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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2506
5	5	To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to provide funding,
6	6	on a competitive basis, for summer and year-round employment opportu-
7	7	nities for youth ages 14 through 24.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	MARCH31, 2025
10	10	Ms. K
11	11	ELLYof Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
12	12	Committee on Education and Workforce
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
15	15	to provide funding, on a competitive basis, for summer
16	16	and year-round employment opportunities for youth ages
17	17	14 through 24.
18	18	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19	19	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20	20	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
21	21	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Assisting In Devel-4
22	22	oping Youth Employment Act’’ or the ‘‘AID Youth Em-5
23	23	ployment Act’’. 6
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27	27	SEC. 2. YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. 1
28	28	Title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 2
29	29	Act is amended— 3
30	30	(1) by redesignating subtitle E (29 U.S.C. 3241 4
31	31	et seq.) as subtitle F; and 5
32	32	(2) by inserting after subtitle D (29 U.S.C. 6
33	33	3221 et seq.) the following: 7
34	34	‘‘Subtitle E—Youth Employment 8
35	35	Opportunities 9
36	36	‘‘SEC. 176. DEFINITIONS. 10
37	37	‘‘In this subtitle: 11
38	38	‘‘(1) E
39	39	LIGIBLE YOUTH.—The term ‘eligible 12
40	40	youth’ means an individual who— 13
41	41	‘‘(A) is not younger than age 14 or older 14
42	42	than age 24; and 15
43	43	‘‘(B) is— 16
44	44	‘‘(i) an in-school youth; 17
45	45	‘‘(ii) an out-of-school youth; or 18
46	46	‘‘(iii) an unemployed individual. 19
47	47	‘‘(2) I
48	48	NDIAN TRIBE; TRIBAL ORGANIZATION .— 20
49	49	The terms ‘Indian tribe’ and ‘tribal organization’ 21
50	50	have the meanings given the terms in section 4 of 22
51	51	the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist-23
52	52	ance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 24
53	53	‘‘(3) I
54	54	N-SCHOOL YOUTH ; OUT-OF-SCHOOL 25
55	55	YOUTH.—The terms ‘in-school youth’ and ‘out-of- 26
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59	59	school youth’ have the meanings given the terms in 1
60	60	section 129(a)(1). 2
61	61	‘‘(4) I
62	62	NSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION .— 3
63	63	The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 4
64	64	meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher 5
65	65	Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 6
66	66	‘‘(5) M
67	67	ARGINALIZED.—The term ‘marginalized’, 7
68	68	used with respect to an individual, includes individ-8
69	69	uals who are homeless, in foster care, involved in the 9
70	70	juvenile or criminal justice system, or are not en-10
71	71	rolled in or at risk of dropping out of an educational 11
72	72	institution and who live in an underserved commu-12
73	73	nity that has faced trauma through acute or long- 13
74	74	term exposure to substantial discrimination, histor-14
75	75	ical or cultural oppression, intergenerational poverty, 15
76	76	civil unrest, a high rate of violence, or a high rate 16
77	77	of drug overdose mortality. 17
78	78	‘‘(6) S
79	79	UBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT .—The term 18
80	80	‘subsidized employment’ means employment for 19
81	81	which the employer receives a total or partial sub-20
82	82	sidy to offset costs of employing an eligible youth 21
83	83	under this subtitle. 22
84	84	‘‘(7) T
85	85	RIBAL AREA.—The term ‘tribal area’ 23
86	86	means— 24
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90	90	‘‘(A) an area on or adjacent to an Indian 1
91	91	reservation; 2
92	92	‘‘(B) land held in trust by the United 3
93	93	States for Indians; 4
94	94	‘‘(C) a public domain Indian allotment; 5
95	95	‘‘(D) a former Indian reservation in Okla-6
96	96	homa; and 7
97	97	‘‘(E) land held by an incorporated Native 8
98	98	group, Regional Corporation, or Village Cor-9
99	99	poration under the provisions of the Alaska Na-10
100	100	tive Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et 11
101	101	seq.). 12
102	102	‘‘(8) T
103	103	RIBAL COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY .—The 13
104	104	term ‘tribal college or university’ has the meaning 14
105	105	given the term ‘Tribal College or University’ in sec-15
106	106	tion 316(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 16
107	107	(20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)). 17
108	108	‘‘(9) T
109	109	RIBALLY DESIGNATED HOUSING ENTI -18
110	110	TY.—The term ‘tribally designated housing entity’, 19
111	111	used with respect to an Indian tribe (as defined in 20
112	112	this section), has the meaning given in section 4 of 21
113	113	the Native American Housing Assistance and Self- 22
114	114	Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103). 23
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118	118	‘‘SEC. 176A. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. 1
119	119	‘‘(a) A
120	120	LLOCATION.—Of the funds appropriated under 2
121	121	section 176E that remain available after any reservation 3
122	122	under subsection (b), the Secretary may make available— 4
123	123	‘‘(1) not more than $1,800,000,000 in accord-5
124	124	ance with section 176B to provide eligible youth with 6
125	125	subsidized summer employment opportunities; and 7
126	126	‘‘(2) not more than $2,400,000,000 in accord-8
127	127	ance with section 176C to provide eligible youth with 9
128	128	subsidized year-round employment opportunities. 10
129	129	‘‘(b) R
130	130	ESERVATION.—The Secretary may reserve not 11
131	131	more than 10 percent of the funds appropriated under sec-12
132	132	tion 176E to provide technical assistance and oversight, 13
133	133	in order to assist eligible entities in applying for and ad-14
134	134	ministering grants awarded under this subtitle. 15
135	135	‘‘SEC. 176B. SUMMER EMPLOYMENT COMPETITIVE GRANT 16
136	136	PROGRAM. 17
137	137	‘‘(a) I
138	138	NGENERAL.— 18
139	139	‘‘(1) G
140	140	RANTS.—Using the amounts made avail-19
141	141	able under 176A(a)(1), the Secretary shall award, 20
142	142	on a competitive basis, planning and implementation 21
143	143	grants. 22
144	144	‘‘(2) G
