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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2074 

To provide effective employment, training, and career and technical education 

programs and to address barriers that result from family responsibilities, 

and to encourage and support individuals to enter nontraditional occupational fields. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 23, 2009 

Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, Mr. POLIS

of Colorado, Ms. KILROY, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. MCDERMOTT, 

Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. HARE, Mr. 

LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of 

California, Ms. NORTON, Mr. FARR, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. 

HINOJOSA, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. KENNEDY, 

Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. BALDWIN, and Mr. HASTINGS of Florida) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 

Labor 

A BILL 

To provide effective employment, training, and career and 

technical education programs and to address barriers 

that result from family responsibilities, and to encourage 

and support individuals to enter nontraditional occupational fields. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pathways Advancing 

3 Career Training Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PURPOSE AND FINDINGS. 

5 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is— 

6 (1) to create workforce pathways for individuals 

7 who face barriers during employment transitions and 

8 help to meet the employment needs of high-skilled, 

9 high-wage industries, including those facing signifi10 cant skilled labor shortages; 

11 (2) to provide assistance to States for effective 

12 employment and training programs to address bar13 riers to employment that result from current or 

14 prior family responsibilities, including time out of 

15 the workforce to care for a child or family members; 

16 and 

17 (3) to provide assistance to States for effective 

18 employment and training programs to encourage and 

19 support individuals to enter occupational fields that 

20 are nontraditional for their gender. 

21 (b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

22 (1) A high quality, productive, and diverse 

23 workforce is necessary to compete in the global econ24 omy. 

25 (2) Nearly 14,000,000 individuals in the United 

26 States are the sole breadwinners and caretakers for 


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1 their families and nearly a third of them (31 per2 cent) have family incomes below the poverty level. 

3 (3) More than 7,000,000 individuals in the 

4 United States face barriers to entering or re-enter5 ing the workforce due to extended periods of time 

6 spent caring for family members, and nearly half of 

7 them (42 percent) have family incomes below the 

8 poverty level. 

9 (4) Employment in high-skill, high-wage, non10 traditional careers offers wages and advancement 

11 opportunities to help families achieve economic self12 sufficiency. 

13 (5) Job training and career and technical edu14 cation programs continue to be highly sex-seg15 regated, resulting in a dearth of female students fill16 ing the pipeline for jobs in the growing high-skill, 

17 high-wage labor market, especially in the areas of 

18 technology and the skilled trades. 

19 (6) The employment and training needs of indi20 viduals who have taken time out of the workforce to 

21 care for children or family members, and individuals 

22 pursuing nontraditional occupations are not suffi23 ciently met through existing systems. 


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1 (7) Individuals who face barriers during em2 ployment transitions represent an untapped work3 force pool to address growing skilled labor shortages. 

4 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

5 Except as otherwise specified in this Act, as used in 

6 this Act the following definition apply: 

7 (1) AREA CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

8 SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘area career and technical edu9 cation school’’ has the same meaning given such 

10 term in section 3(a)(22) of the Carl D. Perkins Ca11 reer and Technical Education Improvement Act of 

12 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302(a)(22)). 

13 (2) COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION.—The 

14 term ‘‘community-based organization’’ means a pub15 lic or private nonprofit organization of demonstrated 

16 effectiveness that— 

17 (A) is representative of a community or 

18 significant segments of a community; and 

19 (B) provides educational, preparatory, 

20 training, or related services to individuals in the 

21 community. 

22 (3) DISPLACED HOMEMAKER.—The term ‘‘dis23 placed homemaker’’ means an individual who— 


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1 (A)(i) has worked primarily without remu2 neration to care for a home or family and for 

3 that reason has diminished marketable skills; or 

4 (ii) has been dependent on the income of 

5 another household member but is no longer 

6 supported by that income; or 

7 (iii) is a parent whose youngest dependent 

8 child will become ineligible to receive assistance 

9 under part A of title IV of the Social Security 

10 Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) not later than two 

11 years after the date on which the parent applies 

12 for assistance under the title; or 

13 (iv) is a victim of domestic violence as de14 fined by section 40002(a)(6) of the Violence 

15 Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13701 

16 note); and 

17 (B) is unemployed or underemployed and 

18 is experiencing difficulty in obtaining or up19 grading employment. 

