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P3 Waiver List 

Round 1 Pilots

• Baton Rouge = City of Baton Rouge/Parish of East Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA

• Broward County = Children's Services Council of Broward County, Lauderhill, FL

• Chicago = Chicago Department of Family and Support Services, Chicago, IL

• Eastern Kentucky = Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Programs, Hazard, KY

• Indianapolis = City of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN

• Los Angeles (City) = City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

• Oklahoma = Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Oklahoma City, OK

• Seattle = Workforce Development Council of Seattle - King County, Seattle, WA

• Ysleta = Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, El Paso, TX

Round 2 Pilot 

• ASU = Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ

Round 3 Pilots

• Hartford = City of Hartford, Hartford, CT

• Los Angeles (County) = Los Angeles County Community and Senior Services, Los Angeles, CA

• New York City = New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, New York, NY

• New York State = New York State Education Department, Albany, NY

• Sacramento = Housing Authority of the City of Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
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Federal Agency Program Flexibility Citation Pilot Sites

U.S. Department of 

Education

21st Century 

Community Learning 

Centers (CLC)

Allowed 21st Century 

CLC funds to be used to 

support authorized 

activities during the 

school day.

 

*Conditional on the 

written assurance that 

the funds will be used to 

supplement, and not 

supplant, other Federal, 

State, and local public 

funds expended to 

provide programs and 

activities authorized 

under the 21st Century 

CLC program and other 

similar programs.

Secs. 4201(b)(1)(A) and 

4204(a) of the 

Elementary and 

Secondary Education 

Act (ESEA)

Broward County

U.S. Department of 

Education

21st Century 

Community Learning 

Centers (CLC)

Waived the requirement 

in 34 CFR 76.50(b) that 

the authorizing statute 

determines the extent to 

which a State may use 

grant funds directly and 

make subgrants to 

eligible applicants, in 

order to permit the 

grantee to subgrant 

$150,000 of the State’s 

FY 2016 21st Century 

CLC program funds 

34 CFR 76.50(b) New York State
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Federal Agency Program Flexibility Citation Pilot Sites

reserved for “State 

activities” under section 

4202(c)(3) of the

Elementary and 

Secondary Education 

Act (ESEA) to two local 

educational agencies to 

carry out various 

authorized activities, as 

described in the 

grantee’s P3 

application.

U.S. Department of 

Education

21st Century 

Community Learning 

Centers (CLC)

Waived the requirement 

in section 4201(b)(1)(A) 

of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education 

Act (ESEA) that 

community learning 

centers assist “students” 

so that the two local 

educational agencies to 

which subgrants will be 

awarded may use 21st 

Century CLC funds to 

support transition 

coordinators who work 

with youth who are not 

enrolled in school to 

help them resume their

educations by reenrolling in elementary 

Section 4201(b)(1)(A) 

of the ESEA

New York State
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Federal Agency Program Flexibility Citation Pilot Sites

or secondary school, or 

participating in Stateapproved high school 

equivalency and Learnto-Work programs, as 

described in the 

grantee’s P3 

application. 

U.S. Department of 

Education

21st Century 

Community Learning 

Centers (CLC)

Waived the requirement 

in section 4201(b)(1)(A) 

of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education 

Act (ESEA) that 21st 

Century CLC program 

activities be carried out 

during non-school hours 

or periods when school 

is not in session to 

enable transition 

coordinators to provide 

services during the 

school day to youth who 

have re-enrolled in 

elementary or secondary 

school. 

Section 4203(b)(1)(A) 

of the ESEA

New York State

U.S. Department of 

Education

21st Century 

Community Learning 

Centers (CLC)

Allowed funds to be 

blended with Workforce 

Innovation and 

Opportunity Act

(WIOA) Title I Youth 

Program.

-- Broward County
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Federal Agency Program Flexibility Citation Pilot Sites

U.S. Department of 

Education

21st Century 

Community Learning 

Centers (CLC)

Allowed funds to be 

blended with 

Performance 

Partnership Pilots StartUp Grant funds.

-- New York State

Corporation for 

National and 

Community Service

AmeriCorps State and 

National

Waived AmeriCorps 

State and National 

matching requirements.

42 U.S.C. § 12571; Pub. 

L. 113-76, Title IV, § 

402; 45 C.F.R. §§ 

2521.35, .45, .60, .70

Ysleta

Corporation for 

National and 

Community Service

AmeriCorps State and 

National

Allowed funds to be 

blended funds with 

Native American 

Library Services: 

Enhancement Grants 

funds.

-- Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo

U.S. Department of 

Education

Carl D. Perkins Career 

and Technical 

Education Act of 2006

Waived grade eligibility 

requirement and 

allowed provision of 

services starting in the 

6th grade.

Section 315 of the Carl 

D. Perkins Career and 

Technical Education 

Act of 2006 (Public 

Law 109-270)

Baton Rouge

U.S. Department of 

Education

Education Department 

General Administrative 

Regulations

Waived the prohibition 

against subgranting U.S. 