145	145	ENERAL USE OF FUNDS .—The Secretary 23
146	146	shall award the grants to assist eligible entities by 24
147	147	paying for the program share of the cost of— 25
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151	151	‘‘(A) in the case of a planning grant, plan-1
152	152	ning a summer youth employment program to 2
153	153	provide subsidized summer employment oppor-3
154	154	tunities; and 4
155	155	‘‘(B) in the case of an implementation 5
156	156	grant, implementation of such a program, to 6
157	157	provide such opportunities. 7
158	158	‘‘(b) P
159	159	ERIODS ANDAMOUNTS OFGRANTS.— 8
160	160	‘‘(1) P
161	161	LANNING GRANTS.—The Secretary may 9
162	162	award a planning grant under this section for a 1- 10
163	163	year period, in an amount of not more than 11
164	164	$250,000. 12
165	165	‘‘(2) I
166	166	MPLEMENTATION GRANTS .—The Sec-13
167	167	retary may award an implementation grant under 14
168	168	this section for a 3-year period, in an amount of not 15
169	169	more than $6,000,000. 16
170	170	‘‘(c) E
171	171	LIGIBLEENTITIES.— 17
172	172	‘‘(1) I
173	173	N GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 18
174	174	planning or implementation grant under this section, 19
175	175	an entity shall— 20
176	176	‘‘(A) be a— 21
177	177	‘‘(i) State, local government, or Indian 22
178	178	tribe or tribal organization, that meets the 23
179	179	requirements of paragraph (2); or 24
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183	183	‘‘(ii) community-based organization 1
184	184	that meets the requirements of paragraph 2
185	185	(3); and 3
186	186	‘‘(B) meet the requirements for a planning 4
187	187	or implementation grant, respectively, specified 5
188	188	in paragraph (4). 6
189	189	‘‘(2) G
190	190	OVERNMENT PARTNERSHIPS .—An entity 7
191	191	that is a State, local government, or Indian tribe or 8
192	192	tribal organization referred to in paragraph (1) shall 9
193	193	demonstrate that the entity has entered into a part-10
194	194	nership with State, local, or tribal entities— 11
195	195	‘‘(A) that shall include— 12
196	196	‘‘(i) a local educational agency or trib-13
197	197	al educational agency (as defined in section 14
198	198	6132 of the Elementary and Secondary 15
199	199	Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7452)); 16
200	200	‘‘(ii) a local board or tribal workforce 17
201	201	development agency; 18
202	202	‘‘(iii) a State, local, or tribal agency 19
203	203	serving youth under the jurisdiction of the 20
204	204	juvenile justice system or criminal justice 21
205	205	system; 22
206	206	‘‘(iv) a State, local, or tribal child wel-23
207	207	fare agency; 24
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211	211	‘‘(v) a State, local, or tribal agency or 1
212	212	community-based organization, with— 2
213	213	‘‘(I) expertise in providing coun-3
214	214	seling services, and trauma-informed 4
215	215	and gender-responsive trauma preven-5
216	216	tion, identification, referral, and sup-6
217	217	port (including treatment) services; 7
218	218	and 8
219	219	‘‘(II) a proven track record of 9
220	220	serving low-income vulnerable youth 10
221	221	and out-of-school youth; 11
222	222	‘‘(vi) if the State, local government, or 12
223	223	Indian tribe or tribal organization is seek-13
224	224	ing an implementation grant, and has not 14
225	225	established a summer youth employment 15
226	226	program, an entity that is carrying out a 16
227	227	State, local, or tribal summer youth em-17
228	228	ployment program; and 18
229	229	‘‘(vii) an employer or employer asso-19
230	230	ciation; and 20
231	231	‘‘(B) that may include— 21
232	232	‘‘(i) an institution of higher education 22
233	233	or tribal college or university; 23
234	234	‘‘(ii) a representative of a labor or 24
235	235	labor-management organization; 25
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239	239	‘‘(iii) an entity that carries out a pro-1
240	240	gram that receives funding under the Juve-2
241	241	nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 3
242	242	Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) or 4
243	243	section 212 of the Second Chance Act of 5
244	244	2007 (42 U.S.C. 17532); 6
245	245	‘‘(iv) a collaborative applicant as de-7
246	246	fined in section 401 of the McKinney- 8
247	247	Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 9
248	248	11360) or a private nonprofit organization 10
249	249	that serves homeless individuals and house-11
250	250	holds (including such an applicant or orga-12
251	251	nization that serves individuals or house-13
252	252	holds that are at risk of homelessness in 14
253	253	tribal areas) or serves foster youth; 15
254	254	‘‘(v) an entity that carries out a pro-16
255	255	gram funded under the Carl D. Perkins 17
256	256	Career and Technical Education Act of 18
257	257	2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), including 19
258	258	Native American programs funded under 20
259	259	section 116 of that Act (20 U.S.C. 2326) 21
260	260	and tribally controlled postsecondary ca-22
261	261	reer and technical institution programs 23
262	262	funded under section 117 of that Act (20 24
263	263	U.S.C. 2327); 25
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267	267	‘‘(vi) a local or tribal youth com-1
268	268	mittee; 2
269	269	‘‘(vii) a State or local public housing 3
270	270	agency or a tribally designated housing en-4
271	271	tity; and 5
272	272	‘‘(viii) another appropriate State, 6
273	273	local, or tribal agency. 7
274	274	‘‘(3) C
275	275	OMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION PART -8
276	276	NERSHIPS.—A community-based organization re-9
277	277	ferred to in paragraph (1) shall demonstrate that 10
278	278	the organization has entered into a partnership with 11
279	279	State, local, or tribal entities— 12
280	280	‘‘(A) that shall include— 13
281	281	‘‘(i) a unit of general local government 14
282	282	or tribal government; 15
283	283	‘‘(ii) an agency described in para-16
284	284	graph (2)(A)(i); 17
285	285	‘‘(iii) a local board or tribal workforce 18
286	286	development agency; 19
287	287	‘‘(iv) a State, local, or tribal agency 20
288	288	serving youth under the jurisdiction of the 21
289	289	juvenile justice system or criminal justice 22
290	290	system; 23
291	291	‘‘(v) a State, local, or tribal child wel-24
292	292	fare agency; 25
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296	296	‘‘(vi) if the organization is seeking an 1
