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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1270 

To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to provide funding, 

on a competitive basis, for summer and year-round employment opportunities for youth ages 14 through 24. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 25, 2023 

Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Ms. DUCKWORTH) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

to provide funding, on a competitive basis, for summer 

and year-round employment opportunities for youth ages 

14 through 24. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Assisting In Devel5 oping Youth Employment Act’’ or the ‘‘AID Youth Em6 ployment Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. 

2 Title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

3 Act is amended— 

4 (1) by redesignating subtitle E (29 U.S.C. 3241 

5 et seq.) as subtitle F; and 

6 (2) by inserting after subtitle D (29 U.S.C. 

7 3221 et seq.) the following: 

8 ‘‘Subtitle E—Youth Employment 

9 Opportunities 

10 ‘‘SEC. 176. DEFINITIONS. 

11 ‘‘In this subtitle: 

12 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE YOUTH.—The term ‘eligible 

13 youth’ means an individual who— 

14 ‘‘(A) is not younger than age 14 or older 

15 than age 24; and 

16 ‘‘(B) is— 

17 ‘‘(i) an in-school youth; 

18 ‘‘(ii) an out-of-school youth; or 

19 ‘‘(iii) an unemployed individual. 

20 ‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBE; TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.— 

21 The terms ‘Indian tribe’ and ‘tribal organization’ 

22 have the meanings given the terms in section 4 of 

23 the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist24 ance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 

25 ‘‘(3) IN-SCHOOL YOUTH; OUT-OF-SCHOOL

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1 school youth’ have the meanings given the terms in 

2 section 129(a)(1). 

3 ‘‘(4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 

4 The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 

5 meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher 

6 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 

7 ‘‘(5) MARGINALIZED.—The term ‘marginalized’, 

8 used with respect to an individual, includes individ9 uals who are homeless, in foster care, involved in the 

10 juvenile or criminal justice system, or are not en11 rolled in or at risk of dropping out of an educational 

12 institution and who live in an underserved commu13 nity that has faced trauma through acute or long14 term exposure to substantial discrimination, histor15 ical or cultural oppression, intergenerational poverty, 

16 civil unrest, a high rate of violence, or a high rate 

17 of drug overdose mortality. 

18 ‘‘(6) SUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT.—The term 

19 ‘subsidized employment’ means employment for 

20 which the employer receives a total or partial sub21 sidy to offset costs of employing an eligible youth 

22 under this subtitle. 

23 ‘‘(7) TRIBAL AREA.—The term ‘tribal area’ 

24 means— 


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1 ‘‘(A) an area on or adjacent to an Indian 

2 reservation; 

3 ‘‘(B) land held in trust by the United 

4 States for Indians; 

5 ‘‘(C) a public domain Indian allotment; 

6 ‘‘(D) a former Indian reservation in Okla7 homa; and 

8 ‘‘(E) land held by an incorporated Native 

9 group, Regional Corporation, or Village Cor10 poration under the provisions of the Alaska Na11 tive Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et 

12 seq.). 

13 ‘‘(8) TRIBAL COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.—The 

14 term ‘tribal college or university’ has the meaning 

15 given the term ‘Tribal College or University’ in sec16 tion 316(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

17 (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)). 

18 ‘‘(9) TRIBALLY DESIGNATED HOUSING ENTI19 TY.—The term ‘tribally designated housing entity’, 

20 used with respect to an Indian tribe (as defined in 

21 this section), has the meaning given in section 4 of 

22 the Native American Housing Assistance and Self23 Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103). 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 176A. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. 

2 ‘‘(a) ALLOCATION.—Of the funds appropriated under 

3 section 176E that remain available after any reservation 

4 under subsection (b), the Secretary may make available— 

5 ‘‘(1) not more than $1,800,000,000 in accord6 ance with section 176B to provide eligible youth with 

7 subsidized summer employment opportunities; and 

8 ‘‘(2) not more than $2,400,000,000 in accord9 ance with section 176C to provide eligible youth with 

10 subsidized year-round employment opportunities. 

11 ‘‘(b) RESERVATION.—The Secretary may reserve not 

12 more than 10 percent of the funds appropriated under sec13 tion 176E to provide technical assistance and oversight, 

14 in order to assist eligible entities in applying for and ad15 ministering grants awarded under this subtitle. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 176B. SUMMER EMPLOYMENT COMPETITIVE GRANT 

17 PROGRAM. 

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

19 ‘‘(1) GRANTS.—Using the amounts made avail20 able under 176A(a)(1), the Secretary shall award, 

21 on a competitive basis, planning and implementation 

22 grants. 

23 ‘‘(2) GENERAL USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary 

24 shall award the grants to assist eligible entities by 

25 paying for the program share of the cost of— 


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1 ‘‘(A) in the case of a planning grant, plan2 ning a summer youth employment program to 

3 provide subsidized summer employment oppor4 tunities; and 

5 ‘‘(B) in the case of an implementation 

6 grant, implementation of such a program, to 

7 provide such opportunities. 

