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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 811 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To establish a competitive grant program to support the establishment, expan- |
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| 6 | 6 | | sion, or enhancement of youth mentoring programs for eligible youth, |
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| 7 | 7 | | and to provide for social and emotional learning, employability skill |
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| 8 | 8 | | development, career exploration, work-based learning, and other youth |
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| 9 | 9 | | workforce opportunities. |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY28, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Ms. S |
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| 13 | 13 | | CHAKOWSKY(for herself, Mr. GARCI´Aof Illinois, Mrs. TRAHAN, and Ms. |
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| 14 | 14 | | L |
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| 15 | 15 | | EEof Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to |
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| 16 | 16 | | the Committee on Education and Workforce |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To establish a competitive grant program to support the |
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| 19 | 19 | | establishment, expansion, or enhancement of youth men- |
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| 20 | 20 | | toring programs for eligible youth, and to provide for |
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| 21 | 21 | | social and emotional learning, employability skill develop- |
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| 22 | 22 | | ment, career exploration, work-based learning, and other |
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| 23 | 23 | | youth workforce opportunities. |
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| 24 | 24 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mentoring to Succeed 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | SEC. 2. YOUTH MENTORING PROGRAMS. 1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (a) I |
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| 34 | 34 | | NGENERAL.—Subtitle D of title I of the Work-2 |
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| 35 | 35 | | force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3221 et 3 |
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| 36 | 36 | | seq.) is amended— 4 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) by redesignating section 172 as section 173; 5 |
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| 38 | 38 | | and 6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) by inserting after section 171 the following: 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘SEC. 172. YOUTH MENTORING PROGRAMS. 8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘(a) P |
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| 42 | 42 | | URPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to 9 |
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| 43 | 43 | | make assistance available for mentoring programs for eli-10 |
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| 44 | 44 | | gible youth, in order to— 11 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(1) establish, expand, or support mentoring 12 |
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| 46 | 46 | | programs; 13 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(2) assist eligible youth enrolled in secondary 14 |
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| 48 | 48 | | schools in developing cognitive and social-emotional 15 |
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| 49 | 49 | | skills; and 16 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ‘‘(3) prepare eligible youth for success in high 17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | school, postsecondary education, and the workforce. 18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ‘‘(b) D |
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| 53 | 53 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 19 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ‘‘(1) C |
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| 55 | 55 | | OMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION .—The 20 |
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| 56 | 56 | | term ‘community-based organization’ means a youth- 21 |
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| 57 | 57 | | serving private nonprofit organization (which may 22 |
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| 58 | 58 | | include a faith-based organization or may be an af-23 |
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| 59 | 59 | | filiate of a national organization) that— 24 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ‘‘(A) is representative of a community or a 25 |
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| 61 | 61 | | significant segment of a community; 26 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(B) has demonstrated expertise and effec-1 |
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| 66 | 66 | | tiveness in workforce development; and 2 |
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| 67 | 67 | | ‘‘(C) has demonstrated expertise— 3 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ‘‘(i) in the planning and delivery of 4 |
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| 69 | 69 | | education, training, and related activities 5 |
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| 70 | 70 | | that are included in a career pathway; 6 |
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| 71 | 71 | | ‘‘(ii) in forging coordination and co-7 |
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| 72 | 72 | | operation between educators and other 8 |
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| 73 | 73 | | members of the community; and 9 |
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| 74 | 74 | | ‘‘(iii) in development and implementa-10 |
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| 75 | 75 | | tion of data systems that measure the 11 |
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| 76 | 76 | | progress of students and outcomes of ca-12 |
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| 77 | 77 | | reer pathways. 13 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ‘‘(2) C |
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| 79 | 79 | | OVERED INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU -14 |
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| 80 | 80 | | CATION.—The term ‘covered institution of higher 15 |
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| 81 | 81 | | education’ means— 16 |
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| 82 | 82 | | ‘‘(A) an institution of higher education, as 17 |
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| 83 | 83 | | defined in section 101 of the Higher Education 18 |
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| 84 | 84 | | Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001); or 19 |