297	297	implementation grant, and has not estab-2
298	298	lished a summer youth employment pro-3
299	299	gram, an entity that is carrying out a 4
300	300	State, local, or tribal summer youth em-5
301	301	ployment program; and 6
302	302	‘‘(vii) an employer or employer asso-7
303	303	ciation; and 8
304	304	‘‘(B) that may include one or more entities 9
305	305	described in paragraph (2)(B). 10
306	306	‘‘(4) E
307	307	NTITIES ELIGIBLE FOR PARTICULAR 11
308	308	GRANTS.— 12
309	309	‘‘(A) E
310	310	NTITIES ELIGIBLE FOR PLANNING 13
311	311	GRANTS.—The Secretary may award a planning 14
312	312	grant under this section to an eligible entity 15
313	313	that— 16
314	314	‘‘(i) is preparing to establish or ex-17
315	315	pand a summer youth employment pro-18
316	316	gram that meets the minimum require-19
317	317	ments specified in subsection (d); and 20
318	318	‘‘(ii) has not received a grant under 21
319	319	this section. 22
320	320	‘‘(B) E
321	321	NTITIES ELIGIBLE FOR IMPLEMEN -23
322	322	TATION GRANTS.— 24
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326	326	‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 1
327	327	may award an implementation grant under 2
328	328	this section to an eligible entity that— 3
329	329	‘‘(I) has received a planning 4
330	330	grant under this section; or 5
331	331	‘‘(II) has established a summer 6
332	332	youth employment program and dem-7
333	333	onstrates a minimum level of capacity 8
334	334	to enhance or expand the summer 9
335	335	youth employment program described 10
336	336	in the application submitted under 11
337	337	subsection (d). 12
338	338	‘‘(ii) C
339	339	APACITY.—In determining 13
340	340	whether an entity has the level of capacity 14
341	341	referred to in clause (i)(II), the Secretary 15
342	342	may include as capacity— 16
343	343	‘‘(I) the entity’s staff capacity 17
344	344	and staff training to deliver youth em-18
345	345	ployment services; and 19
346	346	‘‘(II) the entity’s existing youth 20
347	347	employment services (as of the date of 21
348	348	submission of the application sub-22
349	349	mitted under subsection (d)) that are 23
350	350	consistent with the application. 24
351	351	‘‘(d) A
352	352	PPLICATION.— 25
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356	356	‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-1
357	357	graph (2), an eligible entity desiring to receive a 2
358	358	grant under this section for a summer youth employ-3
359	359	ment program shall submit an application to the 4
360	360	Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con-5
361	361	taining such information as the Secretary may re-6
362	362	quire, including, at a minimum, each of the fol-7
363	363	lowing: 8
364	364	‘‘(A) With respect to an application for a 9
365	365	planning or implementation grant— 10
366	366	‘‘(i) a description of the eligible youth 11
367	367	for whom summer employment services will 12
368	368	be provided; 13
369	369	‘‘(ii) a description of the eligible enti-14
370	370	ty, and a description of the expected par-15
371	371	ticipation and responsibilities of each of 16
372	372	the partners in the partnership described 17
373	373	in subsection (c); 18
374	374	‘‘(iii) information demonstrating suffi-19
375	375	cient need for the grant in the State, local, 20
376	376	or tribal population, which may include in-21
377	377	formation showing— 22
378	378	‘‘(I) a high level of unemploy-23
379	379	ment among youth (including young 24
380	380	adults) ages 14 through 24; 25
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384	384	‘‘(II) a high rate of out-of-school 1
385	385	youth; 2
386	386	‘‘(III) a high rate of homeless-3
387	387	ness; 4
388	388	‘‘(IV) a high rate of poverty; 5
389	389	‘‘(V) a high rate of adult unem-6
390	390	ployment; 7
391	391	‘‘(VI) a high rate of community 8
392	392	or neighborhood crime; 9
393	393	‘‘(VII) a high rate of violence; or 10
394	394	‘‘(VIII) a high level or rate on 11
395	395	another indicator of need; 12
396	396	‘‘(iv) a description of the strategic ob-13
397	397	jectives the eligible entity seeks to achieve 14
398	398	through the program to provide eligible 15
399	399	youth with core work readiness skills, 16
400	400	which may include— 17
401	401	‘‘(I) financial literacy skills, in-18
402	402	cluding providing the support de-19
403	403	scribed in section 129(b)(2)(D); 20
404	404	‘‘(II) sector-based technical skills 21
405	405	aligned with employer needs; 22
406	406	‘‘(III) skills that— 23
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410	410	‘‘(aa) are soft employment 1
411	411	skills, early work skills, or work 2
412	412	readiness skills; and 3
413	413	‘‘(bb) include social skills, 4
414	414	communications skills, higher- 5
415	415	order thinking skills, self-control, 6
416	416	and positive self-concept; and 7
417	417	‘‘(IV) (for the marginalized eligi-8
418	418	ble youth) basic skills like communica-9
419	419	tion, math, and problem solving in the 10
420	420	context of training for advancement to 11
421	421	better jobs and postsecondary train-12
422	422	ing; and 13
423	423	‘‘(v) information demonstrating that 14
424	424	the eligible entity has obtained commit-15
425	425	ments to provide the non-program share 16
426	426	described in paragraph (2) of subsection 17
427	427	(h). 18
428	428	‘‘(B) With respect to an application for a 19
429	429	planning grant— 20
430	430	‘‘(i) a description of the intermediate 21
431	431	and long-term goals for planning activities 22
432	432	for the duration of the planning grant; 23
433	433	‘‘(ii) a description of how grant funds 24
434	434	will be used to develop a plan to provide 25
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438	438	summer employment services for eligible 1
439	439	youth; 2
440	440	‘‘(iii) a description of how the eligible 3
441	441	entity will carry out an analysis of best 4
442	442	practices for identifying, recruiting, and 5
443	443	engaging program participants, in par-6
444	444	ticular the marginalized eligible youth; 7
445	445	‘‘(iv) a description of how the eligible 8
446	446	entity will carry out an analysis of best 9
447	447	practices for placing youth participants— 10
448	448	‘‘(I) in opportunities that— 11
449	449	‘‘(aa) are appropriate sub-12
450	450	sidized employment opportunities 13
451	451	with employers based on factors 14
452	452	including age, skill, experience, 15
453	453	career aspirations, work-based 16
454	454	readiness, and barriers to em-17