8 ‘‘(b) PERIODS AND AMOUNTS OF GRANTS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) PLANNING GRANTS.—The Secretary may 

10 award a planning grant under this section for a 1- 

11 year period, in an amount of not more than 

12 $250,000. 

13 ‘‘(2) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.—The Sec14 retary may award an implementation grant under 

15 this section for a 3-year period, in an amount of not 

16 more than $6,000,000. 

17 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 

19 planning or implementation grant under this section, 

20 an entity shall— 

21 ‘‘(A) be a— 

22 ‘‘(i) State, local government, or Indian 

23 tribe or tribal organization, that meets the 

24 requirements of paragraph (2); or 


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1 ‘‘(ii) community-based organization 

2 that meets the requirements of paragraph 

3 (3); and 

4 ‘‘(B) meet the requirements for a planning 

5 or implementation grant, respectively, specified 

6 in paragraph (4). 

7 ‘‘(2) GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIPS.—An entity 

8 that is a State, local government, or Indian tribe or 

9 tribal organization referred to in paragraph (1) shall 

10 demonstrate that the entity has entered into a part11 nership with State, local, or tribal entities— 

12 ‘‘(A) that shall include— 

13 ‘‘(i) a local educational agency or trib14 al educational agency (as defined in section 

15 6132 of the Elementary and Secondary 

16 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7452)); 

17 ‘‘(ii) a local board or tribal workforce 

18 development agency; 

19 ‘‘(iii) a State, local, or tribal agency 

20 serving youth under the jurisdiction of the 

21 juvenile justice system or criminal justice 

22 system; 

23 ‘‘(iv) a State, local, or tribal child wel24 fare agency; 


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1 ‘‘(v) a State, local, or tribal agency or 

2 community-based organization, with— 

3 ‘‘(I) expertise in providing coun4 seling services, and trauma-informed 

5 and gender-responsive trauma preven6 tion, identification, referral, and sup7 port (including treatment) services; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(II) a proven track record of 

10 serving low-income vulnerable youth 

11 and out-of-school youth; 

12 ‘‘(vi) if the State, local government, or 

13 Indian tribe or tribal organization is seek14 ing an implementation grant, and has not 

15 established a summer youth employment 

16 program, an entity that is carrying out a 

17 State, local, or tribal summer youth em18 ployment program; and 

19 ‘‘(vii) an employer or employer asso20 ciation; and 

21 ‘‘(B) that may include— 

22 ‘‘(i) an institution of higher education 

23 or tribal college or university; 

24 ‘‘(ii) a representative of a labor or 

25 labor-management organization; 


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1 ‘‘(iii) an entity that carries out a pro2 gram that receives funding under the Juve3 nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 

4 Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) or 

5 section 212 of the Second Chance Act of 

6 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17532); 

7 ‘‘(iv) a collaborative applicant as de8 fined in section 401 of the McKinney9 Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

10 11360) or a private nonprofit organization 

11 that serves homeless individuals and house12 holds (including such an applicant or orga13 nization that serves individuals or house14 holds that are at risk of homelessness in 

15 tribal areas) or serves foster youth; 

16 ‘‘(v) an entity that carries out a pro17 gram funded under the Carl D. Perkins 

18 Career and Technical Education Act of 

19 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), including 

20 Native American programs funded under 

21 section 116 of that Act (20 U.S.C. 2326) 

22 and tribally controlled postsecondary ca23 reer and technical institution programs 

24 funded under section 117 of that Act (20 

25 U.S.C. 2327); 


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1 ‘‘(vi) a local or tribal youth com2 mittee; 

3 ‘‘(vii) a State or local public housing 

4 agency or a tribally designated housing en5 tity; and 

6 ‘‘(viii) another appropriate State, 

7 local, or tribal agency. 

8 ‘‘(3) COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION PART9 NERSHIPS.—A community-based organization re10 ferred to in paragraph (1) shall demonstrate that 

11 the organization has entered into a partnership with 

12 State, local, or tribal entities— 

13 ‘‘(A) that shall include— 

14 ‘‘(i) a unit of general local government 

15 or tribal government; 

16 ‘‘(ii) an agency described in para17 graph (2)(A)(i); 

18 ‘‘(iii) a local board or tribal workforce 

19 development agency; 

20 ‘‘(iv) a State, local, or tribal agency 

21 serving youth under the jurisdiction of the 

22 juvenile justice system or criminal justice 

23 system; 

24 ‘‘(v) a State, local, or tribal child wel25 fare agency; 


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1 ‘‘(vi) if the organization is seeking an 

2 implementation grant, and has not estab3 lished a summer youth employment pro4 gram, an entity that is carrying out a 

5 State, local, or tribal summer youth em6 ployment program; and 

7 ‘‘(vii) an employer or employer asso8 ciation; and 

9 ‘‘(B) that may include one or more entities 

10 described in paragraph (2)(B). 

