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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2506
To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to provide funding,
on a competitive basis, for summer and year-round employment opportu-
nities for youth ages 14 through 24.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH31, 2025
Ms. K
ELLYof Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
to provide funding, on a competitive basis, for summer
and year-round employment opportunities for youth ages
14 through 24.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Assisting In Devel-4
oping Youth Employment Act’’ or the ‘‘AID Youth Em-5
ployment Act’’. 6
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SEC. 2. YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. 1
Title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 2
Act is amended— 3
(1) by redesignating subtitle E (29 U.S.C. 3241 4
et seq.) as subtitle F; and 5
(2) by inserting after subtitle D (29 U.S.C. 6
3221 et seq.) the following: 7
‘‘Subtitle E—Youth Employment 8
Opportunities 9
‘‘SEC. 176. DEFINITIONS. 10
‘‘In this subtitle: 11
‘‘(1) E
LIGIBLE YOUTH.—The term ‘eligible 12
youth’ means an individual who— 13
‘‘(A) is not younger than age 14 or older 14
than age 24; and 15
‘‘(B) is— 16
‘‘(i) an in-school youth; 17
‘‘(ii) an out-of-school youth; or 18
‘‘(iii) an unemployed individual. 19
‘‘(2) I
NDIAN TRIBE; TRIBAL ORGANIZATION .— 20
The terms ‘Indian tribe’ and ‘tribal organization’ 21
have the meanings given the terms in section 4 of 22
the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist-23
ance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 24
‘‘(3) I
N-SCHOOL YOUTH ; OUT-OF-SCHOOL 25
YOUTH.—The terms ‘in-school youth’ and ‘out-of- 26
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school youth’ have the meanings given the terms in 1
section 129(a)(1). 2
‘‘(4) I
NSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION .— 3
The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 4
meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher 5
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 6
‘‘(5) M
ARGINALIZED.—The term ‘marginalized’, 7
used with respect to an individual, includes individ-8
uals who are homeless, in foster care, involved in the 9
juvenile or criminal justice system, or are not en-10
rolled in or at risk of dropping out of an educational 11
institution and who live in an underserved commu-12
nity that has faced trauma through acute or long- 13
term exposure to substantial discrimination, histor-14
ical or cultural oppression, intergenerational poverty, 15
civil unrest, a high rate of violence, or a high rate 16
of drug overdose mortality. 17
‘‘(6) S
UBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT .—The term 18
‘subsidized employment’ means employment for 19
which the employer receives a total or partial sub-20
sidy to offset costs of employing an eligible youth 21
under this subtitle. 22
‘‘(7) T
RIBAL AREA.—The term ‘tribal area’ 23
means— 24
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‘‘(A) an area on or adjacent to an Indian 1
reservation; 2
‘‘(B) land held in trust by the United 3
States for Indians; 4
‘‘(C) a public domain Indian allotment; 5
‘‘(D) a former Indian reservation in Okla-6
homa; and 7
‘‘(E) land held by an incorporated Native 8
group, Regional Corporation, or Village Cor-9
poration under the provisions of the Alaska Na-10
tive Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et 11
seq.). 12
‘‘(8) T
RIBAL COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY .—The 13
term ‘tribal college or university’ has the meaning 14
given the term ‘Tribal College or University’ in sec-15
tion 316(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 16
(20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)). 17
‘‘(9) T
RIBALLY DESIGNATED HOUSING ENTI -18
TY.—The term ‘tribally designated housing entity’, 19
used with respect to an Indian tribe (as defined in 20
this section), has the meaning given in section 4 of 21
the Native American Housing Assistance and Self- 22
Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103). 23
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‘‘SEC. 176A. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. 1
‘‘(a) A
LLOCATION.—Of the funds appropriated under 2
section 176E that remain available after any reservation 3
under subsection (b), the Secretary may make available— 4
‘‘(1) not more than $1,800,000,000 in accord-5
ance with section 176B to provide eligible youth with 6
subsidized summer employment opportunities; and 7
‘‘(2) not more than $2,400,000,000 in accord-8
ance with section 176C to provide eligible youth with 9
subsidized year-round employment opportunities. 10
‘‘(b) R
ESERVATION.—The Secretary may reserve not 11
more than 10 percent of the funds appropriated under sec-12
tion 176E to provide technical assistance and oversight, 13
in order to assist eligible entities in applying for and ad-14
ministering grants awarded under this subtitle. 15
‘‘SEC. 176B. SUMMER EMPLOYMENT COMPETITIVE GRANT 16
PROGRAM. 17
‘‘(a) I
NGENERAL.— 18
‘‘(1) G
RANTS.—Using the amounts made avail-19
able under 176A(a)(1), the Secretary shall award, 20