Department of 

Education funds unless 

authorized by statute or 

by 34 CFR §75.708 (b) 

in order to enable the 

Pilot Lead to subgrant 

P3 start-up grant funds 

34 CFR §75.708 (a) Chicago
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Federal Agency Program Flexibility Citation Pilot Sites

to partners to carry out 

the activities described 

in the approved 

application. 

U.S. Department of 

Education

Education Department 

General Administrative 

Regulations

Waived the prohibition 

against subgranting U.S. 

Department of 

Education funds unless 

authorized by statute or 

by 34 CFR §75.708 (b) 

in order to enable the 

Pilot Lead to subgrant 

21st Century CLC funds 

to partners to carry out 

the activities described 

in the approved 

application. 

34 CFR §75.708 (a) Broward County

U.S. Department of 

Education

Elementary and 

Secondary Education 

Act (ESEA) Title I, Part 

A

Waived the limitation 

on serving individuals 

older than age 21.

ESEA Section 

1115(c)(1)(A)(i)

ASU

U.S. Department of 

Education

Gaining Early 

Awareness and 

Readiness for 

Undergraduate 

Programs (GEAR UP)

Waived the GEAR UP 

requirement that grant 

funds be used only to 

serve a certain gradelevel/cohort to permit 

the use of grant funds to 

serve all students within 

the Promise Zone.

34 CFR 694.3(a); HEA 

sec. 404B(d)

Eastern Kentucky
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Federal Agency Program Flexibility Citation Pilot Sites

U.S. Department of 

Education

Gaining Early 

Awareness and 

Readiness for 

Undergraduate 

Programs (GEAR UP)

Waived the GEAR UP

requirement that grant 

funds be used to serve 

schools that meet 

certain requirements to 

permit the use of grant 

funds to serve all 

secondary schools 

within the Promise 

Zone.

34 CFR 694.3(a); HEA 

sec. 404B(d)

Eastern Kentucky

U.S. Department of 

Education

Gaining Early 

Awareness and 

Readiness for 

Undergraduate 

Programs (GEAR UP)

Permitted GEAR UP 

funds to be used not 

only to provide a 

seventh year of service 

to students during their 

first year of attendance 

at an institution of 

higher education, but 

also to provide a 

seventh year of service 

to students who did not 

enroll at an institution 

of higher education 

during their first year 

after exiting high 

school. 

HEA Sec. 404A(b)(2) Eastern Kentucky

U.S. Department of 

Education

Gaining Early 

Awareness and 

Readiness for 

Waived the GEAR UP 

matching requirement 

for the portion of GEAR

HEA Sec. 404C(b) Eastern Kentucky
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Federal Agency Program Flexibility Citation Pilot Sites

Undergraduate 

Programs (GEAR UP)

UP grant funds that are 

blended in the Pilot.

U.S. Department of 

Education

Gaining Early 

Awareness and 

Readiness for 

Undergraduate 

Programs (GEAR UP)

Allowed funds to be 

blended with a) 

Workforce Innovation 

and Opportunity Act

(WIOA) Title I Youth 

Program, b) Promise 

Neighborhoods, and c) 

Full Service 

Community School 

funds.

-- Eastern Kentucky

U.S. Department of 

Health and Human 

Services

Head Start Waived the requirement 

for the redetermination 

of income eligibility for 

all children transitioning 

from Early Head Start 

to Head Start to allow 

all participants to 

remain eligible for the 

two years of the pilot’s 

program. The waiver 

was granted for the 

children of pilot 

participants.

Head Start Regulation 

45 CFR 1305.4 (i)(4)

Chicago
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Federal Agency Program Flexibility Citation Pilot Sites

U.S. Department of 

Health and Human 

Services

Head Start Waived income 

eligibility requirements. 

Household income is 

the income assessed to 

determine child 

eligibility. The waiver 

allows youth living 

with parents/relatives or 

guardians, regardless of 

parent/relative/guardian 

income, to be 

determined eligible for 

enrollment in the pilot’s 

program and their 

children to be 

determined to be 

eligible for Head Start 

or Early Head Start. 

This request is approved 

for the children 

participating in this 

pilot. 

Head Start Regulation 

45 CFR 1305.4(c)

Chicago

Institute of Museum and 

Library Services

Native American 

Library Services: 

Enhancement Grants

Allowed funds to be 

blended with 

AmeriCorps State and 

National funds.

-- Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo

U.S. Department of 

Education

Promise Neighborhoods Allowed funds to be 

blended with a) 

Workforce Innovation 

and Opportunity Act 

Title I Youth Program, 

-- Eastern Kentucky
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Federal Agency Program Flexibility Citation Pilot Sites

b) Gaining Early 

Awareness and 

Readiness for 

Undergraduate 

Programs, and c) Full 

Service Community 

Schools funds.

U.S. Department of 

Labor

Reentry Employment 

Opportunities (REO)

Allowed foster care and 

homeless youth to be 

eligible participants 

under the 10 percent 

exemption in REO. 

Approved only for the 

youth participating in 

the pilot. 

Second Chance Act Sec. 