20 (4) ELIGIBLE STATE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘eli21 gible State agency’’ means the State agency respon22 sible for the administration of workforce investment 

23 activities authorized under the Workforce Invest24 ment Act of 1998. 


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1 (5) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT.—The term ‘‘eligible 

2 recipient’’ means a community-based organization, a 

3 one-stop operator, a post-secondary educational in4 stitution, a local educational agency providing edu5 cation to students who have completed or left with6 out completing secondary school, an area career and 

7 technical education school providing education to 

8 students who have completed or left without com9 pleting secondary school, a postsecondary vocational 

10 institution or other entity that has demonstrated an 

11 ability to meet the employment and training needs 

12 of displaced homemakers, single parents and individ13 uals preparing for nontraditional training and em14 ployment. 

15 (6) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

16 ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the same meaning 

17 given such term under section 14101 of the Elemen18 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

19 U.S.C. 7801). 

20 (7) NONTRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT.—The 

21 term ‘‘nontraditional employment,’’ means, with re22 spect to an individual, an occupation or field of work 

23 for which members of such individual’s gender com24 prise less than 25 percent of the individuals em25 ployed in such occupation or field of work. 


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1 (8) ONE-STOP OPERATOR.—The term ‘‘one-stop 

2 operator’’ means one or more entities designated or 

3 certified under section 121(d) of the Workforce In4 vestment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2841(d)). 

5 (9) PREPARATORY SERVICES.—The term ‘‘pre6 paratory services’’ means services, programs, or ac7 tivities designed to assist individuals in selecting or 

8 participating in an appropriate education or training 

9 program or in securing, retaining, or improving em10 ployment, such as— 

11 (A) services, programs, or activities related 

12 to outreach in the recruitment of potential par13 ticipants; 

14 (B) career and personal counseling, includ15 ing group counseling; 

16 (C) life skills development, including finan17 cial literacy; 

18 (D) vocational and skill assessment and 

19 testing; 

20 (E) career planning; 

21 (F) use of a self-sufficiency calculator to 

22 identify income needs and career paths that 

23 lead to self-sufficiency; 

24 (G) job search and placement activities; 


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1 (H) pre-vocational training, including 

2 learning skills, remediation, communication 

3 skills, interviewing skills and resume writing, 

4 punctuality, professional conduct, pre-appren5 ticeship assistance, job readiness, and other 

6 services to prepare individuals to succeed in em7 ployment or training; and 

8 (I) other appropriate services, programs, or 

9 activities. 

10 (10) POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITU11 TION.—The term ‘‘postsecondary educational institu12 tion’’ has the same meaning given such term in sec13 tion 3(a)(22) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 

14 Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 (20 

15 U.S.C. 2302(a)(22)). 

16 (11) POSTSECONDARY VOCATIONAL INSTITU17 TION.—The term ‘‘postsecondary vocation institu18 tion’’ has the same meaning given such term in sec19 tion 102(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

20 (20 U.S.C. 1002(c)). 

21 (12) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 

22 means the Secretary of Labor. 

23 (13) SELF-SUFFICIENCY STANDARD.—The term 

24 ‘‘self-sufficiency standard’’ means a measure of how 

25 much income families need to cover their basic costs 


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1 without subsidies. It uses a consistent methodology 

2 that calculates the costs of living and working (in3 cluding taxes) based upon sub-State geographic loca4 tion and family size and composition. 