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| 85 | 85 | | ‘‘(B) a postsecondary vocational institu-20 |
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| 86 | 86 | | tion, as defined in section 102(c) of such Act 21 |
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| 87 | 87 | | (20 U.S.C. 1002(c)). 22 |
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| 88 | 88 | | ‘‘(3) C |
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| 89 | 89 | | OVERED PARTNERSHIP .—The term ‘cov-23 |
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| 90 | 90 | | ered partnership’ means a partnership between— 24 |
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| 91 | 91 | | ‘‘(A) a community-based organization; and 25 |
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| 95 | 95 | | ‘‘(B)(i) an industry or sector partnership; 1 |
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| 96 | 96 | | ‘‘(ii) a local educational agency; or 2 |
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| 97 | 97 | | ‘‘(iii) another public entity or private 3 |
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| 98 | 98 | | employer, as appropriate. 4 |
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| 99 | 99 | | ‘‘(4) C |
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| 100 | 100 | | OVERED RECOGNIZED POSTSECONDARY 5 |
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| 101 | 101 | | CREDENTIAL.—The term ‘covered recognized post-6 |
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| 102 | 102 | | secondary credential’ means a recognized postsec-7 |
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| 103 | 103 | | ondary credential issued by a covered institution of 8 |
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| 104 | 104 | | higher education. 9 |
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| 105 | 105 | | ‘‘(5) D |
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| 106 | 106 | | ISABILITY.—The term ‘disability’ has the 10 |
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| 107 | 107 | | meaning given the term for purposes of section 11 |
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| 108 | 108 | | 602(3) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 12 |
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| 109 | 109 | | Act (20 U.S.C. 1401(3)). 13 |
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| 110 | 110 | | ‘‘(6) E |
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| 111 | 111 | | LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-14 |
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| 112 | 112 | | tity’ means a community-based organization or cov-15 |
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| 113 | 113 | | ered partnership that— 16 |
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| 114 | 114 | | ‘‘(A) provides mentoring services; and 17 |
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| 115 | 115 | | ‘‘(B) provides youth workforce readiness 18 |
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| 116 | 116 | | programming and career exploration. 19 |
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| 117 | 117 | | ‘‘(7) E |
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| 118 | 118 | | LIGIBLE YOUTH.—The term ‘eligible 20 |
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| 119 | 119 | | youth’ means— 21 |
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| 120 | 120 | | ‘‘(A) an in-school youth; 22 |
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| 121 | 121 | | ‘‘(B) a youth who meets all requirements 23 |
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| 122 | 122 | | to be an in-school youth, except that— 24 |
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| 126 | 126 | | ‘‘(i) in lieu of meeting the require-1 |
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| 127 | 127 | | ments of section 129(a)(1)(C)(ii), the 2 |
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| 128 | 128 | | youth is in secondary school; or 3 |
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| 129 | 129 | | ‘‘(ii) in lieu of meeting the require-4 |
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| 130 | 130 | | ments of section 129(a)(1)(C)(iv), the 5 |
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| 131 | 131 | | youth— 6 |
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| 132 | 132 | | ‘‘(I) is failing academically or at 7 |
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| 133 | 133 | | risk of dropping out of school, is 8 |
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| 134 | 134 | | chronically absent, is enrolled in fewer 9 |
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| 135 | 135 | | classes or for fewer credit hours than 10 |
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| 136 | 136 | | a typical full-time student, has 11 |
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| 137 | 137 | | changed schools 3 or more times in 12 |
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| 138 | 138 | | the past 180 days, or has a history of 13 |
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| 139 | 139 | | multiple suspensions; or 14 |
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| 140 | 140 | | ‘‘(II)(aa) is a gang member or 15 |
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| 141 | 141 | | resides in a community with high 16 |
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| 142 | 142 | | rates of, and prevalence of risk factors 17 |
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| 143 | 143 | | associated with, violence-related inju-18 |
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| 144 | 144 | | ries and deaths, and with other rel-19 |
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| 145 | 145 | | evant health and safety risks (includ-20 |
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| 146 | 146 | | ing high rates of poverty, suicide, or 21 |
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| 147 | 147 | | substance use disorder (including 22 |
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| 148 | 148 | | opioid use disorder)) or has a parent 23 |
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| 149 | 149 | | or guardian who is struggling with 24 |
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| 150 | 150 | | substance use disorder; 25 |
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| 154 | 154 | | ‘‘(bb) has 1 or both parents in-1 |
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| 155 | 155 | | carcerated; or 2 |
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| 156 | 156 | | ‘‘(cc) has experienced 1 or more 3 |
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| 157 | 157 | | adverse childhood experiences, trau-4 |
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| 158 | 158 | | matic events, or toxic stressors, as as-5 |
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| 159 | 159 | | sessed through an evidence-based 6 |
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| 160 | 160 | | screening; 7 |
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| 161 | 161 | | ‘‘(C) an out-of-school youth; or 8 |
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| 162 | 162 | | ‘‘(D) a youth who meets all requirements 9 |
