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4	4	STSESSION S. 1211
5	5	To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to provide funding,
6	6	on a competitive basis, for summer and year-round employment opportu-
7	7	nities for youth ages 14 through 24.
8	8	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
9	9	MARCH31, 2025
10	10	Mr. D
11	11	URBIN(for himself and Ms. DUCKWORTH) introduced the following bill;
12	12	which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Edu-
13	13	cation, Labor, and Pensions
14	14	A BILL
15	15	To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
16	16	to provide funding, on a competitive basis, for summer
17	17	and year-round employment opportunities for youth ages
18	18	14 through 24.
19	19	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
20	20	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
21	21	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
22	22	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Assisting In Devel-4
23	23	oping Youth Employment Act’’ or the ‘‘AID Youth Em-5
24	24	ployment Act’’. 6
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28	28	SEC. 2. YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. 1
29	29	Title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 2
30	30	Act is amended— 3
31	31	(1) by redesignating subtitle E (29 U.S.C. 3241 4
32	32	et seq.) as subtitle F; and 5
33	33	(2) by inserting after subtitle D (29 U.S.C. 6
34	34	3221 et seq.) the following: 7
35	35	‘‘Subtitle E—Youth Employment 8
36	36	Opportunities 9
37	37	‘‘SEC. 176. DEFINITIONS. 10
38	38	‘‘In this subtitle: 11
39	39	‘‘(1) E
40	40	LIGIBLE YOUTH.—The term ‘eligible 12
41	41	youth’ means an individual who— 13
42	42	‘‘(A) is not younger than age 14 or older 14
43	43	than age 24; and 15
44	44	‘‘(B) is— 16
45	45	‘‘(i) an in-school youth; 17
46	46	‘‘(ii) an out-of-school youth; or 18
47	47	‘‘(iii) an unemployed individual. 19
48	48	‘‘(2) I
49	49	NDIAN TRIBE; TRIBAL ORGANIZATION .— 20
50	50	The terms ‘Indian tribe’ and ‘tribal organization’ 21
51	51	have the meanings given the terms in section 4 of 22
52	52	the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist-23
53	53	ance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 24
54	54	‘‘(3) I
55	55	N-SCHOOL YOUTH ; OUT-OF-SCHOOL 25
56	56	YOUTH.—The terms ‘in-school youth’ and ‘out-of- 26
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60	60	school youth’ have the meanings given the terms in 1
61	61	section 129(a)(1). 2
62	62	‘‘(4) I
63	63	NSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION .— 3
64	64	The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 4
65	65	meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher 5
66	66	Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 6
67	67	‘‘(5) M
68	68	ARGINALIZED.—The term ‘marginalized’, 7
69	69	used with respect to an individual, includes individ-8
70	70	uals who are homeless, in foster care, involved in the 9
71	71	juvenile or criminal justice system, or are not en-10
72	72	rolled in or are at risk of dropping out of an edu-11
73	73	cational institution and who live in an underserved 12
74	74	community that has faced trauma through acute or 13
75	75	long-term exposure to substantial discrimination, 14
76	76	historical or cultural oppression, intergenerational 15
77	77	poverty, civil unrest, a high rate of violence, or a 16
78	78	high rate of drug overdose mortality. 17
79	79	‘‘(6) S
80	80	UBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT .—The term 18
81	81	‘subsidized employment’ means employment for 19
82	82	which the employer receives a total or partial sub-20
83	83	sidy to offset costs of employing an eligible youth 21
84	84	under this subtitle. 22
85	85	‘‘(7) T
86	86	RIBAL AREA.—The term ‘tribal area’ 23
87	87	means— 24
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91	91	‘‘(A) an area on or adjacent to an Indian 1
92	92	reservation; 2
93	93	‘‘(B) land held in trust by the United 3
94	94	States for Indians; 4
95	95	‘‘(C) a public domain Indian allotment; 5
96	96	‘‘(D) a former Indian reservation in Okla-6
97	97	homa; and 7
98	98	‘‘(E) land held by an incorporated Native 8
99	99	group, Regional Corporation, or Village Cor-9
100	100	poration under the provisions of the Alaska Na-10
101	101	tive Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et 11
102	102	seq.). 12
103	103	‘‘(8) T
104	104	RIBAL COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY .—The 13
105	105	term ‘tribal college or university’ has the meaning 14
106	106	given the term ‘Tribal College or University’ in sec-15
107	107	tion 316(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 16
108	108	(20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)). 17
109	109	‘‘(9) T
110	110	RIBALLY DESIGNATED HOUSING ENTI -18
111	111	TY.—The term ‘tribally designated housing entity’, 19
112	112	used with respect to an Indian tribe (as defined in 20
113	113	this section), has the meaning given in section 4 of 21
114	114	the Native American Housing Assistance and Self- 22
115	115	Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103). 23
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119	119	‘‘SEC. 176A. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. 1
120	120	‘‘(a) A
121	121	LLOCATION.—Of the funds appropriated under 2
122	122	section 176E that remain available after any reservation 3
123	123	under subsection (b), the Secretary may make available— 4
124	124	‘‘(1) not more than $1,800,000,000 in accord-5
125	125	ance with section 176B to provide eligible youth with 6
126	126	subsidized summer employment opportunities; and 7
127	127	‘‘(2) not more than $2,400,000,000 in accord-8
128	128	ance with section 176C to provide eligible youth with 9
129	129	subsidized year-round employment opportunities. 10
130	130	‘‘(b) R
131	131	ESERVATION.—The Secretary may reserve not 11
132	132	more than 10 percent of the funds appropriated under sec-12
133	133	tion 176E to provide technical assistance and oversight, 13
134	134	in order to assist eligible entities in applying for and ad-14
135	135	ministering grants awarded under this subtitle. 15
136	136	‘‘SEC. 176B. SUMMER EMPLOYMENT COMPETITIVE GRANT 16
137	137	PROGRAM. 17
138	138	‘‘(a) I
139	139	NGENERAL.— 18
140	140	‘‘(1) G
141	141	RANTS.—Using the amounts made avail-19
142	142	able under 176A(a)(1), the Secretary shall award, 20
143	143	on a competitive basis, planning and implementation 21