on a competitive basis, planning and implementation 21
grants. 22
‘‘(2) G
ENERAL USE OF FUNDS .—The Secretary 23
shall award the grants to assist eligible entities by 24
paying for the program share of the cost of— 25
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‘‘(A) in the case of a planning grant, plan-1
ning a summer youth employment program to 2
provide subsidized summer employment oppor-3
tunities; and 4
‘‘(B) in the case of an implementation 5
grant, implementation of such a program, to 6
provide such opportunities. 7
‘‘(b) P
ERIODS ANDAMOUNTS OFGRANTS.— 8
‘‘(1) P
LANNING GRANTS.—The Secretary may 9
award a planning grant under this section for a 1- 10
year period, in an amount of not more than 11
$250,000. 12
‘‘(2) I
MPLEMENTATION GRANTS .—The Sec-13
retary may award an implementation grant under 14
this section for a 3-year period, in an amount of not 15
more than $6,000,000. 16
‘‘(c) E
LIGIBLEENTITIES.— 17
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 18
planning or implementation grant under this section, 19
an entity shall— 20
‘‘(A) be a— 21
‘‘(i) State, local government, or Indian 22
tribe or tribal organization, that meets the 23
requirements of paragraph (2); or 24
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‘‘(ii) community-based organization 1
that meets the requirements of paragraph 2
(3); and 3
‘‘(B) meet the requirements for a planning 4
or implementation grant, respectively, specified 5
in paragraph (4). 6
‘‘(2) G
OVERNMENT PARTNERSHIPS .—An entity 7
that is a State, local government, or Indian tribe or 8
tribal organization referred to in paragraph (1) shall 9
demonstrate that the entity has entered into a part-10
nership with State, local, or tribal entities— 11
‘‘(A) that shall include— 12
‘‘(i) a local educational agency or trib-13
al educational agency (as defined in section 14
6132 of the Elementary and Secondary 15
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7452)); 16
‘‘(ii) a local board or tribal workforce 17
development agency; 18
‘‘(iii) a State, local, or tribal agency 19
serving youth under the jurisdiction of the 20
juvenile justice system or criminal justice 21
system; 22
‘‘(iv) a State, local, or tribal child wel-23
fare agency; 24
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‘‘(v) a State, local, or tribal agency or 1
community-based organization, with— 2
‘‘(I) expertise in providing coun-3
seling services, and trauma-informed 4
and gender-responsive trauma preven-5
tion, identification, referral, and sup-6
port (including treatment) services; 7
and 8
‘‘(II) a proven track record of 9
serving low-income vulnerable youth 10
and out-of-school youth; 11
‘‘(vi) if the State, local government, or 12
Indian tribe or tribal organization is seek-13
ing an implementation grant, and has not 14
established a summer youth employment 15
program, an entity that is carrying out a 16
State, local, or tribal summer youth em-17
ployment program; and 18
‘‘(vii) an employer or employer asso-19
ciation; and 20
‘‘(B) that may include— 21
‘‘(i) an institution of higher education 22
or tribal college or university; 23
‘‘(ii) a representative of a labor or 24
labor-management organization; 25
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‘‘(iii) an entity that carries out a pro-1
gram that receives funding under the Juve-2
nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 3
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) or 4
section 212 of the Second Chance Act of 5
2007 (42 U.S.C. 17532); 6
‘‘(iv) a collaborative applicant as de-7
fined in section 401 of the McKinney- 8
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 9
11360) or a private nonprofit organization 10
that serves homeless individuals and house-11
holds (including such an applicant or orga-12
nization that serves individuals or house-13
holds that are at risk of homelessness in 14
tribal areas) or serves foster youth; 15
‘‘(v) an entity that carries out a pro-16
gram funded under the Carl D. Perkins 17
Career and Technical Education Act of 18
2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), including 19
Native American programs funded under 20
section 116 of that Act (20 U.S.C. 2326) 21
and tribally controlled postsecondary ca-22
reer and technical institution programs 23
funded under section 117 of that Act (20 24
U.S.C. 2327); 25
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‘‘(vi) a local or tribal youth com-1
mittee; 2
‘‘(vii) a State or local public housing 3
agency or a tribally designated housing en-4
tity; and 5
‘‘(viii) another appropriate State, 6
local, or tribal agency. 7
‘‘(3) C
OMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION PART -8
NERSHIPS.—A community-based organization re-9
ferred to in paragraph (1) shall demonstrate that 10
the organization has entered into a partnership with 11
State, local, or tribal entities— 12
‘‘(A) that shall include— 13
‘‘(i) a unit of general local government 14
or tribal government; 15
‘‘(ii) an agency described in para-16
graph (2)(A)(i); 17
‘‘(iii) a local board or tribal workforce 18
development agency; 19
‘‘(iv) a State, local, or tribal agency 20
serving youth under the jurisdiction of the 21
juvenile justice system or criminal justice 22
system; 23
