy in the 11 |
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| 417 | 417 | | Advisory Board shall be filled in the manner in 12 |
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| 418 | 418 | | which the original appointment was made. 13 |
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| 419 | 419 | | (c) B |
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| 420 | 420 | | ASICPAY.— 14 |
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| 421 | 421 | | (1) R |
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| 422 | 422 | | ATES OF PAY.—Except as provided in 15 |
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| 423 | 423 | | paragraph (2), Advisory Board Members and staff, 16 |
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| 424 | 424 | | including the Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, and 17 |
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| 425 | 425 | | Director, shall each be paid at a rate determined by 18 |
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| 426 | 426 | | the Secretary. 19 |
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| 427 | 427 | | (2) P |
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| 428 | 428 | | ROHIBITION OF COMPENSATION OF FED -20 |
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| 429 | 429 | | ERAL EMPLOYEES.—Members of the Advisory Board 21 |
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| 430 | 430 | | who are full-time officers or employees of the United 22 |
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| 431 | 431 | | States may not receive additional pay, allowances, or 23 |
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| 432 | 432 | | benefits by reason of their service on the Advisory 24 |
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| 433 | 433 | | Board. 25 |
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| 437 | 437 | | (d) TRAVELEXPENSES.—Each member shall receive 1 |
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| 438 | 438 | | travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, 2 |
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| 439 | 439 | | in accordance with applicable provisions under subchapter 3 |
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| 440 | 440 | | I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code. 4 |
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| 441 | 441 | | (e) Q |
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| 442 | 442 | | UORUM.—Fifty percent plus one members of the 5 |
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| 443 | 443 | | Advisory Board shall constitute a quorum but a lesser 6 |
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| 444 | 444 | | number may hold hearings. 7 |
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| 445 | 445 | | (f) C |
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| 446 | 446 | | HAIRPERSON; VICECHAIRPERSON.—The Chair-8 |
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| 447 | 447 | | person and Vice Chairperson of the Advisory Board shall 9 |
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| 448 | 448 | | be designated by the Secretary at the time of the appoint-10 |
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| 449 | 449 | | ment. The term of office of the Chairperson and Vice 11 |
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| 450 | 450 | | Chairperson shall be 4 years. 12 |
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| 451 | 451 | | (g) M |
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| 452 | 452 | | EETINGS.—The Advisory Board shall meet 13 |
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| 453 | 453 | | monthly and at the call of the Chairperson or a majority 14 |
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| 454 | 454 | | of its members. 15 |
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| 455 | 455 | | (h) D |
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| 456 | 456 | | IRECTOR ANDSTAFF OFADVISORYBOARD; EX-16 |
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| 457 | 457 | | PERTS ANDCONSULTANTS.— 17 |
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| 458 | 458 | | (1) D |
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| 459 | 459 | | IRECTOR.—The Advisory Board shall have 18 |
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| 460 | 460 | | a Director who shall be appointed by the Chair-19 |
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| 461 | 461 | | person. 20 |
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| 462 | 462 | | (2) S |
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| 463 | 463 | | TAFF.—The Advisory Board Chairperson 21 |
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| 464 | 464 | | may appoint additional personnel as they consider 22 |
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| 465 | 465 | | appropriate. Such staff shall provide specific over-23 |
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| 466 | 466 | | sight and guidance, pursuant to the functions of the 24 |
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| 467 | 467 | | Advisory Board under this section. 25 |
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| 471 | 471 | | (3) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN CIVIL SERVICE 1 |
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| 472 | 472 | | LAWS.—The Director and staff of the Advisory 2 |
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| 473 | 473 | | Board shall be appointed subject to the provisions of 3 |
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| 474 | 474 | | title 5, United States Code, governing appointments 4 |
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| 475 | 475 | | in the competitive service. 5 |
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| 476 | 476 | | (4) E |
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| 477 | 477 | | XPERTS AND CONSULTANTS .—The Advi-6 |
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| 478 | 478 | | sory Board may procure temporary and intermittent 7 |
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| 479 | 479 | | services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United 8 |
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| 480 | 480 | | States Code. 9 |
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| 481 | 481 | | (5) S |
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| 482 | 482 | | TAFF OF FEDERAL AGENCIES .—Upon re-10 |
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| 483 | 483 | | quest of the Advisory Board, the head of any Fed-11 |
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| 484 | 484 | | eral department or agency may detail, on a reim-12 |
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| 485 | 485 | | bursable basis, any of the personnel of that depart-13 |
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| 486 | 486 | | ment or agency to the Advisory Board to assist it in 14 |
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| 487 | 487 | | carrying out its duties under this Act. 15 |
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| 488 | 488 | | (i) D |
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| 489 | 489 | | UTIES.—The Advisory Board shall assist the 16 |
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| 490 | 490 | | Secretary in carrying out each of the following: 17 |
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| 491 | 491 | | (1) A |
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| 492 | 492 | | PPLICATION REVIEW.—Reviewing applica-18 |
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| 493 | 493 | | tions submitted by eligible entities under sections 19 |
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| 494 | 494 | | 4(d) and 5(b) to ensure that each eligible entity se-20 |
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| 495 | 495 | | lected to receive a grant under this Act will use such 21 |
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| 496 | 496 | | grant as required under this Act. 22 |