144	144	grants. 22
145	145	‘‘(2) G
146	146	ENERAL USE OF FUNDS .—The Secretary 23
147	147	shall award the grants to assist eligible entities by 24
148	148	paying for the program share of the cost of— 25
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152	152	‘‘(A) in the case of a planning grant, plan-1
153	153	ning a summer youth employment program to 2
154	154	provide subsidized summer employment oppor-3
155	155	tunities; and 4
156	156	‘‘(B) in the case of an implementation 5
157	157	grant, implementation of such a program, to 6
158	158	provide such opportunities. 7
159	159	‘‘(b) P
160	160	ERIODS ANDAMOUNTS OFGRANTS.— 8
161	161	‘‘(1) P
162	162	LANNING GRANTS.—The Secretary may 9
163	163	award a planning grant under this section for a 1- 10
164	164	year period, in an amount of not more than 11
165	165	$250,000. 12
166	166	‘‘(2) I
167	167	MPLEMENTATION GRANTS .—The Sec-13
168	168	retary may award an implementation grant under 14
169	169	this section for a 3-year period, in an amount of not 15
170	170	more than $6,000,000. 16
171	171	‘‘(c) E
172	172	LIGIBLEENTITIES.— 17
173	173	‘‘(1) I
174	174	N GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 18
175	175	planning or implementation grant under this section, 19
176	176	an entity shall— 20
177	177	‘‘(A) be a— 21
178	178	‘‘(i) State, local government, or Indian 22
179	179	tribe or tribal organization, that meets the 23
180	180	requirements of paragraph (2); or 24
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184	184	‘‘(ii) community-based organization 1
185	185	that meets the requirements of paragraph 2
186	186	(3); and 3
187	187	‘‘(B) meet the requirements for a planning 4
188	188	or implementation grant, respectively, specified 5
189	189	in paragraph (4). 6
190	190	‘‘(2) G
191	191	OVERNMENT PARTNERSHIPS .—An entity 7
192	192	that is a State, local government, or Indian tribe or 8
193	193	tribal organization referred to in paragraph (1)(A)(i) 9
194	194	shall demonstrate that the entity has entered into a 10
195	195	partnership with State, local, or tribal entities— 11
196	196	‘‘(A) that shall include— 12
197	197	‘‘(i) a local educational agency or trib-13
198	198	al educational agency (as defined in section 14
199	199	6132 of the Elementary and Secondary 15
200	200	Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7452)); 16
201	201	‘‘(ii) a local board or tribal workforce 17
202	202	development agency; 18
203	203	‘‘(iii) a State, local, or tribal agency 19
204	204	serving youth under the jurisdiction of the 20
205	205	juvenile justice system or criminal justice 21
206	206	system; 22
207	207	‘‘(iv) a State, local, or tribal child wel-23
208	208	fare agency; 24
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212	212	‘‘(v) a State, local, or tribal agency or 1
213	213	community-based organization, with— 2
214	214	‘‘(I) expertise in providing coun-3
215	215	seling services and trauma-informed 4
216	216	and gender-responsive trauma preven-5
217	217	tion, identification, referral, and sup-6
218	218	port (including treatment) services; 7
219	219	and 8
220	220	‘‘(II) a proven track record of 9
221	221	serving low-income, vulnerable youth 10
222	222	and out-of-school youth; 11
223	223	‘‘(vi) if the State, local government, or 12
224	224	Indian tribe or tribal organization is seek-13
225	225	ing an implementation grant and has not 14
226	226	established a summer youth employment 15
227	227	program, an entity that is carrying out a 16
228	228	State, local, or tribal summer youth em-17
229	229	ployment program; and 18
230	230	‘‘(vii) an employer or employer asso-19
231	231	ciation; and 20
232	232	‘‘(B) that may include— 21
233	233	‘‘(i) an institution of higher education 22
234	234	or tribal college or university; 23
235	235	‘‘(ii) a representative of a labor or 24
236	236	labor-management organization; 25
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240	240	‘‘(iii) an entity that carries out a pro-1
241	241	gram that receives funding under the Juve-2
242	242	nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 3
243	243	Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 11101 et seq.); 4
244	244	‘‘(iv) a collaborative applicant as de-5
245	245	fined in section 401 of the McKinney- 6
246	246	Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 7
247	247	11360) or a private nonprofit organization 8
248	248	that serves homeless individuals and house-9
249	249	holds (including such an applicant or orga-10
250	250	nization that serves individuals or house-11
251	251	holds that are at risk of homelessness in 12
252	252	tribal areas) or serves foster youth; 13
253	253	‘‘(v) an entity that carries out a pro-14
254	254	gram funded under the Carl D. Perkins 15
255	255	Career and Technical Education Act of 16
256	256	2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), including 17
257	257	Native American programs funded under 18
258	258	section 116 of that Act (20 U.S.C. 2326) 19
259	259	and tribally controlled postsecondary ca-20
260	260	reer and technical institution programs 21
261	261	funded under section 117 of that Act (20 22
262	262	U.S.C. 2327); 23
263	263	‘‘(vi) a local or tribal youth com-24
264	264	mittee; 25
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268	268	‘‘(vii) a State or local public housing 1
269	269	agency or a tribally designated housing en-2
270	270	tity; and 3
271	271	‘‘(viii) another appropriate State, 4
272	272	local, or tribal agency. 5
273	273	‘‘(3) C
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275	275	NERSHIPS.—A community-based organization re-7
276	276	ferred to in paragraph (1)(A)(ii) shall demonstrate 8
277	277	that the organization has entered into a partnership 9
278	278	with State, local, or tribal entities— 10
279	279	‘‘(A) that shall include— 11
280	280	‘‘(i) a unit of general local government 12
281	281	or tribal government; 13
282	282	‘‘(ii) an agency described in para-14
283	283	graph (2)(A)(i); 15
284	284	‘‘(iii) a local board or tribal workforce 16
285	285	development agency; 17
286	286	‘‘(iv) a State, local, or tribal agency 18
287	287	serving youth under the jurisdiction of the 19
288	288	juvenile justice system or criminal justice 20
289	289	system; 21
290	290	‘‘(v) a State, local, or tribal child wel-22
291	291	fare agency; 23
292	292	‘‘(vi) if the organization is seeking an 24
293	293	implementation grant and has not estab-25