‘‘(v) a State, local, or tribal child wel-24
fare agency; 25
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‘‘(vi) if the organization is seeking an 1
implementation grant, and has not estab-2
lished a summer youth employment pro-3
gram, an entity that is carrying out a 4
State, local, or tribal summer youth em-5
ployment program; and 6
‘‘(vii) an employer or employer asso-7
ciation; and 8
‘‘(B) that may include one or more entities 9
described in paragraph (2)(B). 10
‘‘(4) E
NTITIES ELIGIBLE FOR PARTICULAR 11
GRANTS.— 12
‘‘(A) E
NTITIES ELIGIBLE FOR PLANNING 13
GRANTS.—The Secretary may award a planning 14
grant under this section to an eligible entity 15
that— 16
‘‘(i) is preparing to establish or ex-17
pand a summer youth employment pro-18
gram that meets the minimum require-19
ments specified in subsection (d); and 20
‘‘(ii) has not received a grant under 21
this section. 22
‘‘(B) E
NTITIES ELIGIBLE FOR IMPLEMEN -23
TATION GRANTS.— 24
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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 1
may award an implementation grant under 2
this section to an eligible entity that— 3
‘‘(I) has received a planning 4
grant under this section; or 5
‘‘(II) has established a summer 6
youth employment program and dem-7
onstrates a minimum level of capacity 8
to enhance or expand the summer 9
youth employment program described 10
in the application submitted under 11
subsection (d). 12
‘‘(ii) C
APACITY.—In determining 13
whether an entity has the level of capacity 14
referred to in clause (i)(II), the Secretary 15
may include as capacity— 16
‘‘(I) the entity’s staff capacity 17
and staff training to deliver youth em-18
ployment services; and 19
‘‘(II) the entity’s existing youth 20
employment services (as of the date of 21
submission of the application sub-22
mitted under subsection (d)) that are 23
consistent with the application. 24
‘‘(d) A
PPLICATION.— 25
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-1
graph (2), an eligible entity desiring to receive a 2
grant under this section for a summer youth employ-3
ment program shall submit an application to the 4
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con-5
taining such information as the Secretary may re-6
quire, including, at a minimum, each of the fol-7
lowing: 8
‘‘(A) With respect to an application for a 9
planning or implementation grant— 10
‘‘(i) a description of the eligible youth 11
for whom summer employment services will 12
be provided; 13
‘‘(ii) a description of the eligible enti-14
ty, and a description of the expected par-15
ticipation and responsibilities of each of 16
the partners in the partnership described 17
in subsection (c); 18
‘‘(iii) information demonstrating suffi-19
cient need for the grant in the State, local, 20
or tribal population, which may include in-21
formation showing— 22
‘‘(I) a high level of unemploy-23
ment among youth (including young 24
adults) ages 14 through 24; 25
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‘‘(II) a high rate of out-of-school 1
youth; 2
‘‘(III) a high rate of homeless-3
ness; 4
‘‘(IV) a high rate of poverty; 5
‘‘(V) a high rate of adult unem-6
ployment; 7
‘‘(VI) a high rate of community 8
or neighborhood crime; 9
‘‘(VII) a high rate of violence; or 10
‘‘(VIII) a high level or rate on 11
another indicator of need; 12
‘‘(iv) a description of the strategic ob-13
jectives the eligible entity seeks to achieve 14
through the program to provide eligible 15
youth with core work readiness skills, 16
which may include— 17
‘‘(I) financial literacy skills, in-18
cluding providing the support de-19
scribed in section 129(b)(2)(D); 20
‘‘(II) sector-based technical skills 21
aligned with employer needs; 22
‘‘(III) skills that— 23
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‘‘(aa) are soft employment 1
skills, early work skills, or work 2
readiness skills; and 3
‘‘(bb) include social skills, 4
communications skills, higher- 5
order thinking skills, self-control, 6
and positive self-concept; and 7
‘‘(IV) (for the marginalized eligi-8
ble youth) basic skills like communica-9
tion, math, and problem solving in the 10
context of training for advancement to 11
better jobs and postsecondary train-12
ing; and 13
‘‘(v) information demonstrating that 14
the eligible entity has obtained commit-15
ments to provide the non-program share 16
described in paragraph (2) of subsection 17
(h). 18
‘‘(B) With respect to an application for a 19
planning grant— 20
‘‘(i) a description of the intermediate 21
and long-term goals for planning activities 22
for the duration of the planning grant; 23
‘‘(ii) a description of how grant funds 24
will be used to develop a plan to provide 25
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summer employment services for eligible 1
youth; 2
‘‘(iii) a description of how the eligible 3
entity will carry out an analysis of best 4
practices for identifying, recruiting, and 5
engaging program participants, in par-6
ticular the marginalized eligible youth; 7
‘‘(iv) a description of how the eligible 8
entity will carry out an analysis of best 9
practices for placing youth participants— 10
‘‘(I) in opportunities that— 11
‘‘(aa) are appropriate sub-12
sidized employment opportunities 13