11 ‘‘(4) ENTITIES ELIGIBLE FOR PARTICULAR

12 GRANTS.— 

13 ‘‘(A) ENTITIES ELIGIBLE FOR PLANNING

14 GRANTS.—The Secretary may award a planning 

15 grant under this section to an eligible entity 

16 that— 

17 ‘‘(i) is preparing to establish or ex18 pand a summer youth employment pro19 gram that meets the minimum require20 ments specified in subsection (d); and 

21 ‘‘(ii) has not received a grant under 

22 this section. 

23 ‘‘(B) ENTITIES ELIGIBLE FOR IMPLEMEN24 TATION GRANTS.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 

2 may award an implementation grant under 

3 this section to an eligible entity that— 

4 ‘‘(I) has received a planning 

5 grant under this section; or 

6 ‘‘(II) has established a summer 

7 youth employment program and dem8 onstrates a minimum level of capacity 

9 to enhance or expand the summer 

10 youth employment program described 

11 in the application submitted under 

12 subsection (d). 

13 ‘‘(ii) CAPACITY.—In determining 

14 whether an entity has the level of capacity 

15 referred to in clause (i)(II), the Secretary 

16 may include as capacity— 

17 ‘‘(I) the entity’s staff capacity 

18 and staff training to deliver youth em19 ployment services; and 

20 ‘‘(II) the entity’s existing youth 

21 employment services (as of the date of 

22 submission of the application sub23 mitted under subsection (d)) that are 

24 consistent with the application. 

25 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para2 graph (2), an eligible entity desiring to receive a 

3 grant under this section for a summer youth employ4 ment program shall submit an application to the 

5 Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con6 taining such information as the Secretary may re7 quire, including, at a minimum, each of the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(A) With respect to an application for a 

10 planning or implementation grant— 

11 ‘‘(i) a description of the eligible youth 

12 for whom summer employment services will 

13 be provided; 

14 ‘‘(ii) a description of the eligible enti15 ty, and a description of the expected par16 ticipation and responsibilities of each of 

17 the partners in the partnership described 

18 in subsection (c); 

19 ‘‘(iii) information demonstrating suffi20 cient need for the grant in the State, local, 

21 or tribal population, which may include in22 formation showing— 

23 ‘‘(I) a high level of unemploy24 ment among youth (including young 

25 adults) ages 14 through 24; 


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1 ‘‘(II) a high rate of out-of-school 

2 youth; 

3 ‘‘(III) a high rate of homeless4 ness; 

5 ‘‘(IV) a high rate of poverty; 

6 ‘‘(V) a high rate of adult unem7 ployment; 

8 ‘‘(VI) a high rate of community 

9 or neighborhood crime; 

10 ‘‘(VII) a high rate of violence; or 

11 ‘‘(VIII) a high level or rate on 

12 another indicator of need; 

13 ‘‘(iv) a description of the strategic ob14 jectives the eligible entity seeks to achieve 

15 through the program to provide eligible 

16 youth with core work readiness skills, 

17 which may include— 

18 ‘‘(I) financial literacy skills, in19 cluding providing the support de20 scribed in section 129(b)(2)(D); 

21 ‘‘(II) sector-based technical skills 

22 aligned with employer needs; 

23 ‘‘(III) skills that— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) are soft employment 

2 skills, early work skills, or work 

3 readiness skills; and 

4 ‘‘(bb) include social skills, 

5 communications skills, higher6 order thinking skills, self-control, 

7 and positive self-concept; and 

8 ‘‘(IV) (for the marginalized eligi9 ble youth) basic skills like communica10 tion, math, and problem solving in the 

11 context of training for advancement to 

12 better jobs and postsecondary train13 ing; and 

14 ‘‘(v) information demonstrating that 

15 the eligible entity has obtained commit16 ments to provide the non-program share 

17 described in paragraph (2) of subsection 

18 (h). 

19 ‘‘(B) With respect to an application for a 

20 planning grant— 

21 ‘‘(i) a description of the intermediate 

22 and long-term goals for planning activities 

23 for the duration of the planning grant; 

24 ‘‘(ii) a description of how grant funds 

25 will be used to develop a plan to provide 


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1 summer employment services for eligible 

2 youth; 

3 ‘‘(iii) a description of how the eligible 

4 entity will carry out an analysis of best 

5 practices for identifying, recruiting, and 

6 engaging program participants, in par7 ticular the marginalized eligible youth; 