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297	297	lished a summer youth employment pro-1
298	298	gram, an entity that is carrying out a 2
299	299	State, local, or tribal summer youth em-3
300	300	ployment program; and 4
301	301	‘‘(vii) an employer or employer asso-5
302	302	ciation; and 6
303	303	‘‘(B) that may include one or more entities 7
304	304	described in paragraph (2)(B). 8
305	305	‘‘(4) E
306	306	NTITIES ELIGIBLE FOR PARTICULAR 9
307	307	GRANTS.— 10
308	308	‘‘(A) E
309	309	NTITIES ELIGIBLE FOR PLANNING 11
310	310	GRANTS.—The Secretary may award a planning 12
311	311	grant under this section to an eligible entity 13
312	312	that— 14
313	313	‘‘(i) is preparing to establish or ex-15
314	314	pand a summer youth employment pro-16
315	315	gram that meets the minimum require-17
316	316	ments specified in subsection (d)(1)(B)(iv); 18
317	317	and 19
318	318	‘‘(ii) has not received a grant under 20
319	319	this section. 21
320	320	‘‘(B) E
321	321	NTITIES ELIGIBLE FOR IMPLEMEN -22
322	322	TATION GRANTS.— 23
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326	326	‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 1
327	327	may award an implementation grant under 2
328	328	this section to an eligible entity that— 3
329	329	‘‘(I) has received a planning 4
330	330	grant under this section; or 5
331	331	‘‘(II) has established a summer 6
332	332	youth employment program and dem-7
333	333	onstrates a minimum level of capacity 8
334	334	to enhance or expand the summer 9
335	335	youth employment program described 10
336	336	in the application submitted under 11
337	337	subsection (d). 12
338	338	‘‘(ii) C
339	339	APACITY.—In determining 13
340	340	whether an entity has the level of capacity 14
341	341	referred to in clause (i)(II), the Secretary 15
342	342	may include as capacity— 16
343	343	‘‘(I) the entity’s staff capacity 17
344	344	and staff training to deliver youth em-18
345	345	ployment services; and 19
346	346	‘‘(II) the entity’s existing youth 20
347	347	employment services (as of the date of 21
348	348	submission of the application sub-22
349	349	mitted under subsection (d)) that are 23
350	350	consistent with the application. 24
351	351	‘‘(d) A
352	352	PPLICATION.— 25
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356	356	‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-1
357	357	graph (2), an eligible entity desiring to receive a 2
358	358	grant under this section for a summer youth employ-3
359	359	ment program shall submit an application to the 4
360	360	Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con-5
361	361	taining such information as the Secretary may re-6
362	362	quire, including, at a minimum, each of the fol-7
363	363	lowing: 8
364	364	‘‘(A) With respect to an application for a 9
365	365	planning or implementation grant— 10
366	366	‘‘(i) a description of the eligible youth 11
367	367	for whom summer employment services will 12
368	368	be provided; 13
369	369	‘‘(ii) a description of the eligible enti-14
370	370	ty, and a description of the expected par-15
371	371	ticipation and responsibilities of each of 16
372	372	the partners in the partnership described 17
373	373	in subsection (c); 18
374	374	‘‘(iii) information demonstrating suffi-19
375	375	cient need for the grant in the State, local, 20
376	376	or tribal population, which may include in-21
377	377	formation showing— 22
378	378	‘‘(I) a high level of unemploy-23
379	379	ment among youth (including young 24
380	380	adults) ages 14 through 24; 25
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384	384	‘‘(II) a high rate of out-of-school 1
385	385	youth; 2
386	386	‘‘(III) a high rate of homeless-3
387	387	ness; 4
388	388	‘‘(IV) a high rate of poverty; 5
389	389	‘‘(V) a high rate of adult unem-6
390	390	ployment; 7
391	391	‘‘(VI) a high rate of community 8
392	392	or neighborhood crime; 9
393	393	‘‘(VII) a high rate of violence; or 10
394	394	‘‘(VIII) a high level or rate on 11
395	395	another indicator of need; 12
396	396	‘‘(iv) a description of the strategic ob-13
397	397	jectives the eligible entity seeks to achieve 14
398	398	through the program to provide eligible 15
399	399	youth with core work readiness skills, 16
400	400	which may include— 17
401	401	‘‘(I) financial literacy skills, in-18
402	402	cluding providing the support de-19
403	403	scribed in section 129(b)(2)(D); 20
404	404	‘‘(II) sector-based technical skills 21
405	405	aligned with employer needs; 22
406	406	‘‘(III) skills that— 23
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410	410	‘‘(aa) are soft employment 1
411	411	skills, early work skills, or work 2
412	412	readiness skills; and 3
413	413	‘‘(bb) include social skills, 4
414	414	communications skills, higher- 5
415	415	order thinking skills, self-control, 6
416	416	and positive self-concept; and 7
417	417	‘‘(IV) (for the marginalized eligi-8
418	418	ble youth) basic skills like communica-9
419	419	tion, math, and problem solving in the 10
420	420	context of training for advancement to 11
421	421	better jobs and postsecondary train-12
422	422	ing; and 13
423	423	‘‘(v) information demonstrating that 14
424	424	the eligible entity has obtained commit-15
425	425	ments to provide the non-program share 16
426	426	described in paragraph (2) of subsection 17
427	427	(h). 18
428	428	‘‘(B) With respect to an application for a 19
429	429	planning grant— 20
430	430	‘‘(i) a description of the intermediate 21
431	431	and long-term goals for planning activities 22
432	432	for the duration of the planning grant; 23
433	433	‘‘(ii) a description of how grant funds 24
434	434	will be used to develop a plan to provide 25
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438	438	summer employment services for eligible 1
439	439	youth; 2
440	440	‘‘(iii) a description of how the eligible 3
441	441	entity will carry out an analysis of best 4
442	442	practices for identifying, recruiting, and 5
443	443	engaging program participants, in par-6
444	444	ticular the marginalized eligible youth; 7
445	445	‘‘(iv) a description of how the eligible 8
446	446	entity will carry out an analysis of best 9
447	447	practices for placing youth participants— 10
448	448	‘‘(I) in opportunities that— 11
449	449	‘‘(aa) are appropriate, sub-12
450	450	sidized employment opportunities 13
451	451	with employers based on factors 14
452	452	including age, skill, experience, 15
453	453	career aspirations, work-based 16