455	455	ployment; and 18
456	456	‘‘(bb) may include additional 19
457	457	services for participants, includ-20
458	458	ing core work readiness skill de-21
459	459	velopment and mentorship serv-22
460	460	ices; 23
461	461	‘‘(II) in summer employment 24
462	462	that— 25
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466	466	‘‘(aa) is not less than 6 1
467	467	weeks; 2
468	468	‘‘(bb) follows a schedule of 3
469	469	not more than 20 hours per 4
470	470	week; 5
471	471	‘‘(cc) pays wages at rates 6
472	472	not less than the applicable Fed-7
473	473	eral, State, or local minimum 8
474	474	wage rate; and 9
475	475	‘‘(dd) for employment in-10
476	476	volving construction, pays wages 11
477	477	at rates not less than those pre-12
478	478	viously on similar construction in 13
479	479	the locality as determined by the 14
480	480	Secretary in accordance with sub-15
481	481	chapter IV of chapter 31 of title 16
482	482	40, United States Code (com-17
483	483	monly known as the ‘Davis- 18
484	484	Bacon Act’); and 19
485	485	‘‘(v) a description of how the eligible 20
486	486	entity plans to develop a mentorship pro-21
487	487	gram or connect youth with positive, sup-22
488	488	portive mentorships, consistent with para-23
489	489	graph (3). 24
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492	492	•HR 2506 IH
493	493	‘‘(C) With respect to an application for an 1
494	494	implementation grant— 2
495	495	‘‘(i) a description of how the eligible 3
496	496	entity plans to identify, recruit, and engage 4
497	497	program participants, in particular the 5
498	498	marginalized eligible youth; 6
499	499	‘‘(ii) a description of the manner in 7
500	500	which the eligible entity plans to place eli-8
501	501	gible youth participants in subsidized em-9
502	502	ployment opportunities, and in summer 10
503	503	employment, described in subparagraph 11
504	504	(B)(iv); 12
505	505	‘‘(iii) (for a program serving the 13
506	506	marginalized eligible youth), a description 14
507	507	of workplaces for the subsidized employ-15
508	508	ment involved, which may include work-16
509	509	places in the public, private, and nonprofit 17
510	510	sectors; 18
511	511	‘‘(iv) a description of how the eligible 19
512	512	entity plans to provide or connect eligible 20
513	513	youth participants with positive, supportive 21
514	514	mentorships, consistent with paragraph 22
515	515	(3); 23
516	516	‘‘(v) a description of services that will 24
517	517	be available to employers participating in 25
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520	520	•HR 2506 IH
521	521	the youth employment program, to provide 1
522	522	supervisors involved in the program with 2
523	523	coaching and mentoring on— 3
524	524	‘‘(I) how to support youth devel-4
525	525	opment; 5
526	526	‘‘(II) how to structure learning 6
527	527	and reflection; and 7
528	528	‘‘(III) how to deal with youth 8
529	529	challenges in the workplace; 9
530	530	‘‘(vi) a description of how the eligible 10
531	531	entity plans to offer structured pathways 11
532	532	back into employment and a youth employ-12
533	533	ment program under this section for eligi-13
534	534	ble youth who have been terminated from 14
535	535	employment or removed from the program; 15
536	536	‘‘(vii) a description of how the eligible 16
537	537	entity plans to engage eligible youth be-17
538	538	yond the duration of the summer employ-18
539	539	ment opportunity, which may include— 19
540	540	‘‘(I) developing or partnering 20
541	541	with a year-round youth employment 21
542	542	program; 22
543	543	‘‘(II) referring eligible youth to 23
544	544	other year-round programs, which 24
545	545	may include— 25
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548	548	•HR 2506 IH
549	549	‘‘(aa) programs funded 1
550	550	under section 176C or the Carl 2
551	551	D. Perkins Career and Technical 3
552	552	Education Act of 2006 (20 4
553	553	U.S.C. 2301 et seq.); 5
554	554	‘‘(bb) after school programs; 6
555	555	‘‘(cc) secondary or postsec-7
556	556	ondary education programs; 8
557	557	‘‘(dd) training programs; 9
558	558	‘‘(ee) cognitive behavior 10
559	559	therapy programs; 11
560	560	‘‘(ff) apprenticeship pro-12
561	561	grams; and 13
562	562	‘‘(gg) national service pro-14
563	563	grams; 15
564	564	‘‘(III) employing a full-time, per-16
565	565	manent staff person who is respon-17
566	566	sible for youth outreach, followup, and 18
567	567	recruitment; or 19
568	568	‘‘(IV) connecting eligible youth 20
569	569	with job development services, includ-21
570	570	ing career counseling, resume and job 22
571	571	application assistance, interview prep-23
572	572	aration, and connections to job leads; 24
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575	575	•HR 2506 IH
576	576	‘‘(viii) evidence of the eligible entity’s 1
577	577	capacity to provide the services described 2
578	578	in this subsection; and 3
579	579	‘‘(ix) a description of the quality of 4
580	580	the summer youth employment program, 5
581	581	including a program that leads to a recog-6
582	582	nized postsecondary credential. 7
583	583	‘‘(2) I
584	584	NDIAN TRIBE; TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS.— 8
585	585	An eligible entity that is an Indian tribe or tribal or-9
586	586	ganization and desires to receive a grant under this 10
587	587	section for a summer youth employment program 11
588	588	may, in lieu of submitting the application described 12
589	589	in paragraph (1), submit an application to the Sec-13
590	590	retary that meets such requirements as the Sec-14
591	591	retary develops after consultation with the tribe or 15
592	592	organization. 16
593	593	‘‘(3) M
594	594	ENTOR.—For purposes of subparagraphs 17
595	595	(B)(iv), (B)(v), and (C)(iv) of paragraph (1), a men-18
596	596	tor— 19
597	597	‘‘(A) shall be an individual who has been 20
598	598	matched with an eligible youth based on the 21
599	599	youth’s needs; 22
600	600	‘‘(B) shall make contact with the eligible 23
601	601	youth at least once each week; 24
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604	604	•HR 2506 IH
605	605	‘‘(C) shall be a trusted member of the local 1
606	606	community; and 2
607	607	‘‘(D) may include— 3
608	608	‘‘(i) a mentor trained in trauma-in-4
609	609	formed care (including provision of trau-5
610	610	ma-informed trauma prevention, identifica-6
611	611	tion, referral, or support services to youth 7
612	612	that have experienced or are at risk of ex-8