8 ‘‘(iv) a description of how the eligible 

9 entity will carry out an analysis of best 

10 practices for placing youth participants— 

11 ‘‘(I) in opportunities that— 

12 ‘‘(aa) are appropriate sub13 sidized employment opportunities 

14 with employers based on factors 

15 including age, skill, experience, 

16 career aspirations, work-based 

17 readiness, and barriers to em18 ployment; and 

19 ‘‘(bb) may include additional 

20 services for participants, includ21 ing core work readiness skill de22 velopment and mentorship serv23 ices; 

24 ‘‘(II) in summer employment 

25 that— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) is not less than 6 

2 weeks; 

3 ‘‘(bb) follows a schedule of 

4 not more than 20 hours per 

5 week; 

6 ‘‘(cc) pays wages at rates 

7 not less than the applicable Fed8 eral, State, or local minimum 

9 wage rate; and 

10 ‘‘(dd) for employment in11 volving construction, pays wages 

12 at rates not less than those pre13 viously on similar construction in 

14 the locality as determined by the 

15 Secretary in accordance with sub16 chapter IV of chapter 31 of title 

17 40, United States Code (com18 monly known as the ‘Davis19 Bacon Act’); and 

20 ‘‘(v) a description of how the eligible 

21 entity plans to develop a mentorship pro22 gram or connect youth with positive, sup23 portive mentorships, consistent with para24 graph (3). 


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1 ‘‘(C) With respect to an application for an 

2 implementation grant— 

3 ‘‘(i) a description of how the eligible 

4 entity plans to identify, recruit, and engage 

5 program participants, in particular the 

6 marginalized eligible youth; 

7 ‘‘(ii) a description of the manner in 

8 which the eligible entity plans to place eli9 gible youth participants in subsidized em10 ployment opportunities, and in summer 

11 employment, described in subparagraph 

12 (B)(iv); 

13 ‘‘(iii) (for a program serving the 

14 marginalized eligible youth), a description 

15 of workplaces for the subsidized employ16 ment involved, which may include work17 places in the public, private, and nonprofit 

18 sectors; 

19 ‘‘(iv) a description of how the eligible 

20 entity plans to provide or connect eligible 

21 youth participants with positive, supportive 

22 mentorships, consistent with paragraph 

23 (3); 

24 ‘‘(v) a description of services that will 

25 be available to employers participating in 


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1 the youth employment program, to provide 

2 supervisors involved in the program with 

3 coaching and mentoring on— 

4 ‘‘(I) how to support youth devel5 opment; 

6 ‘‘(II) how to structure learning 

7 and reflection; and 

8 ‘‘(III) how to deal with youth 

9 challenges in the workplace; 

10 ‘‘(vi) a description of how the eligible 

11 entity plans to offer structured pathways 

12 back into employment and a youth employ13 ment program under this section for eligi14 ble youth who have been terminated from 

15 employment or removed from the program; 

16 ‘‘(vii) a description of how the eligible 

17 entity plans to engage eligible youth be18 yond the duration of the summer employ19 ment opportunity, which may include— 

20 ‘‘(I) developing or partnering 

21 with a year-round youth employment 

22 program; 

23 ‘‘(II) referring eligible youth to 

24 other year-round programs, which 

25 may include— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) programs funded 

2 under section 176C or the Carl 

3 D. Perkins Career and Technical 

4 Education Act of 2006 (20 

5 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.); 

6 ‘‘(bb) after school programs; 

7 ‘‘(cc) secondary or postsec8 ondary education programs; 

9 ‘‘(dd) training programs; 

10 ‘‘(ee) cognitive behavior 

11 therapy programs; 

12 ‘‘(ff) apprenticeship pro13 grams; and 

14 ‘‘(gg) national service pro15 grams; 

16 ‘‘(III) employing a full-time, per17 manent staff person who is respon18 sible for youth outreach, followup, and 

19 recruitment; or 

20 ‘‘(IV) connecting eligible youth 

21 with job development services, includ22 ing career counseling, resume and job 

23 application assistance, interview prep24 aration, and connections to job leads; 


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1 ‘‘(viii) evidence of the eligible entity’s 

2 capacity to provide the services described 

3 in this subsection; and 

4 ‘‘(ix) a description of the quality of 

5 the summer youth employment program, 

6 including a program that leads to a recog7 nized postsecondary credential. 

8 ‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBE; TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS.— 

9 An eligible entity that is an Indian tribe or tribal or10 ganization and desires to receive a grant under this 

11 section for a summer youth employment program 

12 may, in lieu of submitting the application described 

13 in paragraph (1), submit an application to the Sec14 retary that meets such requirements as the Sec15 retary develops after consultation with the tribe or 

16 organization. 