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| 163 | 163 | | to be an out-of-school youth, except that— 10 |
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| 164 | 164 | | ‘‘(i) in lieu of meeting the require-11 |
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| 165 | 165 | | ments of section 129(a)(1)(B)(ii), the 12 |
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| 166 | 166 | | youth would be placed in secondary school 13 |
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| 167 | 167 | | if the youth were attending school; or 14 |
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| 168 | 168 | | ‘‘(ii) in lieu of meeting the require-15 |
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| 169 | 169 | | ments of section 129(a)(1)(B)(iii), the 16 |
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| 170 | 170 | | youth is described in subparagraph 17 |
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| 171 | 171 | | (B)(ii)(II). 18 |
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| 172 | 172 | | ‘‘(8) M |
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| 173 | 173 | | ENTORING.—The term ‘mentoring’ 19 |
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| 174 | 174 | | means a structured, managed activity— 20 |
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| 175 | 175 | | ‘‘(A) in which eligible youth are appro-21 |
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| 176 | 176 | | priately matched with screened and trained 22 |
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| 177 | 177 | | adult or peer volunteer mentors for consistent 23 |
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| 178 | 178 | | relationships; 24 |
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| 182 | 182 | | ‘‘(B) that provides direct one-on-one, 1 |
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| 183 | 183 | | group, or peer mentoring services that focus 2 |
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| 184 | 184 | | on— 3 |
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| 185 | 185 | | ‘‘(i) providing enrichment; 4 |
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| 186 | 186 | | ‘‘(ii) promoting educational or work-5 |
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| 187 | 187 | | force success; 6 |
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| 188 | 188 | | ‘‘(iii) minimizing risk behaviors; 7 |
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| 189 | 189 | | ‘‘(iv) promoting social skills and 8 |
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| 190 | 190 | | healthy relationships; or 9 |
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| 191 | 191 | | ‘‘(v) any combination of objectives de-10 |
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| 192 | 192 | | scribed in clauses (i) through (iv); 11 |
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| 193 | 193 | | ‘‘(C) that involves meetings, events, and 12 |
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| 194 | 194 | | activities on a regular basis, for a period of not 13 |
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| 195 | 195 | | less than 1 year; and 14 |
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| 196 | 196 | | ‘‘(D) that is intended to meet, in part, the 15 |
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| 197 | 197 | | social and emotional development needs of an 16 |
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| 198 | 198 | | eligible youth, the need of the eligible youth for 17 |
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| 199 | 199 | | involvement with a caring and supportive adult, 18 |
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| 200 | 200 | | and the need of the eligible youth for positive 19 |
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| 201 | 201 | | role models, connections, and stability. 20 |
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| 202 | 202 | | ‘‘(9) H |
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| 203 | 203 | | IGH SCHOOL.—The term ‘high school’ 21 |
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| 204 | 204 | | has the meaning given the term in section 8101 of 22 |
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| 205 | 205 | | the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 23 |
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| 206 | 206 | | 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 24 |
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| 210 | 210 | | ‘‘(10) YOUTH WORKFORCE READINESS PRO -1 |
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| 211 | 211 | | GRAMMING.—The term ‘youth workforce readiness 2 |
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| 212 | 212 | | programming’ means job training, or a workforce 3 |
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| 213 | 213 | | development program providing an employment and 4 |
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| 214 | 214 | | training activity, such as mentoring, an activity to 5 |
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| 215 | 215 | | promote communication and problem-solving skills, 6 |
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| 216 | 216 | | career exploration, a job readiness activity and cer-7 |
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| 217 | 217 | | tification, a summer job, or a year-round job oppor-8 |
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| 218 | 218 | | tunity or apprenticeship, provided to eligible youth. 9 |
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| 219 | 219 | | ‘‘(c) P |
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| 220 | 220 | | ROGRAMAUTHORIZED.— 10 |
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| 221 | 221 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 222 | 222 | | N GENERAL.—From amounts made avail-11 |
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| 223 | 223 | | able for this section, the Secretary shall award 12 |
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| 224 | 224 | | grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities to 13 |
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| 225 | 225 | | establish, expand, or support mentoring programs in 14 |
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| 226 | 226 | | accordance with subsection (d). 15 |
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| 227 | 227 | | ‘‘(2) D |
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| 228 | 228 | | URATION.—A grant awarded under this 16 |
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| 229 | 229 | | section shall be for a period not to exceed 3 years. 17 |
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| 230 | 230 | | ‘‘(d) A |
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| 231 | 231 | | UTHORIZEDACTIVITIES.— 18 |
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| 232 | 232 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 233 | 233 | | N GENERAL.—An eligible entity receiving 19 |
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| 234 | 234 | | a grant under this section shall use grant funds to 20 |
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| 235 | 235 | | establish, expand, or support not less than 1 men-21 |
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| 236 | 236 | | toring program that— 22 |
