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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5774 

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 10, 2008 

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

BORDALLO, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. LEWIS

of Georgia, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. 

TOWNS, Ms. WATSON, and Mr. WELCH of Vermont) 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Career Training Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PURPOSE AND FINDINGS. 

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

3 (1) to create workforce pathways for individuals 

4 who face barriers during employment transitions and 

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

6 high-wage industries, including those facing signifi7 cant skilled labor shortages; 

8 (2) to provide assistance to States for effective 

9 employment and training programs to address bar10 riers to employment that result from current or 

11 prior family responsibilities, including time out of 

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

13 and 

14 (3) to provide assistance to States for effective 

15 employment and training programs to encourage and 

16 support individuals to enter occupational fields that 

17 are nontraditional for their gender. 

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

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

20 workforce is necessary to compete in the global econ21 omy. 

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

23 States are the sole breadwinners and caretakers for 

24 their families and nearly a third of them (31 per25 cent) have family incomes below the poverty level. 


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

2 United States face barriers to entering or re-enter3 ing the workforce due to extended periods of time 

4 spent caring for family members, and nearly half of 

5 them (42 percent) have family incomes below the 

6 poverty level. 

7 (4) Employment in high-skill, high-wage, non8 traditional careers offers wages and advancement 

9 opportunities to help families achieve economic self10 sufficiency. 

11 (5) Job training and career and technical edu12 cation programs continue to be highly sex-seg13 regated, resulting in a dearth of female students fill14 ing the pipeline for jobs in the growing high-skill, 

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

16 technology and the skilled trades. 

17 (6) The employment and training needs of indi18 viduals who have taken time out of the workforce to 

19 care for children or family members, and individuals 

20 pursuing nontraditional occupations are not suffi21 ciently met through existing systems. 

22 (7) Individuals who face barriers during em23 ployment transitions represent an untapped work24 force pool to address growing skilled labor shortages. 


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1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

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

3 this Act the following definition apply: 

4 (1) AREA CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

5 SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘area career and technical edu6 cation school’’ has the same meaning given such 

7 term in section 3(a)(22) of the Carl D. Perkins Ca8 reer and Technical Education Improvement Act of 

9 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302(a)(22)). 

10 (2) COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION.—The 

11 term ‘‘community-based organization’’ means a pub12 lic or private nonprofit organization of demonstrated 

13 effectiveness that— 

14 (A) is representative of a community or 

15 significant segments of a community; and 

16 (B) provides educational, preparatory, 

17 training, or related services to individuals in the 

18 community. 

19 (3) DISPLACED HOMEMAKER.—The term ‘‘dis20 placed homemaker’’ means an individual who— 

21 (A)(i) has worked primarily without remu22 neration to care for a home or family and for 

23 that reason has diminished marketable skills; or 

24 (ii) has been dependent on the income of 

25 another household member but is no longer 

26 supported by that income; or 


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1 (iii) is a parent whose youngest dependent 

2 child will become ineligible to receive assistance 

3 under part A of title IV of the Social Security 

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

5 years after the date on which the parent applies 

6 for assistance under the title; or 

7 (iv) is a victim of domestic violence as de8 fined by section 40002(a)(6) of the Violence 

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

10 note); and 

11 (B) is unemployed or underemployed and 

12 is experiencing difficulty in obtaining or up13 grading employment. 

14 (4) ELIGIBLE STATE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘eli15 gible State agency’’ means the State agency respon16 sible for the administration of workforce investment 

17 activities authorized under the Workforce Invest18 ment Act of 1998. 

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

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

21 one-stop operator, a post-secondary educational in22 stitution, a local educational agency providing edu23 cation to students who have completed or left with24 out completing secondary school, an area career and 

25 technical education school providing education to 


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1 students who have completed or left without com2 pleting secondary school, a postsecondary vocational 

3 institution or other entity that has demonstrated an 

4 ability to meet the employment and training needs 

5 of displaced homemakers, single parents and individ6 uals preparing for nontraditional training and em7 ployment. 

8 (6) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

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

10 given such term under section 14101 of the Elemen11 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

12 U.S.C. 7801). 

13 (7) NONTRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT.—The 

14 term ‘‘nontraditional employment,’’ means, with re15 spect to an individual, an occupation or field of work 

16 for which members of such individual’s gender com17 prise less than 25 percent of the individuals em18 ployed in such occupation or field of work. 

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

20 operator’’ means one or more entities designated or 

21 certified under section 121(d) of the Workforce In22 vestment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2841(d)). 