5 (14) SINGLE PARENT.—The term ‘‘single par6 ent’’ means an individual who is unmarried, or has 

7 been abandoned by their spouse, and— 

8 (A) has a minor child or children for which 

9 the parent has either full or joint custody; or 

10 (B) is pregnant. 

11 (15) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.—The term ‘‘sup12 portive services’’ means services such as transpor13 tation, child care, dependent care, home health care 

14 for family members, and needs-based payments, that 

15 are necessary to enable an individual to participate 

16 in employment and training activities and retain em17 ployment. 

18 (16) TRAINING.—The term ‘‘training’’ means 

19 training or education related to the preparation of 

20 individuals for employment, including training activi21 ties authorized under section 134(d)(4)(D) of the 

22 Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

23 2864(d)(4)(D)) and career and technical education, 

24 as defined by section 3(a)(5) of the Carl D. Perkins 


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1 Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 

2 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302(a)(5)). 

3 SEC. 4. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 

4 The Secretary of Labor is authorized to provide 

5 grants to States to enable such States to develop or en6 hance programs described in sections 9 and 10 of this Act. 

7 SEC. 5. ALLOCATION. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—After reserving the amount des9 ignated under section 12(c)(2) of this Act, the remaining 

10 funds appropriated shall be divided into 3 equal groups 

11 on the basis of— 

12 (1) the relative number of unemployed individ13 uals in areas of substantial unemployment in each 

14 State, compared to the total number of unemployed 

15 individuals in areas of substantial unemployment in 

16 all States; 

17 (2) the relative excess number of unemployed 

18 individuals in each State, compared to the total ex19 cess number of unemployed individuals in all States; 

20 and 

21 (3) the relative number of disadvantaged adults 

22 in each State, compared to the total number of dis23 advantaged adults in all States. 

24 (b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 

25 terms ‘‘substantial unemployment’’, ‘‘excess number of 


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1 unemployed individuals’’, and ‘‘disadvantaged adult’’ have 

2 the meanings given such terms in section 132(b)(1)(B)(v) 

3 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

4 2862(b)(1)(B)(v)). 

5 (c) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds provided 

6 under this Act shall be used to supplement not supplant 

7 other Federal, State, and local public funds expended to 

8 provide services to displaced homemakers, single parents, 

9 and individuals pursuing nontraditional employment. 

10 SEC. 6. STATE PLAN. 

11 (a) SUBMISSION OF STATE PLAN.—For a State to 

12 be eligible to receive an allocation under section 5 the Gov13 ernor of the State shall submit to the Secretary a plan 

14 for a 5-year period, together with such annual revisions 

15 as the eligible State agency determines to be necessary. 

16 (b) REVISIONS AND REVIEW.—Each eligible State 

17 agency shall— 

18 (1) submit such annual revisions of the plan to 

19 the Secretary as the eligible State agency determines 

20 to be necessary; and 

21 (2) after the second year of the 5-year State 

22 plan, conduct a review of activities assisted under 

23 this Act and submit any revisions of the State plan 

24 that the eligible State agency determines necessary 

25 to the Secretary. 


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1 (c) PLAN DEVELOPMENT.—The eligible State agency 

2 shall develop the State plan in consultation with experts 

3 on serving displaced homemakers and single parents, ex4 perts on nontraditional employment, participants in em5 ployment and training programs for displaced home6 makers and single parents, participants in employment 

7 and training programs for nontraditional employment, and 

8 any other individual the State considers necessary. 