613	613	periencing trauma), conflict resolution, and 9
614	614	positive youth development; 10
615	615	‘‘(ii) a job coach trained to provide 11
616	616	youth with guidance on how to navigate 12
617	617	the workplace and troubleshoot problems; 13
618	618	‘‘(iii) a supervisor trained to provide 14
619	619	at least two performance assessments and 15
620	620	serve as a reference; or 16
621	621	‘‘(iv) a peer mentor who is a former 17
622	622	or current participant in the youth employ-18
623	623	ment program involved. 19
624	624	‘‘(e) A
625	625	WARDS FORPOPULATIONS ANDAREAS.— 20
626	626	‘‘(1) P
627	627	OPULATIONS.—The Secretary shall re-21
628	628	serve, from the amounts made available under sec-22
629	629	tion 176A(a)(1)— 23
630	630	‘‘(A) 50 percent to award grants under 24
631	631	this section for planning or provision of sub-25
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634	634	•HR 2506 IH
635	635	sidized summer employment opportunities for 1
636	636	in-school youth; and 2
637	637	‘‘(B) 50 percent to award such grants to 3
638	638	plan for planning or provision of such opportu-4
639	639	nities for out-of-school youth. 5
640	640	‘‘(2) A
641	641	REAS.— 6
642	642	‘‘(A) I
643	643	N GENERAL.—In awarding the 7
644	644	grants, the Secretary shall consider the regional 8
645	645	diversity of the areas to be served, to ensure 9
646	646	that urban, suburban, rural, and tribal areas 10
647	647	are receiving grant funds. 11
648	648	‘‘(B) R
649	649	URAL AND TRIBAL AREA INCLU -12
650	650	SION.— 13
651	651	‘‘(i) R
652	652	URAL AREAS.—Not less than 20 14
653	653	percent of the amounts made available 15
654	654	under section 176A(a)(1) for each fiscal 16
655	655	year shall be made available for activities 17
656	656	to be carried out in rural areas. 18
657	657	‘‘(ii) T
658	658	RIBAL AREAS.—Not less than 5 19
659	659	percent of the amounts made available 20
660	660	under section 176A(a)(1) for each fiscal 21
661	661	year shall be made available for activities 22
662	662	to be carried out in tribal areas. 23
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665	665	•HR 2506 IH
666	666	‘‘(f) PROGRAMPRIORITIES.—In allocating funds 1
667	667	under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligi-2
668	668	ble entities— 3
669	669	‘‘(1) who propose to coordinate their activi-4
670	670	ties— 5
671	671	‘‘(A) with local or tribal employers; and 6
672	672	‘‘(B) with agencies described in subsection 7
673	673	(c)(2)(A)(i) to ensure the summer youth em-8
674	674	ployment programs provide clear linkages to re-9
675	675	medial, academic, and occupational programs 10
676	676	carried out by the agencies; 11
677	677	‘‘(2) who propose a plan to increase private sec-12
678	678	tor engagement in, and job placement through, sum-13
679	679	mer youth employment; and 14
680	680	‘‘(3) who have, in their counties, States, or trib-15
681	681	al areas (as compared to other counties in their 16
682	682	State, other States, or other tribal areas, respec-17
683	683	tively), a high level or rate described in subsection 18
684	684	(d)(1)(A)(iii). 19
685	685	‘‘(g) U
686	686	SE OFFUNDS.— 20
687	687	‘‘(1) I
688	688	N GENERAL.—An eligible entity that re-21
689	689	ceives a grant under this section may use the grant 22
690	690	funds for services described in subsection (d). 23
691	691	‘‘(2) D
692	692	ISCRETIONARY USES.—The eligible entity 24
693	693	may also use the funds— 25
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696	696	•HR 2506 IH
697	697	‘‘(A) to provide wages to eligible youth in 1
698	698	subsidized summer employment programs; 2
699	699	‘‘(B) to provide eligible youth with support 3
700	700	services, including case management, child care 4
701	701	assistance, child support services, and transpor-5
702	702	tation assistance; and 6
703	703	‘‘(C) to develop data management systems 7
704	704	to assist with programming, evaluation, and 8
705	705	records management. 9
706	706	‘‘(3) A
707	707	DMINISTRATION.—An eligible entity may 10
708	708	reserve not more than 10 percent of the grant funds 11
709	709	for the administration of activities under this sec-12
710	710	tion. 13
711	711	‘‘(4) C
712	712	ARRY-OVER AUTHORITY.—Any amounts 14
713	713	provided to an eligible entity under this section for 15
714	714	a fiscal year may, at the discretion of the Secretary, 16
715	715	remain available to that entity for expenditure dur-17
716	716	ing the succeeding fiscal year to carry out programs 18
717	717	under this section. 19
718	718	‘‘(h) P
719	719	ROGRAMSHARE.— 20
720	720	‘‘(1) P
721	721	LANNING GRANTS.—The program share 21
722	722	for a planning grant awarded under this section 22
723	723	shall be 100 percent of the cost described in sub-23
724	724	section (a)(2)(A). 24
725	725	‘‘(2) I
726	726	MPLEMENTATION GRANTS .— 25
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729	729	•HR 2506 IH
730	730	‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The program share 1
731	731	for an implementation grant awarded under 2
732	732	this section shall be 50 percent of the cost de-3
733	733	scribed in subsection (a)(2)(B). 4
734	734	‘‘(B) E
735	735	XCEPTION.—Notwithstanding sub-5
736	736	paragraph (A), the Secretary— 6
737	737	‘‘(i) may increase the program share 7
738	738	for an eligible entity; and 8
739	739	‘‘(ii) shall increase the program share 9
740	740	for an Indian tribe or tribal organization 10
741	741	to not less than 95 percent of the cost de-11
742	742	scribed in subsection (a)(2)(B). 12
743	743	‘‘(C) N
744	744	ON-PROGRAM SHARE.—The eligible 13
745	745	entity may provide the non-program share of 14
746	746	the cost— 15
747	747	‘‘(i) in cash or in-kind, fairly evalu-16
748	748	ated, including plant, equipment, or serv-17
749	749	ices; and 18
750	750	‘‘(ii) from State, local, tribal or pri-19
751	751	vate (including philanthropic) sources and, 20
752	752	in the case of an Indian tribe or tribal or-21
753	753	ganization, from Federal sources. 22
754	754	‘‘SEC. 176C. YEAR-ROUND EMPLOYMENT COMPETITIVE 23
755	755	GRANT PROGRAM. 24
756	756	‘‘(a) I
757	757	NGENERAL.— 25
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760	760	•HR 2506 IH
761	761	‘‘(1) GRANTS.—Using the amounts made avail-1
762	762	able under 176A(a)(2), the Secretary shall award, 2
763	763	on a competitive basis, planning and implementation 3
764	764	grants. 4
765	765	‘‘(2) G
766	766	ENERAL USE OF FUNDS .—The Secretary 5