23 (9) PREPARATORY SERVICES.—The term ‘‘pre24 paratory services’’ means services, programs, or ac25 tivities designed to assist individuals in selecting or 


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1 participating in an appropriate education or training 

2 program or in securing, retaining, or improving em3 ployment, such as— 

4 (A) services, programs, or activities related 

5 to outreach in the recruitment of potential par6 ticipants; 

7 (B) career and personal counseling, includ8 ing group counseling; 

9 (C) life skills development, including finan10 cial literacy; 

11 (D) vocational and skill assessment and 

12 testing; 

13 (E) career planning; 

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

15 identify income needs and career paths that 

16 lead to self-sufficiency; 

17 (G) job search and placement activities; 

18 (H) pre-vocational training, including 

19 learning skills, remediation, communication 

20 skills, interviewing skills and resume writing, 

21 punctuality, professional conduct, pre-appren22 ticeship assistance, job readiness, and other 

23 services to prepare individuals to succeed in em24 ployment or training; and 


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1 (I) other appropriate services, programs, or 

2 activities. 

3 (10) POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITU4 TION.—The term ‘‘postsecondary educational institu5 tion’’ has the same meaning given such term in sec6 tion 3(a)(22) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 

7 Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 (20 

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

9 (11) POSTSECONDARY VOCATIONAL INSTITU10 TION.—The term ‘‘postsecondary vocation institu11 tion’’ has the same meaning given such term in sec12 tion 102(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

13 (20 U.S.C. 1002(c)). 

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

15 means the Secretary of Labor. 

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

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

18 much income families need to cover their basic costs 

19 without subsidies. It uses a consistent methodology 

20 that calculates the costs of living and working (in21 cluding taxes) based upon sub-State geographic loca22 tion and family size and composition. 

23 (14) SINGLE PARENT.—The term ‘‘single par24 ent’’ means an individual who is unmarried, or has 

25 been abandoned by their spouse, and— 


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

2 the parent has either full or joint custody; or 

3 (B) is pregnant. 

4 (15) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.—The term ‘‘sup5 portive services’’ means services such as transpor6 tation, child care, dependent care, home health care 

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

8 are necessary to enable an individual to participate 

9 in employment and training activities and retain em10 ployment. 

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

12 training or education related to the preparation of 

13 individuals for employment, including training activi14 ties authorized under section 134(d)(4)(D) of the 

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

16 2864(d)(4)(D)) and career and technical education, 

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

18 Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 

19 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302(a)(5)). 

20 SEC. 4. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 

21 The Secretary of Labor is authorized to provide 

22 grants to States to enable such States to develop or en23 hance programs described in sections 9 and 10 of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 5. ALLOCATION. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—After reserving the amount des3 ignated under section 12(c)(2) of this Act, the remaining 

4 funds appropriated shall be divided into 3 equal groups 

5 on the basis of— 

6 (1) the relative number of unemployed individ7 uals in areas of substantial unemployment in each 

8 State, compared to the total number of unemployed 

9 individuals in areas of substantial unemployment in 

10 all States; 

11 (2) the relative excess number of unemployed 

12 individuals in each State, compared to the total ex13 cess number of unemployed individuals in all States; 

14 and 

15 (3) the relative number of disadvantaged adults 

16 in each State, compared to the total number of dis17 advantaged adults in all States. 

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

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

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

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

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

23 2862(b)(1)(B)(v)). 

24 (c) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds provided 

25 under this Act shall be used to supplement not supplant 

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


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1 provide services to displaced homemakers, single parents, 

2 and individuals pursuing nontraditional employment. 

3 SEC. 6. STATE PLAN. 

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

5 be eligible to receive an allocation under section 5 the Gov6 ernor of the State shall submit to the Secretary a plan 

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

8 as the eligible State agency determines to be necessary. 

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

10 agency shall— 

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

12 the Secretary as the eligible State agency determines 

13 to be necessary; and 

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

15 plan, conduct a review of activities assisted under 

16 this Act and submit any revisions of the State plan 

17 that the eligible State agency determines necessary 

18 to the Secretary. 

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

20 shall develop the State plan in consultation with experts 

21 on serving displaced homemakers and single parents, ex22 perts on nontraditional employment, participants in em23 ployment and training programs for displaced home24 makers and single parents, participants in employment 


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1 and training programs for nontraditional employment, and 

2 any other individual the State considers necessary. 