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| 237 | 237 | | ‘‘(A) is designed to assist eligible youth in 23 |
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| 238 | 238 | | developing cognitive and social-emotional skills 24 |
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| 239 | 239 | | to prepare the eligible youth for success in high 25 |
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| 243 | 243 | | school, postsecondary education, and the work-1 |
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| 244 | 244 | | force by linking the eligible youth with mentors 2 |
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| 245 | 245 | | who— 3 |
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| 246 | 246 | | ‘‘(i) have received mentor training, in-4 |
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| 247 | 247 | | cluding training on trauma-informed prac-5 |
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| 248 | 248 | | tices, youth engagement, cultural com-6 |
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| 249 | 249 | | petency, and social-emotional learning; and 7 |
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| 250 | 250 | | ‘‘(ii) have been screened using appro-8 |
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| 251 | 251 | | priate reference checks and criminal back-9 |
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| 252 | 252 | | ground checks, in accordance with the re-10 |
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| 253 | 253 | | quirements of subsection (e)(2)(F)(ii); 11 |
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| 254 | 254 | | ‘‘(B) serves a population that includes eli-12 |
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| 255 | 255 | | gible youth living in or from underserved com-13 |
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| 256 | 256 | | munities or communities with employment dis-14 |
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| 257 | 257 | | parities; 15 |
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| 258 | 258 | | ‘‘(C) provides coaching and technical as-16 |
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| 259 | 259 | | sistance to mentors participating in the men-17 |
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| 260 | 260 | | toring program; 18 |
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| 261 | 261 | | ‘‘(D) seeks to— 19 |
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| 262 | 262 | | ‘‘(i) reduce juvenile justice involve-20 |
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| 263 | 263 | | ment of eligible youth; 21 |
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| 264 | 264 | | ‘‘(ii) foster positive relationships be-22 |
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| 265 | 265 | | tween eligible youth and their peers, other 23 |
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| 266 | 266 | | adults, and family members; 24 |
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| 270 | 270 | | ‘‘(iii) develop the workforce readiness 1 |
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| 271 | 271 | | skills of eligible youth by exploring paths 2 |
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| 272 | 272 | | to employment, including encouraging stu-3 |
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| 273 | 273 | | dents with disabilities to explore transition 4 |
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| 274 | 274 | | services; and 5 |
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| 275 | 275 | | ‘‘(iv) increase the participation of eli-6 |
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| 276 | 276 | | gible youth in community service activities; 7 |
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| 277 | 277 | | ‘‘(E) encourages eligible youth to set goals 8 |
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| 278 | 278 | | and plan for their futures, including making 9 |
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| 279 | 279 | | plans and identifying goals for postsecondary 10 |
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| 280 | 280 | | education and participation in the workforce; 11 |
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| 281 | 281 | | ‘‘(F) develops and carries out regular 12 |
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| 282 | 282 | | training for mentors, including training on— 13 |
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| 283 | 283 | | ‘‘(i) the impact of adverse childhood 14 |
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| 284 | 284 | | experiences; 15 |
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| 285 | 285 | | ‘‘(ii) trauma-informed practices and 16 |
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| 286 | 286 | | interventions; 17 |
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| 287 | 287 | | ‘‘(iii) cultural competency; 18 |
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| 288 | 288 | | ‘‘(iv) social and emotional learning; 19 |
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| 289 | 289 | | ‘‘(v) positive youth development and 20 |
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| 290 | 290 | | engagement practices; and 21 |
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| 291 | 291 | | ‘‘(vi) disability inclusion practices to 22 |
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| 292 | 292 | | ensure access and participation by students 23 |
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| 293 | 293 | | with disabilities; 24 |
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| 297 | 297 | | ‘‘(G) works in coordination with a private 1 |
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| 298 | 298 | | employer and a local educational agency with 2 |
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| 299 | 299 | | not less than 1 high-need school (as defined in 3 |
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| 300 | 300 | | section 2211(b) of the Elementary and Sec-4 |
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| 301 | 301 | | ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 5 |
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| 302 | 302 | | 6631(b)); 6 |
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| 303 | 303 | | ‘‘(H) recruits, screens, matches, trains, 7 |
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| 304 | 304 | | and, as necessary, compensates mentors; 8 |
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| 305 | 305 | | ‘‘(I) hires staff, as necessary, to perform or 9 |
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| 306 | 306 | | support the objectives of the program; and 10 |
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| 307 | 307 | | ‘‘(J) provides inclusive and accessible 11 |
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| 308 | 308 | | youth engagement activities, such as— 12 |
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| 309 | 309 | | ‘‘(i) career awareness activities, in-13 |
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| 310 | 310 | | cluding job site visits, informational inter-14 |
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| 311 | 311 | | views, resume writing, interview prepara-15 |
