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expertise, and commitment of such programs and service providers as—

(i) community-based organizations providing vocational skills, literacy skills, remedial education, and general equivalency

preparation, including community-based

organizations serving youth with limitedEnglish proficiency;

(ii) youth corps programs, including

youth conservation and human service

corps;

(iii) Job Corps centers;

(iv) apprenticeship programs; and

(v) other projects and programs funded

under this chapter;

(J) include an estimate of the expected

number of youth in the target area to be

served;

(K) include a description of the resources

available in the participating community

from private, local government, State, and

Federal sources that will be used to achieve

the goals of the program;

(L) include an estimate of funds required

to ensure access to appropriate education,

training, and support services for all youth

in the target area who seek such opportunities; and

(M) provide evidence of support for accomplishing the stated goals of the participating

community from—

(i) local elected officials;

(ii) the local school system;

(iii) appropriate postsecondary education

and training institutions;

(iv) the applicable private industry council;

(v) local community leaders;

(vi) business;

(vii) labor organizations; and

(viii) other appropriate organizations.

(c) Submission of application

The application for funds described in subsection (b) of this section may only be submitted to the Secretary on behalf of a participating

community by—

(1) the mayor of a city or the chief elected

official in a metropolitan statistical area,

after the Governor of the State has had an opportunity to comment on the application;

(2) the chief elected official of a nonmetropolitan county or the designated chief elected

official of contiguous nonmetropolitan counties, after the Governor of the State has had

an opportunity to comment on the application; or

(3) a grantee or consortium described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 1782a(b)(1) of

this title in applications for Native American

or migrant or seasonal farmworker communities, respectively.

(Pub. L. 97–300, title IV, §493, as added Pub. L.

102–367, title IV, §406, Sept. 7, 1992, 106 Stat.

1087.)

§ 1782c. Grant agreement

(a) In general

Each grant recipient receiving a grant under

this part on behalf of a participating community

shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary.

(b) Contents

Each such agreement shall—

(1) designate a target area that—

(A) will be the focus of the demonstration

project; and

(B) shall have a population of—

(i) not more than 25,000; or

(ii) in an appropriate case, not more than

50,000,

except that in the event that the population

of an area from which a high school draws a

substantial portion of its enrollment exceeds

either limit, the target area may encompass

such boundary;

(2) contain assurances that funds provided

under this part will be used to support education, training, and supportive activities selected from a set of youth program models

designated by the Secretary or from alternative models described in the application and

approved by the Secretary, such as—

(A) nonresidential learning centers;

(B) alternative schools;

(C) combined activities including summer

remediation, work experience and work

readiness training, and school-to-work, apprenticeship, or postsecondary education

programs;

(D) teen parent programs;

(E) special programs administered by community colleges;

(F) youth centers;

(G) initiatives aimed at increased rural

student enrollment in postsecondary institutions;

(H) public-private collaborations to assure

private sector employment and continued

learning opportunities for youth; and

(I) initiatives, such as youth corps programs, that combine community and youth

service opportunities with education and

training activities;

(3) provide that funds received under this

part will be used for services to youth ages 14

through 30 at the time of enrollment;

(4) contain assurances that the local educational agency and any other educational

agency that operates secondary schools in the

target area shall provide such activities and

resources as are necessary to achieve the educational goals specified in the application;

(5) contain assurances that the participating

community will provide such activities and

local resources as are necessary to achieve the

goals specified in the application;

(6) contain assurances that the participating

community will undertake outreach and recruitment efforts in the target area to encourage, to the maximum extent possible, participation by the disadvantaged youth who are

currently unserved, or underserved, by education and training programs, including targeted measures specifically designed to enlist

the participation of youth, particularly males,

under the jurisdiction of the child welfare, juvenile justice, and criminal justice systems;

(7) provide that the participating community will carry out special efforts to establish
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coordination with Federal, State, or local programs that serve the target population;

(8) provide assurances that funds provided

under this part for a fiscal year will be used

only to pay the Federal share attributable to

this part of the cost of programs and services

not otherwise available in the target area and

will supplement, and not supplant, funding

from other local, State, and Federal sources

available to youth in the target area during

the previous year; and

(9) permit funds provided under this part to

be used to support paid work experience programs if such programs are combined with

other education and training activities.