9 (d) PLAN CONTENTS.—The State plan shall include 

10 information that— 

11 (1) describes the employment and training ac12 tivities to be provided under sections 9 and 10 of 

13 this Act; 

14 (2) describes the process for soliciting competi15 tive applications and the criteria that will be used by 

16 the eligible State agency in awarding eligible recipi17 ents funds under this Act; 

18 (3) describes how the eligible State agency 

19 will— 

20 (A) annually evaluate the effectiveness of 

21 such programs; and 

22 (B) coordinate such programs to ensure 

23 nonduplication with other existing Federal pro24 grams; 


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1 (4) provides assurances that the eligible State 

2 agency or agencies will comply with the requirements 

3 of this Act and the provisions of the State plan, in4 cluding the provision of a financial audit of funds re5 ceived under this Act which may be included as part 

6 of an audit of other Federal or State programs; 

7 (5) provides assurances that none of the funds 

8 expended under this Act will be used to acquire 

9 equipment (including computer software) in any in10 stance in which such acquisition results in a direct 

11 financial benefit to any organization representing 

12 the interests of the purchasing entity, the employees 

13 of the purchasing entity, or any affiliate of such an 

14 organization; 

15 (6) describes how the eligible State agency will 

16 measure and report the progress of the students who 

17 are served pursuant to this Act, including progress 

18 on the indicators of performance described in section 

19 7 of this Act; and 

20 (7) describes the methods proposed for the joint 

21 planning and coordination of programs carried out 

22 under this Act with other Federal programs. 

23 (e) PLAN OPTION.—The eligible State agency may 

24 fulfill the requirements of subsection (d) by submitting the 

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1 mitted under section 112 of the Workforce Investment Act 

2 of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2822). 

3 (f) PLAN APPROVAL.—The Secretary shall consider 

4 a plan or revision of a State plan approved, unless the 

5 Secretary determines, within 120 days of submission, that 

6 the State plan, or revision, respectively, does not meet the 

7 requirements of this section. 

8 SEC. 7. ACCOUNTABILITY. 

9 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to es10 tablish activities to assess the effectiveness of the State 

11 in creating workforce pathways for individuals with bar12 riers to employment including single parents, displaced 

13 homemakers and individuals pursuing nontraditional 

14 training and employment, and to maximize the return on 

15 investment of Federal funds. 

16 (b) CORE INDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE FOR DIS17 PLACED HOMEMAKER AND SINGLE PARENT PRO18 GRAMS.—Each eligible State agency shall identify in the 

19 State plan the process used to collect data on the core 

20 indicators of performance from eligible recipients that in21 clude, at a minimum, measures of each of the following: 

22 (1) The core indicators of performance required 

23 by section 136(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Workforce Invest24 ment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2871(b)(2)(A)(i)) ad25 justed based upon— 


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1 (A) specific economic, geographic, and de2 mographic factors in the State and in local 

3 workforce investment areas within the State; 

4 (B) the characteristics of the population to 

5 be served; 

6 (C) the demonstrated difficulties in serving 

7 the population; and 

8 (D) the type of services to be provided. 

9 (2) Participation in and completion of pre10 paratory services. 

11 (c) CORE INDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NON12 TRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS.—Each eligible 

13 State agency shall identify in the State plan the process 

14 used to collect data on the core indicators of performance 

15 from eligible recipients that include, at a minimum, meas16 ures of each of the following— 

17 (1) The core indicators of performance required 

18 by section 136(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Workforce Invest19 ment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2871(b)(2)(A)(i)) ad20 justed based upon: 

21 (A) specific economic, geographic, and de22 mographic factors in the State and in local 

23 workforce investment areas within the State; 

24 (B) the characteristics of the population to 

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1 (C) the demonstrated difficulties in serving 

2 the population; and 

3 (D) the type of services to be provided. 

4 (2) Participation in and completion of pre5 paratory services. 

6 (3) Participation in and completion of employ7 ment and training programs that lead to nontradi8 tional training and employment. 

9 (4) Placement in and retention of nontradi10 tional employment. 

11 (d) ADDITIONAL INDICATORS.—An eligible agency, 

12 with input from eligible recipients, may identify in the 

13 State plan additional indicators of performance for em14 ployment and training activities authorized under this Act, 

15 such as attainment of self-sufficiency. 