17 ‘‘(3) MENTOR.—For purposes of subparagraphs 

18 (B)(iv), (B)(v), and (C)(iv) of paragraph (1), a men19 tor— 

20 ‘‘(A) shall be an individual who has been 

21 matched with an eligible youth based on the 

22 youth’s needs; 

23 ‘‘(B) shall make contact with the eligible 

24 youth at least once each week; 


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1 ‘‘(C) shall be a trusted member of the local 

2 community; and 

3 ‘‘(D) may include— 

4 ‘‘(i) a mentor trained in trauma-in5 formed care (including provision of trau6 ma-informed trauma prevention, identifica7 tion, referral, or support services to youth 

8 that have experienced or are at risk of ex9 periencing trauma), conflict resolution, and 

10 positive youth development; 

11 ‘‘(ii) a job coach trained to provide 

12 youth with guidance on how to navigate 

13 the workplace and troubleshoot problems; 

14 ‘‘(iii) a supervisor trained to provide 

15 at least two performance assessments and 

16 serve as a reference; or 

17 ‘‘(iv) a peer mentor who is a former 

18 or current participant in the youth employ19 ment program involved. 

20 ‘‘(e) AWARDS FOR POPULATIONS AND AREAS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) POPULATIONS.—The Secretary shall re22 serve, from the amounts made available under sec23 tion 176A(a)(1)— 

24 ‘‘(A) 50 percent to award grants under 

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1 sidized summer employment opportunities for 

2 in-school youth; and 

3 ‘‘(B) 50 percent to award such grants to 

4 plan for planning or provision of such opportu5 nities for out-of-school youth. 

6 ‘‘(2) AREAS.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In awarding the 

8 grants, the Secretary shall consider the regional 

9 diversity of the areas to be served, to ensure 

10 that urban, suburban, rural, and tribal areas 

11 are receiving grant funds. 

12 ‘‘(B) RURAL AND TRIBAL AREA INCLU13 SION.— 

14 ‘‘(i) RURAL AREAS.—Not less than 20 

15 percent of the amounts made available 

16 under section 176A(a)(1) for each fiscal 

17 year shall be made available for activities 

18 to be carried out in rural areas. 

19 ‘‘(ii) TRIBAL AREAS.—Not less than 5 

20 percent of the amounts made available 

21 under section 176A(a)(1) for each fiscal 

22 year shall be made available for activities 

23 to be carried out in tribal areas. 


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1 ‘‘(f) PROGRAM PRIORITIES.—In allocating funds 

2 under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligi3 ble entities— 

4 ‘‘(1) who propose to coordinate their activi5 ties— 

6 ‘‘(A) with local or tribal employers; and 

7 ‘‘(B) with agencies described in subsection 

8 (c)(2)(A)(i) to ensure the summer youth em9 ployment programs provide clear linkages to re10 medial, academic, and occupational programs 

11 carried out by the agencies; 

12 ‘‘(2) who propose a plan to increase private sec13 tor engagement in, and job placement through, sum14 mer youth employment; and 

15 ‘‘(3) who have, in their counties, States, or trib16 al areas (as compared to other counties in their 

17 State, other States, or other tribal areas, respec18 tively), a high level or rate described in subsection 

19 (d)(1)(A)(iii). 

20 ‘‘(g) USE OF FUNDS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that re22 ceives a grant under this section may use the grant 

23 funds for services described in subsection (d). 

24 ‘‘(2) DISCRETIONARY USES.—The eligible entity 

25 may also use the funds— 


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1 ‘‘(A) to provide wages to eligible youth in 

2 subsidized summer employment programs; 

3 ‘‘(B) to provide eligible youth with support 

4 services, including case management, child care 

5 assistance, child support services, and transpor6 tation assistance; and 

7 ‘‘(C) to develop data management systems 

8 to assist with programming, evaluation, and 

9 records management. 

10 ‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATION.—An eligible entity may 

11 reserve not more than 10 percent of the grant funds 

12 for the administration of activities under this sec13 tion. 

14 ‘‘(4) CARRY-OVER AUTHORITY.—Any amounts 

15 provided to an eligible entity under this section for 

16 a fiscal year may, at the discretion of the Secretary, 

17 remain available to that entity for expenditure dur18 ing the succeeding fiscal year to carry out programs 

19 under this section. 

20 ‘‘(h) PROGRAM SHARE.— 

21 ‘‘(1) PLANNING GRANTS.—The program share 

22 for a planning grant awarded under this section 

23 shall be 100 percent of the cost described in sub24 section (a)(2)(A). 

25 ‘‘(2) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The program share 

2 for an implementation grant awarded under 

3 this section shall be 50 percent of the cost de4 scribed in subsection (a)(2)(B). 

5 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding sub6 paragraph (A), the Secretary— 

7 ‘‘(i) may increase the program share 

8 for an eligible entity; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) shall increase the program share 

10 for an Indian tribe or tribal organization 

11 to not less than 95 percent of the cost de12 scribed in subsection (a)(2)(B). 

13 ‘‘(C) NON-PROGRAM SHARE.—The eligible 

14 entity may provide the non-program share of 

15 the cost— 

16 ‘‘(i) in cash or in-kind, fairly evalu17 ated, including plant, equipment, or serv18 ices; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) from State, local, tribal or pri20 vate (including philanthropic) sources and, 

21 in the case of an Indian tribe or tribal or22 ganization, from Federal sources. 