(Pub. L. 97–300, title IV, §494, as added Pub. L.

102–367, title IV, §406, Sept. 7, 1992, 106 Stat. 1089;

amended Pub. L. 103–50, ch. V, §502, July 2, 1993,

107 Stat. 254.)

AMENDMENTS

1993—Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 103–50 substituted ‘‘30’’

for ‘‘21’’.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 1782b of this

title.

§ 1782d. Job guarantees

(a) Program authority

The Secretary shall permit a reasonable number of the grant recipients under this part to

enter into an agreement to provide, in accordance with this section, a job guarantee program

to youths meeting prior school attendance and

performance standards.

(b) Guarantee agreements

A grant recipient providing such a job guarantee program shall enter into an agreement with

the Secretary, which agreement shall—

(1) provide that the program be available to

youth age 16 to 19 who undertake a commitment to continue and complete their high

school education;

(2) require the grant recipient to guarantee

employment to each youth undertaking the

commitment if such youth meets school attendance and performance standards for the

previous school semester, as established by

the Secretary in consultation with the Secretary of Education;

(3) provide that the grant recipient will

make additional services available to support

the undertaking of any such youth, which

shall include counseling, job development and

placement, and supportive services (including

child care and transportation);

(4) specify the conditions under which funds

provided under this part may be used to provide wage subsidies of up to 50 percent through

employers, which conditions shall—

(A) encourage subsidies to employers who

provide advanced or specialized training, or

who provide a structured and integrated

learning experience involving the school and

employer; and

(B) limit the duration of such subsidies to

not more than 1 year;

(5) require that the employment provided to

any such youth shall not exceed 15 hours per

week during the school year;

(6) permit employment to continue through

the summer following high school graduation,

or until the youth reaches age 19, whichever is

later; and

(7) contain such other terms and conditions

as the Secretary requires by regulation.

(c) Selection of grant recipients

In determining which grant recipients to permit to enter an agreement under this section,

the Secretary shall seek to target funds to areas

with the highest poverty rates.

(d) Youth eligibility

All youth, regardless of income, residing in an

eligible high poverty area shall be eligible to

participate in the job guarantee program.

(e) Private funds

Nothing in this section shall be construed to

prohibit the grant recipient from raising funds

to augment such grant if such funds are utilized

under the conditions of the grant, except that

such funds shall not be used for administration.

(Pub. L. 97–300, title IV, §495, as added Pub. L.

102–367, title IV, §406, Sept. 7, 1992, 106 Stat.

1090.)

§ 1782e. Payments; Federal share

(a) Payments required

In any fiscal year, the amount of a grant

awarded under this part shall be based on the

size of the target area and the extent of the poverty in such area, and shall be of sufficient size

and scope to carry out an effective program

under this part.

(b) Federal share

The Federal share attributable to this part of

the cost of providing comprehensive services as

provided in section 1782a(a) of this title shall be

not less than 70 percent for each fiscal year a

grant recipient receives assistance under this

chapter.

(c) Other Federal sources

In providing for the remaining share of such

cost, each grant recipient may provide not more

than 20 percent of such cost from Federal

sources other than funds received pursuant to

this part.

(d) Non-Federal share

A grant recipient shall provide non-Federal

funds in an amount not less than 10 percent of

such cost, an in-kind contribution equivalent to

such percent (as determined by the Secretary),

or a combination thereof.

(Pub. L. 97–300, title IV, §496, as added Pub. L.

102–367, title IV, §406, Sept. 7, 1992, 106 Stat.

1091.)

§ 1782f. Reporting

The Secretary is authorized to establish such

reporting procedures as are necessary to carry

out the purposes of this part.

(Pub. L. 97–300, title IV, §497, as added Pub. L.

102–367, title IV, §406, Sept. 7, 1992, 106 Stat.

1091.)