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| 312 | 312 | | tion, and networking; 16 |
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| 313 | 313 | | ‘‘(ii) academic or postsecondary edu-17 |
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| 314 | 314 | | cation preparation activities, including 18 |
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| 315 | 315 | | trade or vocational school visits, visits to 19 |
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| 316 | 316 | | institutions of higher education, and assist-20 |
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| 317 | 317 | | ance in applying to institutions of higher 21 |
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| 318 | 318 | | education; 22 |
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| 319 | 319 | | ‘‘(iii) support for the use of career 23 |
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| 320 | 320 | | pathways; 24 |
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| 324 | 324 | | ‘‘(iv) paid and unpaid work experi-1 |
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| 325 | 325 | | ences that have as a component academic 2 |
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| 326 | 326 | | and occupational education, which may in-3 |
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| 327 | 327 | | clude— 4 |
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| 328 | 328 | | ‘‘(I) paid employment opportuni-5 |
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| 329 | 329 | | ties; 6 |
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| 330 | 330 | | ‘‘(II) pre-apprenticeship pro-7 |
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| 331 | 331 | | grams and apprenticeship programs; 8 |
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| 332 | 332 | | ‘‘(III) paid internships; 9 |
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| 333 | 333 | | ‘‘(IV) job shadowing; and 10 |
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| 334 | 334 | | ‘‘(V) on-the-job training opportu-11 |
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| 335 | 335 | | nities; 12 |
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| 336 | 336 | | ‘‘(v) work-based learning (as defined 13 |
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| 337 | 337 | | in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career 14 |
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| 338 | 338 | | and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 15 |
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| 343 | 343 | | ‘‘(vi) occupational skill training, which 20 |
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| 344 | 344 | | shall include priority consideration for 21 |
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| 355 | 355 | | ‘‘(vii) activities that help youth pre-4 |
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| 356 | 356 | | pare for and transition to postsecondary 5 |
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| 357 | 357 | | education and training; and 6 |
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| 358 | 358 | | ‘‘(viii) services to help prepare eligible 7 |
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| 359 | 359 | | youth for the workforce, such as— 8 |
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| 360 | 360 | | ‘‘(I) leadership development op-9 |
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| 361 | 361 | | portunities; 10 |
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| 363 | 363 | | readiness opportunities; 12 |
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| 365 | 365 | | cation; 14 |
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| 366 | 366 | | ‘‘(IV) entrepreneurial skills train-15 |
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| 367 | 367 | | ing; 16 |
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| 368 | 368 | | ‘‘(V) services that provide labor 17 |
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| 369 | 369 | | market and employment information 18 |
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| 370 | 370 | | about in-demand industry sectors or 19 |
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| 371 | 371 | | occupations available in the local area; 20 |
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| 372 | 372 | | ‘‘(VI) activities to develop funda-21 |
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| 373 | 373 | | mental workforce readiness skills or to 22 |
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| 374 | 374 | | develop employability skills (such as 23 |
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| 381 | 381 | | through every developmental stage; 2 |
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| 382 | 382 | | and 3 |
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| 383 | 383 | | ‘‘(VII) career exposure offered by 4 |
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| 384 | 384 | | local industry or sector partnerships 5 |
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| 385 | 385 | | to provide career assessments, edu-6 |
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| 388 | 388 | | DDITIONAL ACTIVITIES.—An eligible enti-8 |
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| 389 | 389 | | ty receiving a grant under this section may use 9 |
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| 390 | 390 | | grant funds to— 10 |
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| 391 | 391 | | ‘‘(A) provide professional development (as 11 |
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| 392 | 392 | | defined in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Ca-12 |
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| 393 | 393 | | reer and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 13 |
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| 394 | 394 | | U.S.C. 2302)) for training educators and other 14 |
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| 395 | 395 | | providers of educational services who partici-15 |
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| 396 | 396 | | pate in the mentoring program; 16 |
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| 397 | 397 | | ‘‘(B) develop assets and resources that as-17 |
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| 398 | 398 | | sist an employer or groups of employers or sec-18 |
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| 399 | 399 | | tors in working with eligible youth; 19 |
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| 400 | 400 | | ‘‘(C) in the case of an eligible entity that 20 |
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| 401 | 401 | | seeks to implement the program through a 21 |
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| 402 | 402 | | partnership with another eligible entity, estab-22 |
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| 403 | 403 | | lish the partnership; and 23 |
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| 409 | 409 | | in subsection (g). 3 |
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| 410 | 410 | | ‘‘(3) S |
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| 411 | 411 | | UBGRANTS.—An eligible entity receiving 4 |