454	454	readiness, and barriers to em-17
455	455	ployment; and 18
456	456	‘‘(bb) may include additional 19
457	457	services for participants, includ-20
458	458	ing core work readiness skill de-21
459	459	velopment and mentorship serv-22
460	460	ices; 23
461	461	‘‘(II) in summer employment 24
462	462	that— 25
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466	466	‘‘(aa) is not less than 6 1
467	467	weeks; 2
468	468	‘‘(bb) follows a schedule of 3
469	469	not more than 20 hours per 4
470	470	week; 5
471	471	‘‘(cc) pays wages at rates 6
472	472	not less than the applicable Fed-7
473	473	eral, State, or local minimum 8
474	474	wage rate; and 9
475	475	‘‘(dd) for employment in-10
476	476	volving construction, pays wages 11
477	477	at rates not less than those pre-12
478	478	viously on similar construction in 13
479	479	the locality as determined by the 14
480	480	Secretary in accordance with sub-15
481	481	chapter IV of chapter 31 of title 16
482	482	40, United States Code (com-17
483	483	monly known as the ‘Davis- 18
484	484	Bacon Act’); and 19
485	485	‘‘(v) a description of how the eligible 20
486	486	entity plans to develop a mentorship pro-21
487	487	gram or connect youth with positive, sup-22
488	488	portive mentorships, consistent with para-23
489	489	graph (3). 24
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493	493	‘‘(C) With respect to an application for an 1
494	494	implementation grant— 2
495	495	‘‘(i) a description of how the eligible 3
496	496	entity plans to identify, recruit, and engage 4
497	497	program participants, in particular the 5
498	498	marginalized eligible youth; 6
499	499	‘‘(ii) a description of the manner in 7
500	500	which the eligible entity plans to place eli-8
501	501	gible youth participants in subsidized em-9
502	502	ployment opportunities, and in summer 10
503	503	employment, described in subparagraph 11
504	504	(B)(iv); 12
505	505	‘‘(iii) (for a program serving the 13
506	506	marginalized eligible youth) a description 14
507	507	of workplaces for the subsidized employ-15
508	508	ment involved, which may include work-16
509	509	places in the public, private, and nonprofit 17
510	510	sectors; 18
511	511	‘‘(iv) a description of how the eligible 19
512	512	entity plans to provide or connect eligible 20
513	513	youth participants with positive, supportive 21
514	514	mentorships, consistent with paragraph 22
515	515	(3); 23
516	516	‘‘(v) a description of services that will 24
517	517	be available to employers participating in 25
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521	521	the youth employment program, to provide 1
522	522	supervisors involved in the program with 2
523	523	coaching and mentoring on— 3
524	524	‘‘(I) how to support youth devel-4
525	525	opment; 5
526	526	‘‘(II) how to structure learning 6
527	527	and reflection; and 7
528	528	‘‘(III) how to deal with youth 8
529	529	challenges in the workplace; 9
530	530	‘‘(vi) a description of how the eligible 10
531	531	entity plans to offer structured pathways 11
532	532	back into employment and a youth employ-12
533	533	ment program under this section for eligi-13
534	534	ble youth who have been terminated from 14
535	535	employment or removed from the program; 15
536	536	‘‘(vii) a description of how the eligible 16
537	537	entity plans to engage eligible youth be-17
538	538	yond the duration of the summer employ-18
539	539	ment opportunity, which may include— 19
540	540	‘‘(I) developing or partnering 20
541	541	with a year-round youth employment 21
542	542	program; 22
543	543	‘‘(II) referring eligible youth to 23
544	544	other year-round programs, which 24
545	545	may include— 25
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549	549	‘‘(aa) programs funded 1
550	550	under section 176C or the Carl 2
551	551	D. Perkins Career and Technical 3
552	552	Education Act of 2006 (20 4
553	553	U.S.C. 2301 et seq.); 5
554	554	‘‘(bb) after school programs; 6
555	555	‘‘(cc) secondary or postsec-7
556	556	ondary education programs; 8
557	557	‘‘(dd) training programs; 9
558	558	‘‘(ee) cognitive behavior 10
559	559	therapy programs; 11
560	560	‘‘(ff) apprenticeship pro-12
561	561	grams; and 13
562	562	‘‘(gg) national service pro-14
563	563	grams; 15
564	564	‘‘(III) employing a full-time, per-16
565	565	manent staff person who is respon-17
566	566	sible for youth outreach, followup, and 18
567	567	recruitment; or 19
568	568	‘‘(IV) connecting eligible youth 20
569	569	with job development services, includ-21
570	570	ing career counseling, resume and job 22
571	571	application assistance, interview prep-23
572	572	aration, and connections to job leads; 24
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576	576	‘‘(viii) evidence of the eligible entity’s 1
577	577	capacity to provide the services described 2
578	578	in this subsection; and 3
579	579	‘‘(ix) a description of the quality of 4
580	580	the summer youth employment program, 5
581	581	including a program that leads to a recog-6
582	582	nized postsecondary credential. 7
583	583	‘‘(2) I
584	584	NDIAN TRIBE; TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS.— 8
585	585	An eligible entity that is an Indian tribe or tribal or-9
586	586	ganization and desires to receive a grant under this 10
587	587	section for a summer youth employment program 11
588	588	may, in lieu of submitting the application described 12
589	589	in paragraph (1), submit an application to the Sec-13
590	590	retary that meets such requirements as the Sec-14
591	591	retary develops after consultation with the tribe or 15
592	592	organization. 16
593	593	‘‘(3) M
594	594	ENTOR.—For purposes of subparagraphs 17
595	595	(B)(iv), (B)(v), and (C)(iv) of paragraph (1), a men-18
596	596	tor— 19
597	597	‘‘(A) shall be an individual who has been 20
598	598	matched with an eligible youth based on the 21
599	599	youth’s needs; 22
600	600	‘‘(B) shall make contact with the eligible 23
601	601	youth at least once each week; 24
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605	605	‘‘(C) shall be a trusted member of the local 1
606	606	community; and 2
607	607	‘‘(D) may include— 3
608	608	‘‘(i) a mentor trained in trauma-in-4
609	609	formed care (including provision of trau-5
610	610	ma-informed trauma prevention, identifica-6
611	611	tion, referral, or support services to youth 7
612	612	that have experienced or are at risk of ex-8
613	613	periencing trauma), conflict resolution, and 9