23 ‘‘SEC. 176C. YEAR-ROUND EMPLOYMENT COMPETITIVE 

24 GRANT PROGRAM. 

25 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) GRANTS.—Using the amounts made avail2 able under 176A(a)(2), the Secretary shall award, 

3 on a competitive basis, planning and implementation 

4 grants. 

5 ‘‘(2) GENERAL USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary 

6 shall award the grants to assist eligible entities by 

7 paying for the program share of the cost of— 

8 ‘‘(A) in the case of a planning grant, plan9 ning a year-round youth employment program 

10 to provide subsidized year-round employment 

11 opportunities; and 

12 ‘‘(B) in the case of an implementation 

13 grant, implementation of such a program to 

14 provide such opportunities. 

15 ‘‘(b) PERIODS AND AMOUNTS OF GRANTS.—The 

16 planning grants shall have the periods and amounts de17 scribed in section 176B(b)(1). The implementation grants 

18 shall have the periods and grants described in section 

19 176B(b)(2). 

20 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 

22 planning or implementation grant under this section, 

23 an entity shall, except as provided in paragraph 

24 (2)— 

25 ‘‘(A) be a— 


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1 ‘‘(i) State, local government, or Indian 

2 tribe or tribal organization, that meets the 

3 requirements of section 176B(c)(2); or 

4 ‘‘(ii) community-based organization 

5 that meets the requirements of section 

6 176B(c)(3); and 

7 ‘‘(B) meet the requirements for a planning 

8 or implementation grant, respectively, specified 

9 in section 176B(c)(4). 

10 ‘‘(2) YEAR-ROUND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PRO11 GRAMS.—For purposes of paragraph (1), any ref12 erence in section 176B(c)— 

13 ‘‘(A) to a summer youth employment pro14 gram shall be considered to refer to a year15 round youth employment program; and 

16 ‘‘(B) to a provision of section 176B shall 

17 be considered to refer to the corresponding pro18 vision of this section. 

19 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para21 graph (2), an eligible entity desiring to receive a 

22 grant under this section for a year-round youth em23 ployment program shall submit an application to the 

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1 quire, including, at a minimum, each of the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(A) With respect to an application for a 

4 planning or implementation grant, the informa5 tion and descriptions specified in section 

6 176B(d)(1)(A). 

7 ‘‘(B) With respect to an application for a 

8 planning grant, the descriptions specified in 

9 section 176B(d)(1)(B), except that the descrip10 tion of an analysis for placing youth in employ11 ment described in clause (iv)(II)(bb) of that 

12 section shall cover employment that follows a 

13 schedule— 

14 ‘‘(i) that consists of— 

15 ‘‘(I) not more than 15 hours per 

16 week for in-school youth; and 

17 ‘‘(II) not less than 20 and not 

18 more than 40 hours per week for out19 of-school youth; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) that depends on the needs and 

21 work-readiness level of the population 

22 being served. 

23 ‘‘(C) With respect to an application for an 

24 implementation grant, the descriptions and evi25 dence specified in section 176B(d)(1)(C)— 


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1 ‘‘(i) except that the reference in sec2 tion 176B(d)(1)(C)(ii) to employment de3 scribed in section 176B(d)(1)(B) shall 

4 cover employment that follows the schedule 

5 described in subparagraph (B); and 

6 ‘‘(ii) except that the reference to pro7 grams in clause (vii)(II)(aa) of that section 

8 shall be considered to refer only to pro9 grams funded under the Carl D. Perkins 

10 Career and Technical Education Act of 

11 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.). 

12 ‘‘(D) With respect to an application for an 

13 implementation grant— 

14 ‘‘(i) a description of how the eligible 

15 entity plans to provide mental health serv16 ices, as needed, to eligible youth partici17 pants; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) a description of how the eligible 

19 entity plans to address barriers to partici20 pation among eligible youth, including 

21 provding transportation and child care. 

22 ‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBE; TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS.— 

23 An eligible entity that is an Indian tribe or tribal or24 ganization and desires to receive a grant under this 

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1 may, in lieu of submitting the application described 

2 in paragraph (1), submit an application to the Sec3 retary that meets such requirements as the Sec4 retary develops after consultation with the tribe or 

5 organization. 

6 ‘‘(3) MENTOR.—For purposes of paragraph (1), 

7 any reference in subparagraphs (B)(iv), (B)(v), and 

8 (C)(iv) of section 176B(d)(1) to a mentor shall be 

9 considered to refer to a mentor who— 

10 ‘‘(A) shall be an individual described in 

11 subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 

12 176B(d)(3); 

13 ‘‘(B) shall make contact with the eligible 

14 youth at least twice each week; and 

15 ‘‘(C) may be an individual described in sec16 tion 176B(d)(3)(D). 