212(a)(2)

Seattle

U.S. Department of 

Health and Human 

Services

Transitional Living 

Program (TLP)

Allowed increase in the 

eligibility age from 21 

to 24 for homeless 

youth in the TLP. 

*Conditional on the 

submission of a report 

that outlines the number 

of youth participants by 

age to demonstrate that 

the number of younger 

youth (ages 16-21) 

served is not decreased 

as a result of broader 

eligibility for older 

youth.

RHY Program 

Authorizing Legislation 

Part B—Transitional 

Living Grant Program 

Sec. 322 Eligibility and 

Sec. 387 Definitions

Los Angeles (City)
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Federal Agency Program Flexibility Citation Pilot Sites

U.S. Department of 

Labor

Workforce Innovation 

and Opportunity Act 

(WIOA) Title I Youth 

Program

Waived WIOA 

performance measures 

and use proposed 

alternative measures 

instead. 

*Conditional on the 

State’s submission of a 

letter acknowledging 

the applicant’s request 

for performance 

flexibility.

WIOA Sec. 116. 

(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I- III)

Baton Rouge

Broward County

Chicago

Eastern Kentucky

Los Angeles (County)

New York City

Oklahoma

U.S. Department of 

Labor

Workforce Innovation 

and Opportunity Act 

(WIOA) Title I Youth 

Program

Negotiated minimum 

Out-of-School Youth 

(OSY) expenditure 

amount.

WIOA Sec. 

129(a)(4)(A)

Broward County

Eastern Kentucky

Hartford

Oklahoma

Sacramento

U.S. Department of 

Labor

Workforce Innovation 

and Opportunity Act 

(WIOA) Title I Youth 

Program

Waived enrollment cap 

that precludes a local 

area from determining 

that more than 5% of inschool youth newly 

enrolled in a program 

year are eligible based 

on the “requires 

additional assistance to 

complete an educational 

program or to secure or 

hold employment” 

criterion.

20 CFR 681.310(b) Hartford
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Federal Agency Program Flexibility Citation Pilot Sites

U.S. Department of 

Labor

Workforce Innovation 

and Opportunity Act 

(WIOA) Title I Youth 

Program

Waived WIOA 

eligibility requirements 

and permitted in-school 

youth (ISY) to be 

counted as out-ofschool youth (OSY) 

only for youth 

participating in the

pilot, and for fiscal 

accounting purposes 

only.

WIOA Sec. 129(a)(1) Broward County

Chicago

Eastern Kentucky

U.S. Department of 

Labor

Workforce Innovation 

and Opportunity Act 

(WIOA) Title I Youth 

Program

Allowed to consider 

foster, homeless, and 

runaway youth who are 

in school to be counted 

in the 75 percent Outof-School Youth service 

category for fiscal 

accounting purposes 

and for the youth 

participating in the pilot 

only. 

WIOA Sec. 129 

(a)(1)(B)

Los Angeles (City)
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Federal Agency Program Flexibility Citation Pilot Sites

U.S. Department of 

Labor

Workforce Innovation 

and Opportunity Act 

(WIOA) Title I Youth 

Program

Waived to allow pilot to 

serve youth who are 

identified as at-risk of 

becoming justice 

involved by the criminal 

justice system, or by a 

juvenile diversion 

program.

*Youth who are at risk 

of becoming justice 

involve could include, 

but are not limited to, 

youth who are victims of 

crimes or youth who are 

members of gangs.

20 CFR 681.210(c)(4) 

and 20 CFR 

681.220(d)(3)

Hartford

U.S. Department of 

Labor

Workforce Innovation 

and Opportunity Act 

(WIOA) Title I Youth 

Program

Allowed youth (who 

participate in the pilot) 

who attend a high 

school equivalency 

program funded by 

public K-12 to be 

considered “out of 

school” for the purposes 

of WIOA eligibility. 

20 CFR § 681.230 Sacramento

U.S. Department of 

Labor

Workforce Innovation 

and Opportunity Act 

(WIOA) Title I Youth 

Program

Allowed funds to be 

blended with a) 21st 

Century Community 

Learning Centers (CLC) 

and b) Library Services 

N/A Broward County
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Federal Agency Program Flexibility Citation Pilot Sites

and Technology Act 

funds

U.S. Department of 

Labor

Workforce Innovation 

and Opportunity Act 

(WIOA) Title I Youth 

Program

Allowed to blend funds 

with a) Gaining Early 

Awareness and 

Readiness for 

Undergraduate 

Programs (GEAR UP), 

b) Promise 

Neighborhoods, and c) 

Full Service 

Community Schools 

funds.

-- Eastern Kentucky

U.S. Department of 

Labor

Workforce Innovation 

and Opportunity Act 

(WIOA) Title I Youth 

Program

Allowed to blend funds 

with YouthBuild funds.

-- Indianapolis

U.S. Department of 

Labor

YouthBuild Allowed funds to be 

blended with Workforce 

Innovation and 

Opportunity Act Title I 

Youth Program funds.

-- Indianapolis