with employers based on factors 14
including age, skill, experience, 15
career aspirations, work-based 16
readiness, and barriers to em-17
ployment; and 18
‘‘(bb) may include additional 19
services for participants, includ-20
ing core work readiness skill de-21
velopment and mentorship serv-22
ices; 23
‘‘(II) in summer employment 24
that— 25
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‘‘(aa) is not less than 6 1
weeks; 2
‘‘(bb) follows a schedule of 3
not more than 20 hours per 4
week; 5
‘‘(cc) pays wages at rates 6
not less than the applicable Fed-7
eral, State, or local minimum 8
wage rate; and 9
‘‘(dd) for employment in-10
volving construction, pays wages 11
at rates not less than those pre-12
viously on similar construction in 13
the locality as determined by the 14
Secretary in accordance with sub-15
chapter IV of chapter 31 of title 16
40, United States Code (com-17
monly known as the ‘Davis- 18
Bacon Act’); and 19
‘‘(v) a description of how the eligible 20
entity plans to develop a mentorship pro-21
gram or connect youth with positive, sup-22
portive mentorships, consistent with para-23
graph (3). 24
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‘‘(C) With respect to an application for an 1
implementation grant— 2
‘‘(i) a description of how the eligible 3
entity plans to identify, recruit, and engage 4
program participants, in particular the 5
marginalized eligible youth; 6
‘‘(ii) a description of the manner in 7
which the eligible entity plans to place eli-8
gible youth participants in subsidized em-9
ployment opportunities, and in summer 10
employment, described in subparagraph 11
(B)(iv); 12
‘‘(iii) (for a program serving the 13
marginalized eligible youth), a description 14
of workplaces for the subsidized employ-15
ment involved, which may include work-16
places in the public, private, and nonprofit 17
sectors; 18
‘‘(iv) a description of how the eligible 19
entity plans to provide or connect eligible 20
youth participants with positive, supportive 21
mentorships, consistent with paragraph 22
(3); 23
‘‘(v) a description of services that will 24
be available to employers participating in 25
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the youth employment program, to provide 1
supervisors involved in the program with 2
coaching and mentoring on— 3
‘‘(I) how to support youth devel-4
opment; 5
‘‘(II) how to structure learning 6
and reflection; and 7
‘‘(III) how to deal with youth 8
challenges in the workplace; 9
‘‘(vi) a description of how the eligible 10
entity plans to offer structured pathways 11
back into employment and a youth employ-12
ment program under this section for eligi-13
ble youth who have been terminated from 14
employment or removed from the program; 15
‘‘(vii) a description of how the eligible 16
entity plans to engage eligible youth be-17
yond the duration of the summer employ-18
ment opportunity, which may include— 19
‘‘(I) developing or partnering 20
with a year-round youth employment 21
program; 22
‘‘(II) referring eligible youth to 23
other year-round programs, which 24
may include— 25
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‘‘(aa) programs funded 1
under section 176C or the Carl 2
D. Perkins Career and Technical 3
Education Act of 2006 (20 4
U.S.C. 2301 et seq.); 5
‘‘(bb) after school programs; 6
‘‘(cc) secondary or postsec-7
ondary education programs; 8
‘‘(dd) training programs; 9
‘‘(ee) cognitive behavior 10
therapy programs; 11
‘‘(ff) apprenticeship pro-12
grams; and 13
‘‘(gg) national service pro-14
grams; 15
‘‘(III) employing a full-time, per-16
manent staff person who is respon-17
sible for youth outreach, followup, and 18
recruitment; or 19
‘‘(IV) connecting eligible youth 20
with job development services, includ-21
ing career counseling, resume and job 22
application assistance, interview prep-23
aration, and connections to job leads; 24
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‘‘(viii) evidence of the eligible entity’s 1
capacity to provide the services described 2
in this subsection; and 3
‘‘(ix) a description of the quality of 4
the summer youth employment program, 5
including a program that leads to a recog-6
nized postsecondary credential. 7
‘‘(2) I
NDIAN TRIBE; TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS.— 8
An eligible entity that is an Indian tribe or tribal or-9
ganization and desires to receive a grant under this 10
section for a summer youth employment program 11
may, in lieu of submitting the application described 12
in paragraph (1), submit an application to the Sec-13
retary that meets such requirements as the Sec-14
retary develops after consultation with the tribe or 15
organization. 16
‘‘(3) M
ENTOR.—For purposes of subparagraphs 17
(B)(iv), (B)(v), and (C)(iv) of paragraph (1), a men-18
tor— 19
‘‘(A) shall be an individual who has been 20
matched with an eligible youth based on the 21
youth’s needs; 22
‘‘(B) shall make contact with the eligible 23
youth at least once each week; 24
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‘‘(C) shall be a trusted member of the local 1
community; and 2
‘‘(D) may include— 3
‘‘(i) a mentor trained in trauma-in-4
formed care (including provision of trau-5
ma-informed trauma prevention, identifica-6