614	614	positive youth development; 10
615	615	‘‘(ii) a job coach trained to provide 11
616	616	youth with guidance on how to navigate 12
617	617	the workplace and troubleshoot problems; 13
618	618	‘‘(iii) a supervisor trained to provide 14
619	619	at least two performance assessments and 15
620	620	serve as a reference; or 16
621	621	‘‘(iv) a peer mentor who is a former 17
622	622	or current participant in the youth employ-18
623	623	ment program involved. 19
624	624	‘‘(e) A
625	625	WARDS FORPOPULATIONS ANDAREAS.— 20
626	626	‘‘(1) P
627	627	OPULATIONS.—The Secretary shall re-21
628	628	serve, from the amounts made available under sec-22
629	629	tion 176A(a)(1)— 23
630	630	‘‘(A) 50 percent to award grants under 24
631	631	this section for planning or provision of sub-25
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635	635	sidized summer employment opportunities for 1
636	636	eligible youth who are in-school youth; and 2
637	637	‘‘(B) 50 percent to award such grants to 3
638	638	plan for planning or provision of such opportu-4
639	639	nities for eligible youth who are out-of-school 5
640	640	youth or unemployed individuals. 6
641	641	‘‘(2) A
642	642	REAS.— 7
643	643	‘‘(A) I
644	644	N GENERAL.—In awarding the 8
645	645	grants, the Secretary shall consider the regional 9
646	646	diversity of the areas to be served, to ensure 10
647	647	that urban, suburban, rural, and tribal areas 11
648	648	are receiving grant funds. 12
649	649	‘‘(B) R
650	650	URAL AND TRIBAL AREA INCLU -13
651	651	SION.— 14
652	652	‘‘(i) R
653	653	URAL AREAS.—Not less than 20 15
654	654	percent of the amounts made available 16
655	655	under section 176A(a)(1) for each fiscal 17
656	656	year shall be made available for activities 18
657	657	to be carried out in rural areas. 19
658	658	‘‘(ii) T
659	659	RIBAL AREAS.—Not less than 5 20
660	660	percent of the amounts made available 21
661	661	under section 176A(a)(1) for each fiscal 22
662	662	year shall be made available for activities 23
663	663	to be carried out in tribal areas. 24
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667	667	‘‘(f) PROGRAMPRIORITIES.—In allocating funds 1
668	668	under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligi-2
669	669	ble entities— 3
670	670	‘‘(1) who propose to coordinate their activi-4
671	671	ties— 5
672	672	‘‘(A) with local or tribal employers; and 6
673	673	‘‘(B) with agencies described in subsection 7
674	674	(c)(2)(A)(i) to ensure the summer youth em-8
675	675	ployment programs provide clear linkages to re-9
676	676	medial, academic, and occupational programs 10
677	677	carried out by the agencies; 11
678	678	‘‘(2) who propose a plan to increase private sec-12
679	679	tor engagement in, and job placement through, sum-13
680	680	mer youth employment; and 14
681	681	‘‘(3) who have, in their counties, States, or trib-15
682	682	al areas (as compared to other counties in their 16
683	683	State, other States, or other tribal areas, respec-17
684	684	tively), a high level or rate described in subsection 18
685	685	(d)(1)(A)(iii). 19
686	686	‘‘(g) U
687	687	SE OFFUNDS.— 20
688	688	‘‘(1) I
689	689	N GENERAL.—An eligible entity that re-21
690	690	ceives a grant under this section may use the grant 22
691	691	funds for services described in subsection (d). 23
692	692	‘‘(2) D
693	693	ISCRETIONARY USES.—The eligible entity 24
694	694	may also use the funds— 25
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698	698	‘‘(A) to provide wages to eligible youth in 1
699	699	subsidized summer employment programs; 2
700	700	‘‘(B) to provide eligible youth with support 3
701	701	services, including case management, child care 4
702	702	assistance, child support services, and transpor-5
703	703	tation assistance; and 6
704	704	‘‘(C) to develop data management systems 7
705	705	to assist with programming, evaluation, and 8
706	706	records management. 9
707	707	‘‘(3) A
708	708	DMINISTRATION.—An eligible entity may 10
709	709	reserve not more than 10 percent of the grant funds 11
710	710	for the administration of activities under this sec-12
711	711	tion. 13
712	712	‘‘(4) C
713	713	ARRY-OVER AUTHORITY.—Any amounts 14
714	714	provided to an eligible entity under this section for 15
715	715	a fiscal year may, at the discretion of the Secretary, 16
716	716	remain available to that entity for expenditure dur-17
717	717	ing the succeeding fiscal year to carry out programs 18
718	718	under this section. 19
719	719	‘‘(h) P
720	720	ROGRAMSHARE.— 20
721	721	‘‘(1) P
722	722	LANNING GRANTS.—The program share 21
723	723	for a planning grant awarded under this section 22
724	724	shall be 100 percent of the cost described in sub-23
725	725	section (a)(2)(A). 24
726	726	‘‘(2) I
727	727	MPLEMENTATION GRANTS .— 25
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731	731	‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The program share 1
732	732	for an implementation grant awarded under 2
733	733	this section shall be 50 percent of the cost de-3
734	734	scribed in subsection (a)(2)(B). 4
735	735	‘‘(B) E
736	736	XCEPTION.—Notwithstanding sub-5
737	737	paragraph (A), the Secretary— 6
738	738	‘‘(i) may increase the program share 7
739	739	for an eligible entity; and 8
740	740	‘‘(ii) shall increase the program share 9
741	741	for an Indian tribe or tribal organization 10
742	742	to not less than 95 percent of the cost de-11
743	743	scribed in subsection (a)(2)(B). 12
744	744	‘‘(C) N
745	745	ON-PROGRAM SHARE.—The eligible 13
746	746	entity may provide the non-program share of 14
747	747	the cost— 15
748	748	‘‘(i) in cash or in kind, fairly evalu-16
749	749	ated, including plant, equipment, or serv-17
750	750	ices; and 18
751	751	‘‘(ii) from State, local, tribal or pri-19
752	752	vate (including philanthropic) sources and, 20
753	753	in the case of an Indian tribe or tribal or-21
754	754	ganization, from Federal sources. 22
755	755	‘‘SEC. 176C. YEAR-ROUND EMPLOYMENT COMPETITIVE 23
756	756	GRANT PROGRAM. 24
757	757	‘‘(a) I
758	758	NGENERAL.— 25
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762	762	‘‘(1) GRANTS.—Using the amounts made avail-1
763	763	able under 176A(a)(2), the Secretary shall award, 2
764	764	on a competitive basis, planning and implementation 3
765	765	grants. 4
766	766	‘‘(2) G
767	767	ENERAL USE OF FUNDS .—The Secretary 5
768	768	shall award the grants to assist eligible entities by 6
769	769	paying for the program share of the cost of— 7