16 (e) ANNUAL REPORT BY STATE AGENCY.—Each eli17 gible State agency shall transmit to the Secretary an an18 nual report of data compiled in accordance with section 

19 7(b) and (c) disaggregated by gender, race, age, disability, 

20 national origin, ethnicity, English proficiency status and 

21 status as a displaced homemaker, single parent, or indi22 vidual training for nontraditional employment. The eligible 

23 State agency may submit the report required under this 

24 section as a part of the report submitted under section 


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1 136(d)(1) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 

2 U.S.C. 2871(d)(1)). 

3 (f) ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY.—The Sec4 retary shall transmit to Congress annually a national re5 port that describes the extent to which the purposes of 

6 the Act are being achieved. The Secretary’s report shall 

7 include individual State annual reports and a compilation 

8 of those State reports with national data disaggregated 

9 by gender, race, age, disability, national origin, ethnicity, 

10 English proficiency status, and status as a displaced 

11 homemaker, single parent, or individual training for non12 traditional employment. 

13 SEC. 8. EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS FOR SINGLE PARENTS 

14 AND DISPLACED HOMEMAKERS AND PRO15 GRAMS FOR NONTRADITIONAL EMPLOY16 MENT. 

17 (a) MULTI-SITE EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall, 

18 through the award of competitive grants, contracts, or co19 operative agreements with an independent institution of 

20 higher education, public or private nonprofit organization, 

21 or agency, conduct at least 1 multi-site evaluation under 

22 this section by the end of fiscal year 2012. Such an evalua23 tion shall address— 


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1 (1) the general effectiveness of programs and 

2 activities described in sections 9 and 10 of this Act 

3 including: 

4 (A) the extent to which such programs im5 proved the self-sufficiency and employment out6 comes of participants in comparison to com7 parably-suited individuals who did not partici8 pate in such programs; 

9 (B) the extent to which programs de10 scribed in section 9 of this Act improved the 

11 self-sufficiency and employment outcomes of 

12 participants in comparison to single parents 

13 and displaced homemakers who participated in 

14 non-specialized employment and training activi15 ties as authorized by section 134 of the Work16 force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2864), 

17 but did not participate in programs described in 

18 section 9; 

19 (C) the extent to which programs described 

20 in section 10 of this Act improved the self-suffi21 ciency and employment outcomes of partici22 pants in comparison to similarly situated indi23 viduals who participated in adult and dislocated 

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1 vestment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2864), but 

2 did not participate in programs described in 

3 section 10 of this Act; 

4 (D) the effectiveness of the performance 

5 measures described in section 7 of this Act re6 lating to programs and activities described in 

7 sections 9 and 10 of this Act; 

8 (E) the effectiveness of the structure and 

9 mechanisms for delivery of services through 

10 such programs and activities; 

11 (F) the extent to which such programs and 

12 activities meet the needs of various demo13 graphic groups; and 

14 (G) such other factors as may be appro15 priate. 

16 (b) METHODOLOGY.—Evaluations conducted under 

17 this section shall utilize appropriate methodology and re18 search designs, including the use of control groups chosen 

19 by scientific random assignment. 

20 (c) REPORT.—The entity carrying out an evaluation 

21 described in subsection (a) shall prepare a report of key 

22 findings and submit copies to the Secretary, the Com23 mittee on Education and Labor of the House of Rep24 resentatives, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor 

25 and Pensions of the Senate, and the Library of Congress. 


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1 The Secretary shall make the report available to the pub2 lic. 

3 SEC. 9. PROGRAMS FOR SINGLE PARENTS AND DISPLACED 

4 HOMEMAKERS. 

5 Each State may use funds allocated under section 5 

6 of this Act to implement or carry out programs designed 

7 to provide single parents and displaced homemakers the 

8 following: 

9 (1) Preparatory services. 

10 (2) Subsidies, reimbursement, tuition assist11 ance, or payment for preparatory services, and nec12 essary educational materials (including books and 

13 supplies). 