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| 412 | 412 | | a grant under this section may, with the approval of 5 |
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| 413 | 413 | | the Secretary, use grant funds to award subgrants 6 |
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| 414 | 414 | | to eligible organizations to carry out activities de-7 |
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| 415 | 415 | | scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2). 8 |
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| 417 | 417 | | PPLICATION.—An eligible entity desiring a 9 |
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| 418 | 418 | | grant under this section shall submit an application to the 10 |
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| 419 | 419 | | Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied 11 |
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| 420 | 420 | | by such information as the Secretary may require, includ-12 |
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| 421 | 421 | | ing— 13 |
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| 422 | 422 | | ‘‘(1) a needs assessment that includes baseline 14 |
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| 423 | 423 | | data on the measures described in subsection 15 |
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| 424 | 424 | | (g)(1)(B); and 16 |
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| 425 | 425 | | ‘‘(2) a plan to establish, expand, or support a 17 |
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| 426 | 426 | | mentoring program that meets the requirements of 18 |
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| 427 | 427 | | subsection (d)(1), including— 19 |
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| 428 | 428 | | ‘‘(A) the targeted outcomes, mentor type, 20 |
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| 429 | 429 | | and meeting frequency for the program; 21 |
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| 430 | 430 | | ‘‘(B) a description of and data regarding 22 |
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| 431 | 431 | | the eligible youth who will participate as 23 |
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| 432 | 432 | | mentees in the program, including— 24 |
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| 438 | 438 | | ‘‘(ii) how the eligible entity will ensure 3 |
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| 439 | 439 | | that the program serves eligible youth liv-4 |
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| 440 | 440 | | ing in or from underserved communities or 5 |
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| 441 | 441 | | communities with employment disparities, 6 |
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| 442 | 442 | | in accordance with subsection (d)(1)(B); 7 |
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| 443 | 443 | | ‘‘(C) the number of mentor-mentee 8 |
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| 444 | 444 | | matches proposed to be established and main-9 |
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| 445 | 445 | | tained annually under the program; 10 |
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| 446 | 446 | | ‘‘(D) the capacity and expertise of the pro-11 |
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| 447 | 447 | | gram to serve eligible youth in a way that is re-12 |
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| 448 | 448 | | sponsive to children and youth of color, expect-13 |
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| 449 | 449 | | ant and parenting youth, indigenous youth, 14 |
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| 450 | 450 | | youth who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, 15 |
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| 451 | 451 | | transgender, or queer, and youth with disabil-16 |
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| 452 | 452 | | ities; 17 |
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| 453 | 453 | | ‘‘(E) actions taken to ensure that the de-18 |
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| 454 | 454 | | sign of the program reflects input from eligible 19 |
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| 455 | 455 | | youth; 20 |
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| 456 | 456 | | ‘‘(F) an assurance that mentors supported 21 |
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| 457 | 457 | | under the program are appropriately screened 22 |
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| 458 | 458 | | and have demonstrated a willingness to comply 23 |
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| 459 | 459 | | with aspects of the mentoring program, includ-24 |
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| 465 | 465 | | cludes all of the policies and procedures 2 |
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| 466 | 466 | | used to screen and select mentors, includ-3 |
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| 467 | 467 | | ing eligibility requirements and preferences 4 |
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| 468 | 468 | | for such applicants; 5 |
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| 469 | 469 | | ‘‘(ii) a description of the methods to 6 |
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| 470 | 470 | | be used to conduct criminal background 7 |
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| 471 | 471 | | checks on all prospective mentors and the 8 |
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| 472 | 472 | | methods in place to exclude mentors with 9 |
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| 473 | 473 | | convictions directly related to child safety 10 |
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| 474 | 474 | | that occur during the mentor’s participa-11 |
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| 475 | 475 | | tion in the program or in the 7-year period 12 |
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| 476 | 476 | | preceding the mentor’s participation; and 13 |
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| 477 | 477 | | ‘‘(iii) a description of the methods to 14 |
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| 478 | 478 | | be used to ensure that the mentors are 15 |
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| 479 | 479 | | willing and able to serve as a mentor on a 16 |
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| 480 | 480 | | long-term, consistent basis as defined in 17 |
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| 481 | 481 | | the application; 18 |
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| 482 | 482 | | ‘‘(G) a description of— 19 |
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| 483 | 483 | | ‘‘(i) the community-based organiza-20 |
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| 484 | 484 | | tions or the covered partnerships through 21 |
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| 485 | 485 | | which the eligible entity will implement the 22 |
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| 486 | 486 | | program; and 23 |
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| 487 | 487 | | ‘‘(ii) if a covered partnership will as-24 |