tion, referral, or support services to youth 7
that have experienced or are at risk of ex-8
periencing trauma), conflict resolution, and 9
positive youth development; 10
‘‘(ii) a job coach trained to provide 11
youth with guidance on how to navigate 12
the workplace and troubleshoot problems; 13
‘‘(iii) a supervisor trained to provide 14
at least two performance assessments and 15
serve as a reference; or 16
‘‘(iv) a peer mentor who is a former 17
or current participant in the youth employ-18
ment program involved. 19
‘‘(e) A
WARDS FORPOPULATIONS ANDAREAS.— 20
‘‘(1) P
OPULATIONS.—The Secretary shall re-21
serve, from the amounts made available under sec-22
tion 176A(a)(1)— 23
‘‘(A) 50 percent to award grants under 24
this section for planning or provision of sub-25
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sidized summer employment opportunities for 1
in-school youth; and 2
‘‘(B) 50 percent to award such grants to 3
plan for planning or provision of such opportu-4
nities for out-of-school youth. 5
‘‘(2) A
REAS.— 6
‘‘(A) I
N GENERAL.—In awarding the 7
grants, the Secretary shall consider the regional 8
diversity of the areas to be served, to ensure 9
that urban, suburban, rural, and tribal areas 10
are receiving grant funds. 11
‘‘(B) R
URAL AND TRIBAL AREA INCLU -12
SION.— 13
‘‘(i) R
URAL AREAS.—Not less than 20 14
percent of the amounts made available 15
under section 176A(a)(1) for each fiscal 16
year shall be made available for activities 17
to be carried out in rural areas. 18
‘‘(ii) T
RIBAL AREAS.—Not less than 5 19
percent of the amounts made available 20
under section 176A(a)(1) for each fiscal 21
year shall be made available for activities 22
to be carried out in tribal areas. 23
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‘‘(f) PROGRAMPRIORITIES.—In allocating funds 1
under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligi-2
ble entities— 3
‘‘(1) who propose to coordinate their activi-4
ties— 5
‘‘(A) with local or tribal employers; and 6
‘‘(B) with agencies described in subsection 7
(c)(2)(A)(i) to ensure the summer youth em-8
ployment programs provide clear linkages to re-9
medial, academic, and occupational programs 10
carried out by the agencies; 11
‘‘(2) who propose a plan to increase private sec-12
tor engagement in, and job placement through, sum-13
mer youth employment; and 14
‘‘(3) who have, in their counties, States, or trib-15
al areas (as compared to other counties in their 16
State, other States, or other tribal areas, respec-17
tively), a high level or rate described in subsection 18
(d)(1)(A)(iii). 19
‘‘(g) U
SE OFFUNDS.— 20
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—An eligible entity that re-21
ceives a grant under this section may use the grant 22
funds for services described in subsection (d). 23
‘‘(2) D
ISCRETIONARY USES.—The eligible entity 24
may also use the funds— 25
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‘‘(A) to provide wages to eligible youth in 1
subsidized summer employment programs; 2
‘‘(B) to provide eligible youth with support 3
services, including case management, child care 4
assistance, child support services, and transpor-5
tation assistance; and 6
‘‘(C) to develop data management systems 7
to assist with programming, evaluation, and 8
records management. 9
‘‘(3) A
DMINISTRATION.—An eligible entity may 10
reserve not more than 10 percent of the grant funds 11
for the administration of activities under this sec-12
tion. 13
‘‘(4) C
ARRY-OVER AUTHORITY.—Any amounts 14
provided to an eligible entity under this section for 15
a fiscal year may, at the discretion of the Secretary, 16
remain available to that entity for expenditure dur-17
ing the succeeding fiscal year to carry out programs 18
under this section. 19
‘‘(h) P
ROGRAMSHARE.— 20
‘‘(1) P
LANNING GRANTS.—The program share 21
for a planning grant awarded under this section 22
shall be 100 percent of the cost described in sub-23
section (a)(2)(A). 24
‘‘(2) I
MPLEMENTATION GRANTS .— 25
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The program share 1
for an implementation grant awarded under 2
this section shall be 50 percent of the cost de-3
scribed in subsection (a)(2)(B). 4
‘‘(B) E
XCEPTION.—Notwithstanding sub-5
paragraph (A), the Secretary— 6
‘‘(i) may increase the program share 7
for an eligible entity; and 8
‘‘(ii) shall increase the program share 9
for an Indian tribe or tribal organization 10
to not less than 95 percent of the cost de-11
scribed in subsection (a)(2)(B). 12
‘‘(C) N
ON-PROGRAM SHARE.—The eligible 13
entity may provide the non-program share of 14
the cost— 15
‘‘(i) in cash or in-kind, fairly evalu-16
ated, including plant, equipment, or serv-17
ices; and 18
‘‘(ii) from State, local, tribal or pri-19
vate (including philanthropic) sources and, 20
in the case of an Indian tribe or tribal or-21
ganization, from Federal sources. 22
‘‘SEC. 176C. YEAR-ROUND EMPLOYMENT COMPETITIVE 23
GRANT PROGRAM. 24
‘‘(a) I
NGENERAL.— 25
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‘‘(1) GRANTS.—Using the amounts made avail-1
able under 176A(a)(2), the Secretary shall award, 2
on a competitive basis, planning and implementation 3
grants. 4
‘‘(2) G
ENERAL USE OF FUNDS .—The Secretary 5