14 (3) The provision of information to inform indi15 viduals of career and technical education, training 

16 programs, and related preparatory and supportive 

17 services. 

18 (4) Case management and supportive services. 

19 (5) Training and other activities designed to 

20 fulfill the purpose of this Act. 

21 SEC. 10. PROGRAMS FOR INDIVIDUALS ENTERING INTO 

22 NONTRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT. 

23 Each State may use funds allocated under section 5 

24 of this Act to implement or carry out programs designed 


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1 to assist individuals pursuing nontraditional training and 

2 employment, including the following: 

3 (1) All services described in section 9. 

4 (2) Mentoring. 

5 (3) Pre-apprenticeship assistance. 

6 (4) Other activities designed to increase the 

7 number of individuals pursuing nontraditional em8 ployment, including— 

9 (A) dissemination of information to inform 

10 individuals about nontraditional employment; 

11 (B) ensuring a fair and respectful learning 

12 environment in career and technical education 

13 and training programs; and 

14 (C) creating and distributing replicable 

15 model programs and materials that increase 

16 participation, completion, and placement rates. 

17 SEC. 11. WITHIN STATE ALLOCATION AND ADMINISTRA18 TION. 

19 (a) RESERVATION FOR STATE ACTIVITIES.—From 

20 the amounts allocated under section 5— 

21 (1) not more than 5 percent shall be reserved 

22 for State administration; 

23 (2) not less than 25 percent shall be used to 

24 provide programs for single parents and displaced 


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1 homemakers, as described in section 8 of this Act; 

2 and 

3 (3) not less than 25 percent shall be used to 

4 provide programs for individuals training for non5 traditional employment as described in section 9 of 

6 this Act. 

7 (b) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Each eligible State 

8 agency receiving funds made available under section 5(a), 

9 shall match, from non-Federal sources and on a dollar10 for-dollar basis, the funds received under section 10(a)(1). 

11 SEC. 12. ADMINISTRATION. 

12 (a) ADMINISTRATION.—Any State desiring to partici13 pate in a program authorized by this Act shall assign an 

14 individual within the eligible state agency to assist in ful15 filling the purposes of this Act by— 

16 (1) managing the distribution of funds pursu17 ant to section 6; 

18 (2) monitoring the use of funds distributed to 

19 recipients under such programs; 

20 (3) evaluating the effectiveness of programs and 

21 activities supported by such funds; and 

22 (4) developing the State plan described in sec23 tion 6. 

24 (b) COMPETITIVE AWARDS.—The Administrators as25 signed under subsection (c) shall— 


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1 (1) on a competitive basis, provide grants to eli2 gible recipients; and 

3 (2) ensure that each grant is for a program 

4 that is of sufficient size, scope, and quality to be ef5 fective. 

6 (c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award a 

8 grant, a contract, or enter into a cooperative agree9 ment with a national organization with dem10 onstrated expertise in providing technical assistance 

11 to employment and training programs for displaced 

12 homemakers, single parents, and individuals enter13 ing nontraditional employment. This assistance shall 

14 be available for the purposes of— 

15 (A) providing online and toll-free referral 

16 services to assist individuals in accessing the 

17 employment and training programs established 

18 under sections 9 and 10; 

19 (B) developing resources for and providing 

20 technical assistance to such employment and 

21 training programs; 

22 (C) developing state-wide networks to en23 hance the capacity of service delivery among 

24 such employment and training programs; and 


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1 (D) conducting other activities to advance 

2 career pathways for displaced homemakers, sin3 gle parents, and individuals entering nontradi4 tional employment. 

5 (2) Not less than 1 percent or more than 10 

6 percent of the amount authorized under section 13 

7 of this Act shall be available for the assistance de8 scribed in paragraph (1). 

9 SEC. 13. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

10 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec11 retary to carry out this Act $95,000,000 for each of fiscal 

12 years 2010 through 2015. 

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