767	767	shall award the grants to assist eligible entities by 6
768	768	paying for the program share of the cost of— 7
769	769	‘‘(A) in the case of a planning grant, plan-8
770	770	ning a year-round youth employment program 9
771	771	to provide subsidized year-round employment 10
772	772	opportunities; and 11
773	773	‘‘(B) in the case of an implementation 12
774	774	grant, implementation of such a program to 13
775	775	provide such opportunities. 14
776	776	‘‘(b) P
777	777	ERIODS AND AMOUNTS OF GRANTS.—The 15
778	778	planning grants shall have the periods and amounts de-16
779	779	scribed in section 176B(b)(1). The implementation grants 17
780	780	shall have the periods and grants described in section 18
781	781	176B(b)(2). 19
782	782	‘‘(c) E
783	783	LIGIBLEENTITIES.— 20
784	784	‘‘(1) I
785	785	N GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 21
786	786	planning or implementation grant under this section, 22
787	787	an entity shall, except as provided in paragraph 23
788	788	(2)— 24
789	789	‘‘(A) be a— 25
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792	792	•HR 2506 IH
793	793	‘‘(i) State, local government, or Indian 1
794	794	tribe or tribal organization, that meets the 2
795	795	requirements of section 176B(c)(2); or 3
796	796	‘‘(ii) community-based organization 4
797	797	that meets the requirements of section 5
798	798	176B(c)(3); and 6
799	799	‘‘(B) meet the requirements for a planning 7
800	800	or implementation grant, respectively, specified 8
801	801	in section 176B(c)(4). 9
802	802	‘‘(2) Y
803	803	EAR-ROUND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PRO -10
804	804	GRAMS.—For purposes of paragraph (1), any ref-11
805	805	erence in section 176B(c)— 12
806	806	‘‘(A) to a summer youth employment pro-13
807	807	gram shall be considered to refer to a year- 14
808	808	round youth employment program; and 15
809	809	‘‘(B) to a provision of section 176B shall 16
810	810	be considered to refer to the corresponding pro-17
811	811	vision of this section. 18
812	812	‘‘(d) A
813	813	PPLICATION.— 19
814	814	‘‘(1) I
815	815	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-20
816	816	graph (2), an eligible entity desiring to receive a 21
817	817	grant under this section for a year-round youth em-22
818	818	ployment program shall submit an application to the 23
819	819	Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con-24
820	820	taining such information as the Secretary may re-25
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823	823	•HR 2506 IH
824	824	quire, including, at a minimum, each of the fol-1
825	825	lowing: 2
826	826	‘‘(A) With respect to an application for a 3
827	827	planning or implementation grant, the informa-4
828	828	tion and descriptions specified in section 5
829	829	176B(d)(1)(A). 6
830	830	‘‘(B) With respect to an application for a 7
831	831	planning grant, the descriptions specified in 8
832	832	section 176B(d)(1)(B), except that the descrip-9
833	833	tion of an analysis for placing youth in employ-10
834	834	ment described in clause (iv)(II)(bb) of that 11
835	835	section shall cover employment that follows a 12
836	836	schedule— 13
837	837	‘‘(i) that consists of— 14
838	838	‘‘(I) not more than 15 hours per 15
839	839	week for in-school youth; and 16
840	840	‘‘(II) not less than 20 and not 17
841	841	more than 40 hours per week for out- 18
842	842	of-school youth; and 19
843	843	‘‘(ii) that depends on the needs and 20
844	844	work-readiness level of the population 21
845	845	being served. 22
846	846	‘‘(C) With respect to an application for an 23
847	847	implementation grant, the descriptions and evi-24
848	848	dence specified in section 176B(d)(1)(C)— 25
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851	851	•HR 2506 IH
852	852	‘‘(i) except that the reference in sec-1
853	853	tion 176B(d)(1)(C)(ii) to employment de-2
854	854	scribed in section 176B(d)(1)(B) shall 3
855	855	cover employment that follows the schedule 4
856	856	described in subparagraph (B); and 5
857	857	‘‘(ii) except that the reference to pro-6
858	858	grams in clause (vii)(II)(aa) of that section 7
859	859	shall be considered to refer only to pro-8
860	860	grams funded under the Carl D. Perkins 9
861	861	Career and Technical Education Act of 10
862	862	2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.). 11
863	863	‘‘(D) With respect to an application for an 12
864	864	implementation grant— 13
865	865	‘‘(i) a description of how the eligible 14
866	866	entity plans to provide mental health serv-15
867	867	ices, as needed, to eligible youth partici-16
868	868	pants; and 17
869	869	‘‘(ii) a description of how the eligible 18
870	870	entity plans to address barriers to partici-19
871	871	pation among eligible youth, including 20
872	872	provding transportation and child care. 21
873	873	‘‘(2) I
874	874	NDIAN TRIBE; TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS.— 22
875	875	An eligible entity that is an Indian tribe or tribal or-23
876	876	ganization and desires to receive a grant under this 24
877	877	section for a year-round youth employment program 25
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880	880	•HR 2506 IH
881	881	may, in lieu of submitting the application described 1
882	882	in paragraph (1), submit an application to the Sec-2
883	883	retary that meets such requirements as the Sec-3
884	884	retary develops after consultation with the tribe or 4
885	885	organization. 5
886	886	‘‘(3) M
887	887	ENTOR.—For purposes of paragraph (1), 6
888	888	any reference in subparagraphs (B)(iv), (B)(v), and 7
889	889	(C)(iv) of section 176B(d)(1) to a mentor shall be 8
890	890	considered to refer to a mentor who— 9
891	891	‘‘(A) shall be an individual described in 10
892	892	subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 11
893	893	176B(d)(3); 12
894	894	‘‘(B) shall make contact with the eligible 13
895	895	youth at least twice each week; and 14
896	896	‘‘(C) may be an individual described in sec-15
897	897	tion 176B(d)(3)(D). 16
898	898	‘‘(4) Y
899	899	EAR-ROUND EMPLOYMENT .—For pur-17
900	900	poses of this subsection, any reference in section 18
901	901	176B(d)— 19
902	902	‘‘(A) to summer employment shall be con-20
903	903	sidered to refer to year-round employment; and 21
904	904	‘‘(B) to a provision of section 176B shall 22
905	905	be considered to refer to the corresponding pro-23
906	906	vision of this section. 24
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909	909	•HR 2506 IH