770	770	‘‘(A) in the case of a planning grant, plan-8
771	771	ning a year-round youth employment program 9
772	772	to provide subsidized year-round employment 10
773	773	opportunities; and 11
774	774	‘‘(B) in the case of an implementation 12
775	775	grant, implementation of such a program to 13
776	776	provide such opportunities. 14
777	777	‘‘(b) P
778	778	ERIODS AND AMOUNTS OF GRANTS.—The 15
779	779	planning grants shall have the periods and amounts de-16
780	780	scribed in section 176B(b)(1). The implementation grants 17
781	781	shall have the periods and grants described in section 18
782	782	176B(b)(2). 19
783	783	‘‘(c) E
784	784	LIGIBLEENTITIES.— 20
785	785	‘‘(1) I
786	786	N GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 21
787	787	planning or implementation grant under this section, 22
788	788	an entity shall, except as provided in paragraph 23
789	789	(2)— 24
790	790	‘‘(A) be a— 25
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794	794	‘‘(i) State, local government, or Indian 1
795	795	tribe or tribal organization, that meets the 2
796	796	requirements of section 176B(c)(2); or 3
797	797	‘‘(ii) community-based organization 4
798	798	that meets the requirements of section 5
799	799	176B(c)(3); and 6
800	800	‘‘(B) meet the requirements for a planning 7
801	801	or implementation grant, respectively, specified 8
802	802	in section 176B(c)(4). 9
803	803	‘‘(2) Y
804	804	EAR-ROUND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PRO -10
805	805	GRAMS.—For purposes of paragraph (1), any ref-11
806	806	erence in section 176B(c)— 12
807	807	‘‘(A) to a summer youth employment pro-13
808	808	gram shall be considered to refer to a year- 14
809	809	round youth employment program; and 15
810	810	‘‘(B) to a provision of section 176B shall 16
811	811	be considered to refer to the corresponding pro-17
812	812	vision of this section. 18
813	813	‘‘(d) A
814	814	PPLICATION.— 19
815	815	‘‘(1) I
816	816	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-20
817	817	graph (2), an eligible entity desiring to receive a 21
818	818	grant under this section for a year-round youth em-22
819	819	ployment program shall submit an application to the 23
820	820	Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con-24
821	821	taining such information as the Secretary may re-25
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825	825	quire, including, at a minimum, each of the fol-1
826	826	lowing: 2
827	827	‘‘(A) With respect to an application for a 3
828	828	planning or implementation grant, the informa-4
829	829	tion and descriptions specified in section 5
830	830	176B(d)(1)(A). 6
831	831	‘‘(B) With respect to an application for a 7
832	832	planning grant, the descriptions specified in 8
833	833	section 176B(d)(1)(B), except that the descrip-9
834	834	tion of an analysis for placing youth in employ-10
835	835	ment described in clause (iv)(II)(bb) of that 11
836	836	section shall cover employment that follows a 12
837	837	schedule— 13
838	838	‘‘(i) that consists of— 14
839	839	‘‘(I) not more than 15 hours per 15
840	840	week for in-school youth; and 16
841	841	‘‘(II) not less than 20 and not 17
842	842	more than 40 hours per week for out- 18
843	843	of-school youth; and 19
844	844	‘‘(ii) that depends on the needs and 20
845	845	work-readiness level of the population 21
846	846	being served. 22
847	847	‘‘(C) With respect to an application for an 23
848	848	implementation grant, the descriptions and evi-24
849	849	dence specified in section 176B(d)(1)(C)— 25
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853	853	‘‘(i) except that the reference in sec-1
854	854	tion 176B(d)(1)(C)(ii) to employment de-2
855	855	scribed in section 176B(d)(1)(B) shall 3
856	856	cover employment that follows the schedule 4
857	857	described in subparagraph (B); and 5
858	858	‘‘(ii) except that the reference to pro-6
859	859	grams in clause (vii)(II)(aa) of that section 7
860	860	shall be considered to refer only to pro-8
861	861	grams funded under the Carl D. Perkins 9
862	862	Career and Technical Education Act of 10
863	863	2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.). 11
864	864	‘‘(D) With respect to an application for an 12
865	865	implementation grant— 13
866	866	‘‘(i) a description of how the eligible 14
867	867	entity plans to provide mental health serv-15
868	868	ices, as needed, to eligible youth partici-16
869	869	pants; and 17
870	870	‘‘(ii) a description of how the eligible 18
871	871	entity plans to address barriers to partici-19
872	872	pation among eligible youth, including 20
873	873	provding transportation and child care. 21
874	874	‘‘(2) I
875	875	NDIAN TRIBE; TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS.— 22
876	876	An eligible entity that is an Indian tribe or tribal or-23
877	877	ganization and desires to receive a grant under this 24
878	878	section for a year-round youth employment program 25
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882	882	may, in lieu of submitting the application described 1
883	883	in paragraph (1), submit an application to the Sec-2
884	884	retary that meets such requirements as the Sec-3
885	885	retary develops after consultation with the tribe or 4
886	886	organization. 5
887	887	‘‘(3) M
888	888	ENTOR.—For purposes of paragraph (1), 6
889	889	any reference in subparagraphs (B)(iv), (B)(v), and 7
890	890	(C)(iv) of section 176B(d)(1) to a mentor shall be 8
891	891	considered to refer to a mentor who— 9
892	892	‘‘(A) shall be an individual described in 10
893	893	subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 11
894	894	176B(d)(3); 12
895	895	‘‘(B) shall make contact with the eligible 13
896	896	youth at least twice each week; and 14
897	897	‘‘(C) may be an individual described in sec-15
898	898	tion 176B(d)(3)(D). 16
899	899	‘‘(4) Y
900	900	EAR-ROUND EMPLOYMENT .—For pur-17
901	901	poses of this subsection, any reference in section 18
902	902	176B(d)— 19
903	903	‘‘(A) to summer employment shall be con-20
904	904	sidered to refer to year-round employment; and 21
905	905	‘‘(B) to a provision of section 176B shall 22
906	906	be considered to refer to the corresponding pro-23
907	907	vision of this section. 24
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911	911	‘‘(e) AWARDS FORPOPULATIONS ANDAREAS; PRIOR-1
912	912	ITIES.— 2
913	913	‘‘(1) P
914	914	OPULATIONS.—The Secretary shall re-3