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| 488 | 488 | | sist in implementing the program, the col-25 |
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| 493 | 493 | | munity-based organization in the partner-2 |
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| 494 | 494 | | ship has carried out or will carry out with 3 |
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| 495 | 495 | | other entities in the partnership, related to 4 |
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| 496 | 496 | | that implementation; 5 |
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| 497 | 497 | | ‘‘(H) in the case of a program that in-6 |
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| 498 | 498 | | cludes an opportunity to earn a covered recog-7 |
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| 499 | 499 | | nized postsecondary credential, a description of 8 |
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| 500 | 500 | | the activities leading to the covered recognized 9 |
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| 501 | 501 | | postsecondary credential; and 10 |
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| 502 | 502 | | ‘‘(I) a budget detailing program activities 11 |
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| 503 | 503 | | and administrative costs. 12 |
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| 504 | 504 | | ‘‘(f) P |
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| 505 | 505 | | RIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-13 |
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| 506 | 506 | | tion, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities 14 |
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| 507 | 507 | | that— 15 |
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| 508 | 508 | | ‘‘(1) prior to receiving a grant, serve eligible 16 |
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| 509 | 509 | | youth with the greatest need who reside in— 17 |
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| 510 | 510 | | ‘‘(A) a high-poverty community; 18 |
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| 511 | 511 | | ‘‘(B) a rural area; or 19 |
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| 512 | 512 | | ‘‘(C) a community with high rates of, and 20 |
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| 513 | 513 | | prevalence of risk factors associated with, vio-21 |
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| 514 | 514 | | lence-related injuries and deaths, and with 22 |
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| 515 | 515 | | other relevant health and safety risks (including 23 |
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| 516 | 516 | | high rates of poverty, suicide, or substance use 24 |
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| 517 | 517 | | disorder (including opioid use disorder)); 25 |
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| 522 | 522 | | mentoring program supported under this section 2 |
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| 523 | 523 | | with opportunities for postsecondary education prep-3 |
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| 524 | 524 | | aration and career development, including— 4 |
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| 525 | 525 | | ‘‘(A) job training, professional develop-5 |
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| 526 | 526 | | ment, work shadowing, internships, networking, 6 |
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| 527 | 527 | | resume writing and review, interview prepara-7 |
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| 528 | 528 | | tion, transition or vocational rehabilitation serv-8 |
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| 529 | 529 | | ices for students with disabilities, application 9 |
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| 530 | 530 | | assistance and visits to institutions of higher 10 |
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| 531 | 531 | | education, and leadership development through 11 |
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| 532 | 532 | | community service, and relevant program ele-12 |
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| 533 | 533 | | ments described in section 129(c)(2)); and 13 |
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| 534 | 534 | | ‘‘(B) partnerships with the private sector 14 |
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| 535 | 535 | | and local businesses to provide internship and 15 |
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| 536 | 536 | | career exploration activities and resources; and 16 |
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| 537 | 537 | | ‘‘(3) consult and engage eligible youth in the 17 |
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| 538 | 538 | | development, design, and implementation of the 18 |
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| 539 | 539 | | mentoring program, including by demonstrating 19 |
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| 540 | 540 | | such consultation and engagement in the application 20 |
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| 541 | 541 | | submitted under subsection (e) and agreeing to con-21 |
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| 542 | 542 | | tinue such consultation after receiving the grant. 22 |
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| 545 | 545 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 552 | 552 | | shall submit to the Secretary a report that— 2 |
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| 553 | 553 | | ‘‘(A) includes— 3 |
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| 554 | 554 | | ‘‘(i) the number of eligible youth and 4 |
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| 555 | 555 | | mentors, and the demographics of eligible 5 |
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| 556 | 556 | | youth and mentors, who participated in the 6 |
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| 557 | 557 | | mentoring program that was supported 7 |
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| 558 | 558 | | with grant funds; 8 |
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| 559 | 559 | | ‘‘(ii) data on the academic achieve-9 |
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| 560 | 560 | | ment, dropout rates, truancy, absenteeism, 10 |
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| 561 | 561 | | outcomes of arrests for violent crime, full- 11 |
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| 562 | 562 | | time employment, part-time employment, 12 |
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| 563 | 563 | | and postsecondary education enrollment of 13 |
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| 564 | 564 | | eligible youth participating in the program; 14 |
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| 565 | 565 | | and 15 |
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| 566 | 566 | | ‘‘(iii) data on social-emotional develop-16 |
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| 567 | 567 | | ment of eligible youth participating in the 17 |
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| 568 | 568 | | program, as assessed with a validated so-18 |