910	910	‘‘(e) AWARDS FORPOPULATIONS ANDAREAS; PRIOR-1
911	911	ITIES.— 2
912	912	‘‘(1) P
913	913	OPULATIONS.—The Secretary shall re-3
914	914	serve, from the amounts made available under sec-4
915	915	tion 176A(a)(2)— 5
916	916	‘‘(A) 50 percent to award grants under 6
917	917	this section for planning or provision of sub-7
918	918	sidized year-round employment opportunities 8
919	919	for in-school youth; and 9
920	920	‘‘(B) 50 percent to award such grants to 10
921	921	plan for planning or provision of such opportu-11
922	922	nities for out-of-school youth. 12
923	923	‘‘(2) A
924	924	REAS; PRIORITIES.—In awarding the 13
925	925	grants, the Secretary shall— 14
926	926	‘‘(A) carry out section 176B(e)(2); and 15
927	927	‘‘(B) give priority to eligible entities— 16
928	928	‘‘(i) who— 17
929	929	‘‘(I) propose the coordination and 18
930	930	plan described paragraphs (1) and (2) 19
931	931	of section 176B(f), with respect to 20
932	932	year-round youth employment; and 21
933	933	‘‘(II) meet the requirements of 22
934	934	section 176B(f)(3); or 23
935	935	‘‘(ii) who— 24
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938	938	•HR 2506 IH
939	939	‘‘(I) propose a plan to coordinate 1
940	940	activities with entities carrying out 2
941	941	State, local, or tribal summer youth 3
942	942	employment programs, to provide 4
943	943	pathways to year-round employment 5
944	944	for eligible youth who are ending sum-6
945	945	mer employment; and 7
946	946	‘‘(II) meet the requirements of 8
947	947	section 176B(f)(3). 9
948	948	‘‘(f) U
949	949	SE OFFUNDS.—An eligible entity that receives 10
950	950	a grant under this section may use the grant funds— 11
951	951	‘‘(1) for services described in subsection (d); 12
952	952	‘‘(2) as described in section 176B(g)(2), with 13
953	953	respect to year-round employment programs; 14
954	954	‘‘(3) as described in section 176B(g)(3), with 15
955	955	respect to activities under this section; and 16
956	956	‘‘(4) at the discretion of the Secretary, as de-17
957	957	scribed in section 176B(g)(4), with respect to activi-18
958	958	ties under this section. 19
959	959	‘‘(g) P
960	960	ROGRAMSHARE.— 20
961	961	‘‘(1) P
962	962	LANNING GRANTS .—The provisions of 21
963	963	section 176B(h)(1) shall apply to planning grants 22
964	964	awarded under this section, with respect to the cost 23
965	965	described in subsection (a)(2)(A). 24
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969	969	‘‘(2) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS .—The provi-1
970	970	sions of section 176B(h)(2) shall apply to implemen-2
971	971	tation grants awarded under this section, with re-3
972	972	spect to the cost described in subsection (a)(2)(B). 4
973	973	‘‘SEC. 176D. EVALUATION AND ADMINISTRATION. 5
974	974	‘‘(a) P
975	975	ERFORMANCEMEASURES.— 6
976	976	‘‘(1) E
977	977	STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-7
978	978	tablish performance measures for purposes of car-8
979	979	rying out annual reviews under subsection (b) and of 9
980	980	developing and implementing a system of continuous 10
981	981	quality improvement under subsection (c). 11
982	982	‘‘(2) C
983	983	OMPONENTS.—The performance meas-12
984	984	ures for the eligible entities shall consist of— 13
985	985	‘‘(A) the indicators of performance de-14
986	986	scribed in paragraph (3); and 15
987	987	‘‘(B) an adjusted level of performance for 16
988	988	each indicator described in subparagraph (A). 17
989	989	‘‘(3) I
990	990	NDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE .— 18
991	991	‘‘(A) I
992	992	N GENERAL.—The indicators of per-19
993	993	formance shall consist of— 20
994	994	‘‘(i) the percentage of youth employ-21
995	995	ment program participants who are in edu-22
996	996	cation or training activities, or in employ-23
997	997	ment, during the second quarter after exit 24
998	998	from the program; 25
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1002	1002	‘‘(ii) the percentage of youth employ-1
1003	1003	ment program participants who are in edu-2
1004	1004	cation or training activities, or in employ-3
1005	1005	ment, during the fourth quarter after exit 4
1006	1006	from the program; 5
1007	1007	‘‘(iii) the percentage of youth employ-6
1008	1008	ment program participants who obtain a 7
1009	1009	recognized postsecondary credential, or a 8
1010	1010	secondary school diploma or its recognized 9
1011	1011	equivalent (subject to subparagraph (B)), 10
1012	1012	during participation in or within 1 year 11
1013	1013	after exit from the program; and 12
1014	1014	‘‘(iv) the percentage of youth employ-13
1015	1015	ment program participants who, during a 14
1016	1016	program year, are in a youth employment 15
1017	1017	program that includes an education or 16
1018	1018	training program that leads to an outcome 17
1019	1019	specified by the Secretary, which may in-18
1020	1020	clude— 19
1021	1021	‘‘(I) obtaining a recognized post-20
1022	1022	secondary credential or employment; 21
1023	1023	or 22
1024	1024	‘‘(II) achieving measurable skill 23
1025	1025	gains toward such a credential or em-24
1026	1026	ployment. 25
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1030	1030	‘‘(B) INDICATOR RELATING TO CREDEN -1
1031	1031	TIAL.—For purposes of subparagraph (A)(iii), 2
1032	1032	youth employment program participants who 3
1033	1033	obtain a secondary school diploma or its recog-4
1034	1034	nized equivalent shall be included in the per-5
1035	1035	centage counted as meeting the criterion under 6
1036	1036	such subparagraph only if such participants, in 7
1037	1037	addition to obtaining such diploma or its recog-8
1038	1038	nized equivalent, have obtained or retained em-9
1039	1039	ployment or are in a youth employment pro-10
1040	1040	gram that includes an education or training 11
1041	1041	program leading to a recognized postsecondary 12
1042	1042	credential within 1 year after exit from the pro-13
1043	1043	gram. 14
1044	1044	‘‘(4) L
1045	1045	EVELS OF PERFORMANCE .— 15
1046	1046	‘‘(A) I
1047	1047	N GENERAL.—For each eligible enti-16
1048	1048	ty, there shall be established, in accordance 17
1049	1049	with this paragraph, levels of performance for 18
1050	1050	each of the corresponding indicators of perform-19
1051	1051	ance described in paragraph (3). 20
1052	1052	‘‘(B) I
1053	1053	DENTIFICATION IN APPLICATION .— 21
1054	1054	Each eligible entity shall identify, in the appli-22