915	915	serve, from the amounts made available under sec-4
916	916	tion 176A(a)(2)— 5
917	917	‘‘(A) 50 percent to award grants under 6
918	918	this section for planning or provision of sub-7
919	919	sidized year-round employment opportunities 8
920	920	for eligible youth who are in-school youth; and 9
921	921	‘‘(B) 50 percent to award such grants to 10
922	922	plan for planning or provision of such opportu-11
923	923	nities for eligible youth who are out-of-school 12
924	924	youth or unemployed individuals. 13
925	925	‘‘(2) A
926	926	REAS; PRIORITIES.—In awarding the 14
927	927	grants, the Secretary shall— 15
928	928	‘‘(A) carry out section 176B(e)(2); and 16
929	929	‘‘(B) give priority to eligible entities— 17
930	930	‘‘(i) who— 18
931	931	‘‘(I) propose the coordination and 19
932	932	plan described paragraphs (1) and (2) 20
933	933	of section 176B(f), with respect to 21
934	934	year-round youth employment; and 22
935	935	‘‘(II) meet the requirements of 23
936	936	section 176B(f)(3); or 24
937	937	‘‘(ii) who— 25
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941	941	‘‘(I) propose a plan to coordinate 1
942	942	activities with entities carrying out 2
943	943	State, local, or tribal summer youth 3
944	944	employment programs, to provide 4
945	945	pathways to year-round employment 5
946	946	for eligible youth who are ending sum-6
947	947	mer employment; and 7
948	948	‘‘(II) meet the requirements of 8
949	949	section 176B(f)(3). 9
950	950	‘‘(f) U
951	951	SE OFFUNDS.—An eligible entity that receives 10
952	952	a grant under this section may use the grant funds— 11
953	953	‘‘(1) for services described in subsection (d); 12
954	954	‘‘(2) as described in section 176B(g)(2), with 13
955	955	respect to year-round employment programs; 14
956	956	‘‘(3) as described in section 176B(g)(3), with 15
957	957	respect to activities under this section; and 16
958	958	‘‘(4) at the discretion of the Secretary, as de-17
959	959	scribed in section 176B(g)(4), with respect to activi-18
960	960	ties under this section. 19
961	961	‘‘(g) P
962	962	ROGRAMSHARE.— 20
963	963	‘‘(1) P
964	964	LANNING GRANTS .—The provisions of 21
965	965	section 176B(h)(1) shall apply to planning grants 22
966	966	awarded under this section, with respect to the cost 23
967	967	described in subsection (a)(2)(A). 24
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971	971	‘‘(2) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS .—The provi-1
972	972	sions of section 176B(h)(2) shall apply to implemen-2
973	973	tation grants awarded under this section, with re-3
974	974	spect to the cost described in subsection (a)(2)(B). 4
975	975	‘‘SEC. 176D. EVALUATION AND ADMINISTRATION. 5
976	976	‘‘(a) P
977	977	ERFORMANCEMEASURES.— 6
978	978	‘‘(1) E
979	979	STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-7
980	980	tablish performance measures for purposes of car-8
981	981	rying out annual reviews under subsection (b) and of 9
982	982	developing and implementing a system of continuous 10
983	983	quality improvement under subsection (c). 11
984	984	‘‘(2) C
985	985	OMPONENTS.—The performance meas-12
986	986	ures for the eligible entities shall consist of— 13
987	987	‘‘(A) the indicators of performance de-14
988	988	scribed in paragraph (3); and 15
989	989	‘‘(B) an adjusted level of performance for 16
990	990	each indicator described in subparagraph (A). 17
991	991	‘‘(3) I
992	992	NDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE .— 18
993	993	‘‘(A) I
994	994	N GENERAL.—The indicators of per-19
995	995	formance shall consist of— 20
996	996	‘‘(i) the percentage of youth employ-21
997	997	ment program participants who are in edu-22
998	998	cation or training activities, or in employ-23
999	999	ment, during the second quarter after exit 24
1000	1000	from the program; 25
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1004	1004	‘‘(ii) the percentage of youth employ-1
1005	1005	ment program participants who are in edu-2
1006	1006	cation or training activities, or in employ-3
1007	1007	ment, during the fourth quarter after exit 4
1008	1008	from the program; 5
1009	1009	‘‘(iii) the percentage of youth employ-6
1010	1010	ment program participants who obtain a 7
1011	1011	recognized postsecondary credential, or a 8
1012	1012	secondary school diploma or its recognized 9
1013	1013	equivalent (subject to subparagraph (B)), 10
1014	1014	during participation in or within 1 year 11
1015	1015	after exit from the program; and 12
1016	1016	‘‘(iv) the percentage of youth employ-13
1017	1017	ment program participants who, during a 14
1018	1018	program year, are in a youth employment 15
1019	1019	program that includes an education or 16
1020	1020	training program that leads to an outcome 17
1021	1021	specified by the Secretary, which may in-18
1022	1022	clude— 19
1023	1023	‘‘(I) obtaining a recognized post-20
1024	1024	secondary credential or employment; 21
1025	1025	or 22
1026	1026	‘‘(II) achieving measurable skill 23
1027	1027	gains toward such a credential or em-24
1028	1028	ployment. 25
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1032	1032	‘‘(B) INDICATOR RELATING TO CREDEN -1
1033	1033	TIAL.—For purposes of subparagraph (A)(iii), 2
1034	1034	youth employment program participants who 3
1035	1035	obtain a secondary school diploma or its recog-4
1036	1036	nized equivalent shall be included in the per-5
1037	1037	centage counted as meeting the criterion under 6
1038	1038	such subparagraph only if such participants, in 7
1039	1039	addition to obtaining such diploma or its recog-8
1040	1040	nized equivalent, have obtained or retained em-9
1041	1041	ployment or are in a youth employment pro-10
1042	1042	gram that includes an education or training 11
1043	1043	program leading to a recognized postsecondary 12
1044	1044	credential within 1 year after exit from the pro-13
1045	1045	gram. 14
1046	1046	‘‘(4) L
1047	1047	EVELS OF PERFORMANCE .— 15
1048	1048	‘‘(A) I
1049	1049	N GENERAL.—For each eligible enti-16
1050	1050	ty, there shall be established, in accordance 17
1051	1051	with this paragraph, levels of performance for 18
1052	1052	each of the corresponding indicators of perform-19
1053	1053	ance described in paragraph (3). 20
1054	1054	‘‘(B) I
1055	1055	DENTIFICATION IN APPLICATION .— 21
1056	1056	Each eligible entity shall identify, in the appli-22
1057	1057	cation submitted under subsection (d) of section 23
1058	1058	176B or 176C, expected levels of performance 24