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| 569 | 569 | | cial-emotional assessment tool; 19 |
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| 570 | 570 | | ‘‘(B) may include indicators such as 20 |
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| 571 | 571 | | achievement of career competencies, or success-21 |
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| 572 | 572 | | ful completion of internships, apprenticeships, 22 |
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| 573 | 573 | | or work-based learning opportunities, or high 23 |
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| 574 | 574 | | school graduation; and 24 |
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| 579 | 579 | | the Secretary may require to evaluate the suc-2 |
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| 580 | 580 | | cess of the mentoring program. 3 |
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| 581 | 581 | | ‘‘(2) S |
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| 582 | 582 | | TUDENT PRIVACY .—An eligible entity 4 |
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| 583 | 583 | | shall ensure that the report submitted under para-5 |
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| 584 | 584 | | graph (1) is prepared in a manner that protects the 6 |
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| 585 | 585 | | privacy rights of each eligible youth in the same 7 |
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| 586 | 586 | | manner as is required for students under section 8 |
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| 587 | 587 | | 444 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 9 |
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| 588 | 588 | | U.S.C. 1232g; commonly known as the ‘Family Edu-10 |
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| 589 | 589 | | cational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974’). 11 |
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| 590 | 590 | | ‘‘(h) M |
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| 591 | 591 | | ENTORINGPROGRAMRESOURCES ANDTECH-12 |
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| 592 | 592 | | NICALASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall work with the 13 |
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| 593 | 593 | | Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delin-14 |
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| 594 | 594 | | quency Prevention and the Secretary of Education to— 15 |
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| 595 | 595 | | ‘‘(1) refer eligible entities receiving grants 16 |
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| 596 | 596 | | under this section to the National Mentoring Re-17 |
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| 597 | 597 | | source Center to obtain resources on best practices 18 |
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| 598 | 598 | | and research related to mentoring programs and to 19 |
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| 599 | 599 | | request no-cost training and technical assistance; 20 |
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| 600 | 600 | | and 21 |
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| 601 | 601 | | ‘‘(2) provide such eligible entities with informa-22 |
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| 602 | 602 | | tion regarding transitional services for eligible youth 23 |
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| 603 | 603 | | returning from correctional facilities and transition 24 |
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| 604 | 604 | | services for students with disabilities. 25 |
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| 609 | 609 | | are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 2 |
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| 610 | 610 | | such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 3 |
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| 611 | 611 | | 2026 through 2030.’’. 4 |
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| 612 | 612 | | (b) C |
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| 613 | 613 | | LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 5 |
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| 614 | 614 | | in section 1(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-6 |
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| 615 | 615 | | tunity Act is amended by striking the item relating to sec-7 |
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| 616 | 616 | | tion 172 and inserting the following: 8 |
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| 617 | 617 | | ‘‘Sec. 172. Youth mentoring programs. |
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| 618 | 618 | | ‘‘Sec. 173. Authorization of appropriations.’’. |
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| 619 | 619 | | SEC. 3. STUDY ON MENTORING PROGRAMS. |
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| 622 | 622 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor, acting 10 |
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| 623 | 623 | | through the Chief Evaluation Officer of the Department 11 |
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| 624 | 624 | | of Labor, shall conduct a study to— 12 |
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| 625 | 625 | | (1) identify successful mentoring programs and 13 |
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| 626 | 626 | | evidence-based strategies for administering and mon-14 |
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| 627 | 627 | | itoring such programs; 15 |
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| 628 | 628 | | (2) evaluate the role of mentors in promoting 16 |
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| 629 | 629 | | cognitive development and social-emotional learning 17 |
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| 630 | 630 | | to enhance academic achievement and to improve 18 |
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| 631 | 631 | | workforce readiness; and 19 |
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| 632 | 632 | | (3) evaluate the effectiveness of the grant pro-20 |
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| 633 | 633 | | gram under section 172 of the Workforce Innovation 21 |
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| 634 | 634 | | and Opportunity Act, as added by section 2, on stu-22 |
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| 635 | 635 | | dent academic outcomes and youth career develop-23 |
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| 636 | 636 | | ment. 24 |
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| 641 | 641 | | of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor, acting 2 |
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| 642 | 642 | | through the Chief Evaluation Officer, shall submit the re-3 |
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| 643 | 643 | | sults of the study to the appropriate congressional com-4 |
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| 644 | 644 | | mittees. 5 |
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