shall award the grants to assist eligible entities by 6
paying for the program share of the cost of— 7
‘‘(A) in the case of a planning grant, plan-8
ning a year-round youth employment program 9
to provide subsidized year-round employment 10
opportunities; and 11
‘‘(B) in the case of an implementation 12
grant, implementation of such a program to 13
provide such opportunities. 14
‘‘(b) P
ERIODS AND AMOUNTS OF GRANTS.—The 15
planning grants shall have the periods and amounts de-16
scribed in section 176B(b)(1). The implementation grants 17
shall have the periods and grants described in section 18
176B(b)(2). 19
‘‘(c) E
LIGIBLEENTITIES.— 20
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 21
planning or implementation grant under this section, 22
an entity shall, except as provided in paragraph 23
(2)— 24
‘‘(A) be a— 25
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‘‘(i) State, local government, or Indian 1
tribe or tribal organization, that meets the 2
requirements of section 176B(c)(2); or 3
‘‘(ii) community-based organization 4
that meets the requirements of section 5
176B(c)(3); and 6
‘‘(B) meet the requirements for a planning 7
or implementation grant, respectively, specified 8
in section 176B(c)(4). 9
‘‘(2) Y
EAR-ROUND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PRO -10
GRAMS.—For purposes of paragraph (1), any ref-11
erence in section 176B(c)— 12
‘‘(A) to a summer youth employment pro-13
gram shall be considered to refer to a year- 14
round youth employment program; and 15
‘‘(B) to a provision of section 176B shall 16
be considered to refer to the corresponding pro-17
vision of this section. 18
‘‘(d) A
PPLICATION.— 19
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-20
graph (2), an eligible entity desiring to receive a 21
grant under this section for a year-round youth em-22
ployment program shall submit an application to the 23
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con-24
taining such information as the Secretary may re-25
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quire, including, at a minimum, each of the fol-1
lowing: 2
‘‘(A) With respect to an application for a 3
planning or implementation grant, the informa-4
tion and descriptions specified in section 5
176B(d)(1)(A). 6
‘‘(B) With respect to an application for a 7
planning grant, the descriptions specified in 8
section 176B(d)(1)(B), except that the descrip-9
tion of an analysis for placing youth in employ-10
ment described in clause (iv)(II)(bb) of that 11
section shall cover employment that follows a 12
schedule— 13
‘‘(i) that consists of— 14
‘‘(I) not more than 15 hours per 15
week for in-school youth; and 16
‘‘(II) not less than 20 and not 17
more than 40 hours per week for out- 18
of-school youth; and 19
‘‘(ii) that depends on the needs and 20
work-readiness level of the population 21
being served. 22
‘‘(C) With respect to an application for an 23
implementation grant, the descriptions and evi-24
dence specified in section 176B(d)(1)(C)— 25
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‘‘(i) except that the reference in sec-1
tion 176B(d)(1)(C)(ii) to employment de-2
scribed in section 176B(d)(1)(B) shall 3
cover employment that follows the schedule 4
described in subparagraph (B); and 5
‘‘(ii) except that the reference to pro-6
grams in clause (vii)(II)(aa) of that section 7
shall be considered to refer only to pro-8
grams funded under the Carl D. Perkins 9
Career and Technical Education Act of 10
2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.). 11
‘‘(D) With respect to an application for an 12
implementation grant— 13
‘‘(i) a description of how the eligible 14
entity plans to provide mental health serv-15
ices, as needed, to eligible youth partici-16
pants; and 17
‘‘(ii) a description of how the eligible 18
entity plans to address barriers to partici-19
pation among eligible youth, including 20
provding transportation and child care. 21
‘‘(2) I
NDIAN TRIBE; TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS.— 22
An eligible entity that is an Indian tribe or tribal or-23
ganization and desires to receive a grant under this 24
section for a year-round youth employment program 25
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may, in lieu of submitting the application described 1
in paragraph (1), submit an application to the Sec-2
retary that meets such requirements as the Sec-3
retary develops after consultation with the tribe or 4
organization. 5
‘‘(3) M
ENTOR.—For purposes of paragraph (1), 6
any reference in subparagraphs (B)(iv), (B)(v), and 7
(C)(iv) of section 176B(d)(1) to a mentor shall be 8
considered to refer to a mentor who— 9
‘‘(A) shall be an individual described in 10
subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 11
176B(d)(3); 12
‘‘(B) shall make contact with the eligible 13
youth at least twice each week; and 14
‘‘(C) may be an individual described in sec-15
tion 176B(d)(3)(D). 16
‘‘(4) Y
EAR-ROUND EMPLOYMENT .—For pur-17
poses of this subsection, any reference in section 18
176B(d)— 19
‘‘(A) to summer employment shall be con-20
sidered to refer to year-round employment; and 21
‘‘(B) to a provision of section 176B shall 22
be considered to refer to the corresponding pro-23
vision of this section. 24