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1062	1062	for each of those indicators of performance for 1
1063	1063	each program year covered by the application. 2
1064	1064	‘‘(C) A
1065	1065	GREEMENT ON ADJUSTED LEVELS 3
1066	1066	OF PERFORMANCE .—The eligible entity shall 4
1067	1067	reach agreement with the Secretary on levels of 5
1068	1068	performance for each of those indicators of per-6
1069	1069	formance for each such program year. The lev-7
1070	1070	els agreed to shall be considered to be the ad-8
1071	1071	justed levels of performance for the eligible en-9
1072	1072	tity for such program years and shall be incor-10
1073	1073	porated into the application prior to the ap-11
1074	1074	proval of such application. 12
1075	1075	‘‘(b) A
1076	1076	NNUALREVIEW.—The Secretary shall carry 13
1077	1077	out an annual review of each eligible entity receiving a 14
1078	1078	grant under this subtitle. In conducting the review, the 15
1079	1079	Secretary shall review the performance of the entity on 16
1080	1080	the performance measures under this section and deter-17
1081	1081	mine if the entity has used any practices that shall be con-18
1082	1082	sidered best practices for purposes of this subtitle. 19
1083	1083	‘‘(c) C
1084	1084	ONTINUOUSQUALITYIMPROVEMENT.— 20
1085	1085	‘‘(1) I
1086	1086	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, in ad-21
1087	1087	dition to conducting the annual review, develop and 22
1088	1088	implement a system of continuous quality improve-23
1089	1089	ment designed to improve the quality of activities 24
1090	1090	carried out under this subtitle. 25
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1094	1094	‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—In implementing the system, 1
1095	1095	the Secretary shall carry out activities including— 2
1096	1096	‘‘(A) using the performance measures es-3
1097	1097	tablished under this section, to assess the qual-4
1098	1098	ity of employment programs funded under sec-5
1099	1099	tions 176B and 176C and providing the eligible 6
1100	1100	entities carrying out those programs with con-7
1101	1101	tinuing feedback on their performance on those 8
1102	1102	measures; 9
1103	1103	‘‘(B) creating improvement plans to ad-10
1104	1104	dress quality issues concerning the employment 11
1105	1105	programs; 12
1106	1106	‘‘(C) providing targeted support (including 13
1107	1107	technical assistance and training) to staff of the 14
1108	1108	eligible entities on improving the quality of the 15
1109	1109	employment programs in areas where the sys-16
1110	1110	tem demonstrates that improvements are need-17
1111	1111	ed; and 18
1112	1112	‘‘(D) publishing and disseminating infor-19
1113	1113	mation on the quality of the employment pro-20
1114	1114	grams. 21
1115	1115	‘‘(d) R
1116	1116	EPORT TOCONGRESS.— 22
1117	1117	‘‘(1) P
1118	1118	REPARATION.—The Secretary shall pre-23
1119	1119	pare a report on the grant programs established by 24
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1123	1123	this subtitle, which report shall include a description 1
1124	1124	of— 2
1125	1125	‘‘(A) the eligible entities receiving funding 3
1126	1126	under this subtitle; 4
1127	1127	‘‘(B) the activities carried out by the eligi-5
1128	1128	ble entities; 6
1129	1129	‘‘(C) how the eligible entities were selected 7
1130	1130	to receive funding under this subtitle; 8
1131	1131	‘‘(D) an assessment of the results achieved 9
1132	1132	by the grant programs including findings from 10
1133	1133	the annual reviews conducted under subsection 11
1134	1134	(b); and 12
1135	1135	‘‘(E) a description of the development and 13
1136	1136	implementation of, and outcomes from, the sys-14
1137	1137	tem of continuous quality improvement de-15
1138	1138	scribed in subsection (c). 16
1139	1139	‘‘(2) S
1140	1140	UBMISSION.—Not later than 3 years 17
1141	1141	after the date of enactment of the AID Youth Em-18
1142	1142	ployment Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary 19
1143	1143	shall submit a report described in paragraph (1) to 20
1144	1144	the appropriate committees of Congress. 21
1145	1145	‘‘(e) A
1146	1146	PPLICATION TOINDIANTRIBES ANDTRIBAL 22
1147	1147	O
1148	1148	RGANIZATIONS.—The Secretary may issue regulations 23
1149	1149	that clarify the application of all the provisions of this sub-24
1150	1150	title to Indian tribes and tribal organizations. 25
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1154	1154	‘‘SEC. 176E. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 1
1155	1155	‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated— 2
1156	1156	‘‘(1) to carry out section 176B, $375,000,000 3
1157	1157	for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030; and 4
1158	1158	‘‘(2) to carry out section 176C, $500,000,000 5
1159	1159	for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030.’’. 6
1160	1160	SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 7
1161	1161	(a) R
1162	1162	EFERENCES.— 8
1163	1163	(1) Section 121(b)(1)(C)(ii)(II) of the Work-9
1164	1164	force Investment and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 10
1165	1165	3152(b)(1)(C)(ii)(II)) is amended by striking ‘‘sub-11
1166	1166	titles C through E’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitles C 12
1167	1167	through F’’. 13
1168	1168	(2) Section 503(b) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 14
1169	1169	3343(b)) is amended by inserting before the period 15
1170	1170	the following: ‘‘(as such subtitles were in effect on 16
1171	1171	the day before the date of enactment of this Act)’’. 17
1172	1172	(b) T
1173	1173	ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents in 18
1174	1174	section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking the item 19
1175	1175	relating to the subtitle heading for subtitle E of title I 20
1176	1176	and inserting the following: 21
1177	1177	‘‘Subtitle E—Youth Employment Opportunities
1178	1178	‘‘Sec. 176. Definitions.
1179	1179	‘‘Sec. 176A. Allocation of funds.
1180	1180	‘‘Sec. 176B. Summer employment competitive grant program.
1181	1181	‘‘Sec. 176C. Year-round employment competitive grant program.
1182	1182	‘‘Sec. 176D. Evaluation and administration.
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1186	1186	‘‘Sec. 176E. Authorization of appropriations.
1187	1187	‘‘Subtitle F—Administration’’.
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