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| 497 | 497 | | (2) T |
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| 498 | 498 | | ECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 23 |
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| 499 | 499 | | (A) I |
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| 500 | 500 | | N GENERAL.—Providing technical as-24 |
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| 501 | 501 | | sistance to eligible entities receiving grants 25 |
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| 505 | 505 | | under section 3, for the purpose of assisting 1 |
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| 506 | 506 | | such eligible entities to best implement the sum-2 |
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| 507 | 507 | | mer youth employment programs to be assisted 3 |
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| 508 | 508 | | with such grants, by identifying existing sum-4 |
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| 509 | 509 | | mer youth employment programs that dem-5 |
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| 510 | 510 | | onstrate, through evaluations conducted under 6 |
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| 511 | 511 | | section 5(b) or through outside studies, that 7 |
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| 512 | 512 | | each of the program elements listed in section 8 |
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| 513 | 513 | | 3(d) and implemented under such programs 9 |
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| 514 | 514 | | have a significant impact on academic, eco-10 |
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| 515 | 515 | | nomic, and criminal justice outcomes. 11 |
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| 516 | 516 | | (B) W |
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| 517 | 517 | | ORKING GROUP.—Technical assist-12 |
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| 518 | 518 | | ance may be provided under subparagraph (A) 13 |
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| 519 | 519 | | through the creation and administration of a 14 |
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| 520 | 520 | | working group of the administrators of eligible 15 |
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| 521 | 521 | | entities to share best practices regarding the 16 |
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| 522 | 522 | | implementation of summer youth employment 17 |
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| 523 | 523 | | programs. 18 |
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| 524 | 524 | | (3) I |
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| 525 | 525 | | NNOVATIVE PROGRAM ELEMENTS .— 19 |
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| 526 | 526 | | (A) I |
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| 527 | 527 | | DENTIFYING PROGRAM ELEMENTS .— 20 |
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| 528 | 528 | | Identifying any innovative approaches to sum-21 |
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| 529 | 529 | | mer youth employment programs for purposes 22 |
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| 530 | 530 | | of paragraph (13) of section 4(d) that are not 23 |
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| 531 | 531 | | listed in section 4(d), which demonstrate or are 24 |
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| 532 | 532 | | reasonably expected to demonstrate evidence of 25 |
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| 537 | 537 | | tion 3(a). 2 |
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| 538 | 538 | | (B) A |
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| 539 | 539 | | PPROVING NEW PROGRAM ELE -3 |
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| 540 | 540 | | MENTS.—Providing recommendations to the 4 |
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| 541 | 541 | | Secretary with respect to whether any new pro-5 |
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| 542 | 542 | | gram element proposed by any eligible entity 6 |
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| 543 | 543 | | under section 4(d)(14) demonstrate or are rea-7 |
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| 544 | 544 | | sonable expected to demonstrate such evidence. 8 |
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| 545 | 545 | | (4) D |
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| 546 | 546 | | ATABASE OF IMPACT EVALUATIONS .— 9 |
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| 547 | 547 | | Publishing a database of completed evaluations con-10 |
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| 548 | 548 | | ducted under section 5(b), which maintains evidence 11 |
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| 549 | 549 | | on the impact of programs (including the program 12 |
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| 550 | 550 | | elements of programs) supported with grants under 13 |
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| 551 | 551 | | this Act. 14 |
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| 552 | 552 | | (5) P |
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| 553 | 553 | | ROGRAM EVALUATIONS .—Providing assist-15 |
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| 554 | 554 | | ance with respect to impact evaluations described in 16 |
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| 555 | 555 | | section 5(b)(3). 17 |
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| 556 | 556 | | SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 18 |
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| 557 | 557 | | In this Act: 19 |
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| 558 | 558 | | (1) E |
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| 559 | 559 | | LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-20 |
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| 560 | 560 | | ty’’ means a State (or State board) or unit of gen-21 |
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| 561 | 561 | | eral local government (or a local board), or a non-22 |
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| 562 | 562 | | profit organization, or a consortium of any of such 23 |
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| 563 | 563 | | entities. 24 |
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| 568 | 568 | | the Secretary of Labor. 2 |
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| 569 | 569 | | (3) S |
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| 570 | 570 | | TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any 3 |
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| 571 | 571 | | State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 4 |
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| 572 | 572 | | the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Is-5 |
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| 573 | 573 | | lands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Common-6 |
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| 574 | 574 | | wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 7 |
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| 575 | 575 | | (4) WIOA |
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| 576 | 576 | | TERMS.—The terms ‘‘local area’’, 8 |
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| 577 | 577 | | ‘‘local board’’, ‘‘State board’’, and ‘‘unit of general 9 |
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| 578 | 578 | | local government’’ have the meanings given such 10 |
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| 579 | 579 | | terms in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and 11 |
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| 580 | 580 | | Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 12 |
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