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‘‘(e) AWARDS FORPOPULATIONS ANDAREAS; PRIOR-1
ITIES.— 2
‘‘(1) P
OPULATIONS.—The Secretary shall re-3
serve, from the amounts made available under sec-4
tion 176A(a)(2)— 5
‘‘(A) 50 percent to award grants under 6
this section for planning or provision of sub-7
sidized year-round employment opportunities 8
for in-school youth; and 9
‘‘(B) 50 percent to award such grants to 10
plan for planning or provision of such opportu-11
nities for out-of-school youth. 12
‘‘(2) A
REAS; PRIORITIES.—In awarding the 13
grants, the Secretary shall— 14
‘‘(A) carry out section 176B(e)(2); and 15
‘‘(B) give priority to eligible entities— 16
‘‘(i) who— 17
‘‘(I) propose the coordination and 18
plan described paragraphs (1) and (2) 19
of section 176B(f), with respect to 20
year-round youth employment; and 21
‘‘(II) meet the requirements of 22
section 176B(f)(3); or 23
‘‘(ii) who— 24
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‘‘(I) propose a plan to coordinate 1
activities with entities carrying out 2
State, local, or tribal summer youth 3
employment programs, to provide 4
pathways to year-round employment 5
for eligible youth who are ending sum-6
mer employment; and 7
‘‘(II) meet the requirements of 8
section 176B(f)(3). 9
‘‘(f) U
SE OFFUNDS.—An eligible entity that receives 10
a grant under this section may use the grant funds— 11
‘‘(1) for services described in subsection (d); 12
‘‘(2) as described in section 176B(g)(2), with 13
respect to year-round employment programs; 14
‘‘(3) as described in section 176B(g)(3), with 15
respect to activities under this section; and 16
‘‘(4) at the discretion of the Secretary, as de-17
scribed in section 176B(g)(4), with respect to activi-18
ties under this section. 19
‘‘(g) P
ROGRAMSHARE.— 20
‘‘(1) P
LANNING GRANTS .—The provisions of 21
section 176B(h)(1) shall apply to planning grants 22
awarded under this section, with respect to the cost 23
described in subsection (a)(2)(A). 24
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‘‘(2) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS .—The provi-1
sions of section 176B(h)(2) shall apply to implemen-2
tation grants awarded under this section, with re-3
spect to the cost described in subsection (a)(2)(B). 4
‘‘SEC. 176D. EVALUATION AND ADMINISTRATION. 5
‘‘(a) P
ERFORMANCEMEASURES.— 6
‘‘(1) E
STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-7
tablish performance measures for purposes of car-8
rying out annual reviews under subsection (b) and of 9
developing and implementing a system of continuous 10
quality improvement under subsection (c). 11
‘‘(2) C
OMPONENTS.—The performance meas-12
ures for the eligible entities shall consist of— 13
‘‘(A) the indicators of performance de-14
scribed in paragraph (3); and 15
‘‘(B) an adjusted level of performance for 16
each indicator described in subparagraph (A). 17
‘‘(3) I
NDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE .— 18
‘‘(A) I
N GENERAL.—The indicators of per-19
formance shall consist of— 20
‘‘(i) the percentage of youth employ-21
ment program participants who are in edu-22
cation or training activities, or in employ-23
ment, during the second quarter after exit 24
from the program; 25
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‘‘(ii) the percentage of youth employ-1
ment program participants who are in edu-2
cation or training activities, or in employ-3
ment, during the fourth quarter after exit 4
from the program; 5
‘‘(iii) the percentage of youth employ-6
ment program participants who obtain a 7
recognized postsecondary credential, or a 8
secondary school diploma or its recognized 9
equivalent (subject to subparagraph (B)), 10
during participation in or within 1 year 11
after exit from the program; and 12
‘‘(iv) the percentage of youth employ-13
ment program participants who, during a 14
program year, are in a youth employment 15
program that includes an education or 16
training program that leads to an outcome 17
specified by the Secretary, which may in-18
clude— 19
‘‘(I) obtaining a recognized post-20
secondary credential or employment; 21
or 22
‘‘(II) achieving measurable skill 23
gains toward such a credential or em-24
ployment. 25
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‘‘(B) INDICATOR RELATING TO CREDEN -1
TIAL.—For purposes of subparagraph (A)(iii), 2
youth employment program participants who 3
obtain a secondary school diploma or its recog-4
nized equivalent shall be included in the per-5
centage counted as meeting the criterion under 6
such subparagraph only if such participants, in 7
addition to obtaining such diploma or its recog-8
nized equivalent, have obtained or retained em-9
ployment or are in a youth employment pro-10
gram that includes an education or training 11
program leading to a recognized postsecondary 12
credential within 1 year after exit from the pro-13
gram. 14
‘‘(4) L
EVELS OF PERFORMANCE .— 15
‘‘(A) I
N GENERAL.—For each eligible enti-16
ty, there shall be established, in accordance 17
with this paragraph, levels of performance for 18
each of the corresponding indicators of perform-19
ance described in paragraph (3). 20
‘‘(B) I
DENTIFICATION IN APPLICATION .— 21
Each eligible entity shall identify, in the appli-22