17 ‘‘(4) YEAR-ROUND EMPLOYMENT.—For pur18 poses of this subsection, any reference in section 

19 176B(d)— 

20 ‘‘(A) to summer employment shall be con21 sidered to refer to year-round employment; and 

22 ‘‘(B) to a provision of section 176B shall 

23 be considered to refer to the corresponding pro24 vision of this section. 


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1 ‘‘(e) AWARDS FOR POPULATIONS AND AREAS; PRIOR2 ITIES.— 

3 ‘‘(1) POPULATIONS.—The Secretary shall re4 serve, from the amounts made available under sec5 tion 176A(a)(2)— 

6 ‘‘(A) 50 percent to award grants under 

7 this section for planning or provision of sub8 sidized year-round employment opportunities 

9 for in-school youth; and 

10 ‘‘(B) 50 percent to award such grants to 

11 plan for planning or provision of such opportu12 nities for out-of-school youth. 

13 ‘‘(2) AREAS; PRIORITIES.—In awarding the 

14 grants, the Secretary shall— 

15 ‘‘(A) carry out section 176B(e)(2); and 

16 ‘‘(B) give priority to eligible entities— 

17 ‘‘(i) who— 

18 ‘‘(I) propose the coordination and 

19 plan described paragraphs (1) and (2) 

20 of section 176B(f), with respect to 

21 year-round youth employment; and 

22 ‘‘(II) meet the requirements of 

23 section 176B(f)(3); or 

24 ‘‘(ii) who— 


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1 ‘‘(I) propose a plan to coordinate 

2 activities with entities carrying out 

3 State, local, or tribal summer youth 

4 employment programs, to provide 

5 pathways to year-round employment 

6 for eligible youth who are ending sum7 mer employment; and 

8 ‘‘(II) meet the requirements of 

9 section 176B(f)(3). 

10 ‘‘(f) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity that receives 

11 a grant under this section may use the grant funds— 

12 ‘‘(1) for services described in subsection (d); 

13 ‘‘(2) as described in section 176B(g)(2), with 

14 respect to year-round employment programs; 

15 ‘‘(3) as described in section 176B(g)(3), with 

16 respect to activities under this section; and 

17 ‘‘(4) at the discretion of the Secretary, as de18 scribed in section 176B(g)(4), with respect to activi19 ties under this section. 

20 ‘‘(g) PROGRAM SHARE.— 

21 ‘‘(1) PLANNING GRANTS.—The provisions of 

22 section 176B(h)(1) shall apply to planning grants 

23 awarded under this section, with respect to the cost 

24 described in subsection (a)(2)(A). 


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1 ‘‘(2) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.—The provi2 sions of section 176B(h)(2) shall apply to implemen3 tation grants awarded under this section, with re4 spect to the cost described in subsection (a)(2)(B). 

5 ‘‘SEC. 176D. EVALUATION AND ADMINISTRATION. 

6 ‘‘(a) PERFORMANCE MEASURES.— 

7 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es8 tablish performance measures for purposes of car9 rying out annual reviews under subsection (b) and of 

10 developing and implementing a system of continuous 

11 quality improvement under subsection (c). 

12 ‘‘(2) COMPONENTS.—The performance meas13 ures for the eligible entities shall consist of— 

14 ‘‘(A) the indicators of performance de15 scribed in paragraph (3); and 

16 ‘‘(B) an adjusted level of performance for 

17 each indicator described in subparagraph (A). 

18 ‘‘(3) INDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The indicators of per20 formance shall consist of— 

21 ‘‘(i) the percentage of youth employ22 ment program participants who are in edu23 cation or training activities, or in employ24 ment, during the second quarter after exit 

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1 ‘‘(ii) the percentage of youth employ2 ment program participants who are in edu3 cation or training activities, or in employ4 ment, during the fourth quarter after exit 

5 from the program; 

6 ‘‘(iii) the percentage of youth employ7 ment program participants who obtain a 

8 recognized postsecondary credential, or a 

9 secondary school diploma or its recognized 

10 equivalent (subject to subparagraph (B)), 

11 during participation in or within 1 year 

12 after exit from the program; and 

13 ‘‘(iv) the percentage of youth employ14 ment program participants who, during a 

15 program year, are in a youth employment 

16 program that includes an education or 

17 training program that leads to an outcome 

18 specified by the Secretary, which may in19 clude— 

20 ‘‘(I) obtaining a recognized post21 secondary credential or employment; 

22 or 

23 ‘‘(II) achieving measurable skill 

24 gains toward such a credential or em25 ployment. 