1055	1055	cation submitted under subsection (d) of section 23
1056	1056	176B or 176C, expected levels of performance 24
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1059	1059	•HR 2506 IH
1060	1060	for each of those indicators of performance for 1
1061	1061	each program year covered by the application. 2
1062	1062	‘‘(C) A
1063	1063	GREEMENT ON ADJUSTED LEVELS 3
1064	1064	OF PERFORMANCE .—The eligible entity shall 4
1065	1065	reach agreement with the Secretary on levels of 5
1066	1066	performance for each of those indicators of per-6
1067	1067	formance for each such program year. The lev-7
1068	1068	els agreed to shall be considered to be the ad-8
1069	1069	justed levels of performance for the eligible en-9
1070	1070	tity for such program years and shall be incor-10
1071	1071	porated into the application prior to the ap-11
1072	1072	proval of such application. 12
1073	1073	‘‘(b) A
1074	1074	NNUALREVIEW.—The Secretary shall carry 13
1075	1075	out an annual review of each eligible entity receiving a 14
1076	1076	grant under this subtitle. In conducting the review, the 15
1077	1077	Secretary shall review the performance of the entity on 16
1078	1078	the performance measures under this section and deter-17
1079	1079	mine if the entity has used any practices that shall be con-18
1080	1080	sidered best practices for purposes of this subtitle. 19
1081	1081	‘‘(c) C
1082	1082	ONTINUOUSQUALITYIMPROVEMENT.— 20
1083	1083	‘‘(1) I
1084	1084	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, in ad-21
1085	1085	dition to conducting the annual review, develop and 22
1086	1086	implement a system of continuous quality improve-23
1087	1087	ment designed to improve the quality of activities 24
1088	1088	carried out under this subtitle. 25
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1092	1092	‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—In implementing the system, 1
1093	1093	the Secretary shall carry out activities including— 2
1094	1094	‘‘(A) using the performance measures es-3
1095	1095	tablished under this section, to assess the qual-4
1096	1096	ity of employment programs funded under sec-5
1097	1097	tions 176B and 176C and providing the eligible 6
1098	1098	entities carrying out those programs with con-7
1099	1099	tinuing feedback on their performance on those 8
1100	1100	measures; 9
1101	1101	‘‘(B) creating improvement plans to ad-10
1102	1102	dress quality issues concerning the employment 11
1103	1103	programs; 12
1104	1104	‘‘(C) providing targeted support (including 13
1105	1105	technical assistance and training) to staff of the 14
1106	1106	eligible entities on improving the quality of the 15
1107	1107	employment programs in areas where the sys-16
1108	1108	tem demonstrates that improvements are need-17
1109	1109	ed; and 18
1110	1110	‘‘(D) publishing and disseminating infor-19
1111	1111	mation on the quality of the employment pro-20
1112	1112	grams. 21
1113	1113	‘‘(d) R
1114	1114	EPORT TOCONGRESS.— 22
1115	1115	‘‘(1) P
1116	1116	REPARATION.—The Secretary shall pre-23
1117	1117	pare a report on the grant programs established by 24
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1121	1121	this subtitle, which report shall include a description 1
1122	1122	of— 2
1123	1123	‘‘(A) the eligible entities receiving funding 3
1124	1124	under this subtitle; 4
1125	1125	‘‘(B) the activities carried out by the eligi-5
1126	1126	ble entities; 6
1127	1127	‘‘(C) how the eligible entities were selected 7
1128	1128	to receive funding under this subtitle; 8
1129	1129	‘‘(D) an assessment of the results achieved 9
1130	1130	by the grant programs including findings from 10
1131	1131	the annual reviews conducted under subsection 11
1132	1132	(b); and 12
1133	1133	‘‘(E) a description of the development and 13
1134	1134	implementation of, and outcomes from, the sys-14
1135	1135	tem of continuous quality improvement de-15
1136	1136	scribed in subsection (c). 16
1137	1137	‘‘(2) S
1138	1138	UBMISSION.—Not later than 3 years 17
1139	1139	after the date of enactment of the AID Youth Em-18
1140	1140	ployment Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary 19
1141	1141	shall submit a report described in paragraph (1) to 20
1142	1142	the appropriate committees of Congress. 21
1143	1143	‘‘(e) A
1144	1144	PPLICATION TOINDIANTRIBES ANDTRIBAL 22
1145	1145	O
1146	1146	RGANIZATIONS.—The Secretary may issue regulations 23
1147	1147	that clarify the application of all the provisions of this sub-24
1148	1148	title to Indian tribes and tribal organizations. 25
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1152	1152	‘‘SEC. 176E. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 1
1153	1153	‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated— 2
1154	1154	‘‘(1) to carry out section 176B, $375,000,000 3
1155	1155	for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030; and 4
1156	1156	‘‘(2) to carry out section 176C, $500,000,000 5
1157	1157	for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030.’’. 6
1158	1158	SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 7
1159	1159	(a) R
1160	1160	EFERENCES.— 8
1161	1161	(1) Section 121(b)(1)(C)(ii)(II) of the Work-9
1162	1162	force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 10
1163	1163	3152(b)(1)(C)(ii)(II)) is amended by striking ‘‘sub-11
1164	1164	titles C through E’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitles C 12
1165	1165	through F’’. 13
1166	1166	(2) Section 503(b) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 14
1167	1167	3343(b)) is amended by inserting before the period 15
1168	1168	the following: ‘‘(as such subtitles were in effect on 16
1169	1169	the day before the date of enactment of this Act)’’. 17
1170	1170	(b) T
1171	1171	ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents in 18
1172	1172	section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking the item 19
1173	1173	relating to the subtitle heading for subtitle E of title I 20
1174	1174	and inserting the following: 21
1175	1175	‘‘Subtitle E—Youth Employment Opportunities
1176	1176	‘‘Sec. 176. Definitions.
1177	1177	‘‘Sec. 176A. Allocation of funds.
1178	1178	‘‘Sec. 176B. Summer employment competitive grant program.
1179	1179	‘‘Sec. 176C. Year-round employment competitive grant program.
1180	1180	‘‘Sec. 176D. Evaluation and administration.
1181	1181	‘‘Sec. 176E. Authorization of appropriations.’’.
1182	1182	Æ
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