cation submitted under subsection (d) of section 23
176B or 176C, expected levels of performance 24
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for each of those indicators of performance for 1
each program year covered by the application. 2
‘‘(C) A
GREEMENT ON ADJUSTED LEVELS 3
OF PERFORMANCE .—The eligible entity shall 4
reach agreement with the Secretary on levels of 5
performance for each of those indicators of per-6
formance for each such program year. The lev-7
els agreed to shall be considered to be the ad-8
justed levels of performance for the eligible en-9
tity for such program years and shall be incor-10
porated into the application prior to the ap-11
proval of such application. 12
‘‘(b) A
NNUALREVIEW.—The Secretary shall carry 13
out an annual review of each eligible entity receiving a 14
grant under this subtitle. In conducting the review, the 15
Secretary shall review the performance of the entity on 16
the performance measures under this section and deter-17
mine if the entity has used any practices that shall be con-18
sidered best practices for purposes of this subtitle. 19
‘‘(c) C
ONTINUOUSQUALITYIMPROVEMENT.— 20
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, in ad-21
dition to conducting the annual review, develop and 22
implement a system of continuous quality improve-23
ment designed to improve the quality of activities 24
carried out under this subtitle. 25
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‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—In implementing the system, 1
the Secretary shall carry out activities including— 2
‘‘(A) using the performance measures es-3
tablished under this section, to assess the qual-4
ity of employment programs funded under sec-5
tions 176B and 176C and providing the eligible 6
entities carrying out those programs with con-7
tinuing feedback on their performance on those 8
measures; 9
‘‘(B) creating improvement plans to ad-10
dress quality issues concerning the employment 11
programs; 12
‘‘(C) providing targeted support (including 13
technical assistance and training) to staff of the 14
eligible entities on improving the quality of the 15
employment programs in areas where the sys-16
tem demonstrates that improvements are need-17
ed; and 18
‘‘(D) publishing and disseminating infor-19
mation on the quality of the employment pro-20
grams. 21
‘‘(d) R
EPORT TOCONGRESS.— 22
‘‘(1) P
REPARATION.—The Secretary shall pre-23
pare a report on the grant programs established by 24
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this subtitle, which report shall include a description 1
of— 2
‘‘(A) the eligible entities receiving funding 3
under this subtitle; 4
‘‘(B) the activities carried out by the eligi-5
ble entities; 6
‘‘(C) how the eligible entities were selected 7
to receive funding under this subtitle; 8
‘‘(D) an assessment of the results achieved 9
by the grant programs including findings from 10
the annual reviews conducted under subsection 11
(b); and 12
‘‘(E) a description of the development and 13
implementation of, and outcomes from, the sys-14
tem of continuous quality improvement de-15
scribed in subsection (c). 16
‘‘(2) S
UBMISSION.—Not later than 3 years 17
after the date of enactment of the AID Youth Em-18
ployment Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary 19
shall submit a report described in paragraph (1) to 20
the appropriate committees of Congress. 21
‘‘(e) A
PPLICATION TOINDIANTRIBES ANDTRIBAL 22
O
RGANIZATIONS.—The Secretary may issue regulations 23
that clarify the application of all the provisions of this sub-24
title to Indian tribes and tribal organizations. 25
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‘‘SEC. 176E. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 1
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated— 2
‘‘(1) to carry out section 176B, $375,000,000 3
for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030; and 4
‘‘(2) to carry out section 176C, $500,000,000 5
for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030.’’. 6
SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 7
(a) R
EFERENCES.— 8
(1) Section 121(b)(1)(C)(ii)(II) of the Work-9
force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 10
3152(b)(1)(C)(ii)(II)) is amended by striking ‘‘sub-11
titles C through E’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitles C 12
through F’’. 13
(2) Section 503(b) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 14
3343(b)) is amended by inserting before the period 15
the following: ‘‘(as such subtitles were in effect on 16
the day before the date of enactment of this Act)’’. 17
(b) T
ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents in 18
section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking the item 19
relating to the subtitle heading for subtitle E of title I 20
and inserting the following: 21
‘‘Subtitle E—Youth Employment Opportunities
‘‘Sec. 176. Definitions.
‘‘Sec. 176A. Allocation of funds.
‘‘Sec. 176B. Summer employment competitive grant program.
‘‘Sec. 176C. Year-round employment competitive grant program.
‘‘Sec. 176D. Evaluation and administration.
‘‘Sec. 176E. Authorization of appropriations.’’.
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