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1 ‘‘(B) INDICATOR RELATING TO CREDEN2 TIAL.—For purposes of subparagraph (A)(iii), 

3 youth employment program participants who 

4 obtain a secondary school diploma or its recog5 nized equivalent shall be included in the per6 centage counted as meeting the criterion under 

7 such subparagraph only if such participants, in 

8 addition to obtaining such diploma or its recog9 nized equivalent, have obtained or retained em10 ployment or are in a youth employment pro11 gram that includes an education or training 

12 program leading to a recognized postsecondary 

13 credential within 1 year after exit from the pro14 gram. 

15 ‘‘(4) LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For each eligible enti17 ty, there shall be established, in accordance 

18 with this paragraph, levels of performance for 

19 each of the corresponding indicators of perform20 ance described in paragraph (3). 

21 ‘‘(B) IDENTIFICATION IN APPLICATION.— 

22 Each eligible entity shall identify, in the appli23 cation submitted under subsection (d) of section 

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1 for each of those indicators of performance for 

2 each program year covered by the application. 

3 ‘‘(C) AGREEMENT ON ADJUSTED LEVELS

4 OF PERFORMANCE.—The eligible entity shall 

5 reach agreement with the Secretary on levels of 

6 performance for each of those indicators of per7 formance for each such program year. The lev8 els agreed to shall be considered to be the ad9 justed levels of performance for the eligible en10 tity for such program years and shall be incor11 porated into the application prior to the ap12 proval of such application. 

13 ‘‘(b) ANNUAL REVIEW.—The Secretary shall carry 

14 out an annual review of each eligible entity receiving a 

15 grant under this subtitle. In conducting the review, the 

16 Secretary shall review the performance of the entity on 

17 the performance measures under this section and deter18 mine if the entity has used any practices that shall be con19 sidered best practices for purposes of this subtitle. 

20 ‘‘(c) CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, in ad22 dition to conducting the annual review, develop and 

23 implement a system of continuous quality improve24 ment designed to improve the quality of activities 

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1 ‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—In implementing the system, 

2 the Secretary shall carry out activities including— 

3 ‘‘(A) using the performance measures es4 tablished under this section, to assess the qual5 ity of employment programs funded under sec6 tions 176B and 176C and providing the eligible 

7 entities carrying out those programs with con8 tinuing feedback on their performance on those 

9 measures; 

10 ‘‘(B) creating improvement plans to ad11 dress quality issues concerning the employment 

12 programs; 

13 ‘‘(C) providing targeted support (including 

14 technical assistance and training) to staff of the 

15 eligible entities on improving the quality of the 

16 employment programs in areas where the sys17 tem demonstrates that improvements are need18 ed; and 

19 ‘‘(D) publishing and disseminating infor20 mation on the quality of the employment pro21 grams. 

22 ‘‘(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

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1 this subtitle, which report shall include a description 

2 of— 

3 ‘‘(A) the eligible entities receiving funding 

4 under this subtitle; 

5 ‘‘(B) the activities carried out by the eligi6 ble entities; 

7 ‘‘(C) how the eligible entities were selected 

8 to receive funding under this subtitle; 

9 ‘‘(D) an assessment of the results achieved 

10 by the grant programs including findings from 

11 the annual reviews conducted under subsection 

12 (b); and 

13 ‘‘(E) a description of the development and 

14 implementation of, and outcomes from, the sys15 tem of continuous quality improvement de16 scribed in subsection (c). 

17 ‘‘(2) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 3 years 

18 after the date of enactment of the AID Youth Em19 ployment Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary 

20 shall submit a report described in paragraph (1) to 

21 the appropriate committees of Congress. 

22 ‘‘(e) APPLICATION TO INDIAN TRIBES AND TRIBAL

23 ORGANIZATIONS.—The Secretary may issue regulations 

24 that clarify the application of all the provisions of this sub25 title to Indian tribes and tribal organizations. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 176E. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated— 

3 ‘‘(1) to carry out section 176B, $375,000,000 

4 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028; and 

5 ‘‘(2) to carry out section 176C, $500,000,000 

6 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028.’’. 

7 SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

8 (a) REFERENCES.— 

9 (1) Section 121(b)(1)(C)(ii)(II) of the Work10 force Investment and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

11 3152(b)(1)(C)(ii)(II)) is amended by striking ‘‘sub12 titles C through E’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitles C 

13 through F’’. 

14 (2) Section 503(b) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 

15 3343(b)) is amended by inserting before the period 

16 the following: ‘‘(as such subtitles were in effect on 

17 the day before the date of enactment of this Act)’’. 

18 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 

19 section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking the item 

20 relating to the subtitle heading for subtitle E of title I 

21 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Subtitle E—Youth Employment Opportunities 

‘‘Sec. 176. Definitions. 

‘‘Sec. 176A. Allocation of funds. 

‘‘Sec. 176B. Summer employment competitive grant program. 

‘‘Sec. 176C. Year-round employment competitive grant program. 

‘‘Sec. 176D. Evaluation and administration. 

‘‘Sec. 176E. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 

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