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

4 information that— 

5 (1) describes the employment and training ac6 tivities to be provided under section 9 and 10 of this 

7 Act; 

8 (2) describes the process for soliciting competi9 tive applications and the criteria that will be used by 

10 the eligible State agency in awarding eligible recipi11 ents funds under this Act; 

12 (3) describes how the eligible State agency 

13 will— 

14 (A) annually evaluate the effectiveness of 

15 such programs; and 

16 (B) coordinate such programs to ensure 

17 nonduplication with other existing Federal pro18 grams; 

19 (4) provides assurances that the eligible State 

20 agency or agencies will comply with the requirements 

21 of this Act and the provisions of the State plan, in22 cluding the provision of a financial audit of funds re23 ceived under this Act which may be included as part 

24 of an audit of other Federal or State programs; 


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1 (5) provides assurances that none of the funds 

2 expended under this Act will be used to acquire 

3 equipment (including computer software) in any in4 stance in which such acquisition results in a direct 

5 financial benefit to any organization representing 

6 the interests of the purchasing entity, the employees 

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

8 organization; 

9 (6) describes how the eligible State agency will 

10 measure and report the progress of the students who 

11 are served pursuant to this Act, including progress 

12 on the indicators of performance described in section 

13 7 of this Act; and 

14 (7) describes the methods proposed for the joint 

15 planning and coordination of programs carried out 

16 under this Act with other Federal programs. 

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

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

19 plan required under this section as a part of the plan sub20 mitted under section 112 of the Workforce Investment Act 

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

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

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

24 Secretary determines, within 120 days of submission, that 


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

2 requirements of this section. 

3 SEC. 7. ACCOUNTABILITY. 

4 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to es5 tablish activities to assess the effectiveness of the State 

6 in creating workforce pathways for individuals with bar7 riers to employment including single parents, displaced 

8 homemakers and individuals pursuing nontraditional 

9 training and employment, and to maximize the return on 

10 investment of Federal funds. 

11 (b) CORE INDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE FOR DIS12 PLACED HOMEMAKER AND SINGLE PARENT PRO13 GRAMS.—Each eligible State agency shall identify in the 

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

15 indicators of performance from eligible recipients that in16 clude, at a minimum, measures 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 (c) CORE INDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NON7 TRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS.—Each eligible 

8 State agency shall identify in the State plan the process 

9 used to collect data on the core indicators of performance 

10 from eligible recipients that include, at a minimum, meas11 ures of each of the following— 

12 (1) The core indicators of performance required 

13 by section 136(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Workforce Invest14 ment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2871(b)(2)(A)(i)) ad15 justed based upon: 

16 (A) specific economic, geographic, and de17 mographic factors in the State and in local 

18 workforce investment areas within the State; 

19 (B) the characteristics of the population to 

20 be served; 

21 (C) the demonstrated difficulties in serving 

22 the population; and 

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

24 (2) Participation in and completion of pre25 paratory services. 


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1 (3) Participation in and completion of employ2 ment and training programs that lead to nontradi3 tional training and employment. 

4 (4) Placement in and retention of nontradi5 tional employment. 

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

7 with input from eligible recipients, may identify in the 

8 State plan additional indicators of performance for em9 ployment and training activities authorized under this Act, 

10 such as attainment of self-sufficiency. 

11 (e) ANNUAL REPORT BY STATE AGENCY.—Each eli12 gible State agency shall transmit to the Secretary an an13 nual report of data compiled in accordance with section 

14 7(b) and (c) disaggregated by gender, race, age, disability, 

15 national origin, ethnicity, English proficiency status and 

16 status as a displaced homemaker, single parent, or indi17 vidual training for nontraditional employment. The eligible 

18 State agency may submit the report required under this 

19 section as a part of the report submitted under section 

20 136(d)(1) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 

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

22 (f) ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY.—The Sec23 retary shall transmit to Congress annually a national re24 port that describes the extent to which the purposes of 

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1 include individual State annual reports and a compilation 

2 of those State reports with national data disaggregated 

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

4 English proficiency status, and status as a displaced 

5 homemaker, single parent, or individual training for non6 traditional employment. 

7 SEC. 8. EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS FOR SINGLE PARENTS 

8 AND DISPLACED HOMEMAKERS AND PRO9 GRAMS FOR NONTRADITIONAL EMPLOY10 MENT. 

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

12 through the award of competitive grants, contracts, or co13 operative agreements with an independent institution of 

14 higher education, public or private nonprofit organization, 

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

16 this section by the end of fiscal year 2012. Such an evalua17 tion shall address— 

18 (1) the general effectiveness of programs and 

19 activities described in sections 9 and 10 of this Act 

20 including: 

21 (A) the extent to which such programs im22 proved the self-sufficiency and employment out23 comes of participants in comparison to com24 parably-suited individuals who did not partici25 pate in such programs; 


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1 (B) the extent to which programs de2 scribed in section 9 of this Act improved the 

3 self-sufficiency and employment outcomes of 

4 participants in comparison to single parents 

5 and displaced homemakers who participated in 

6 non-specialized employment and training activi7 ties as authorized by section 134 of the Work8 force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2864), 

9 but did not participate in programs described in 

10 sections 9; 

11 (C) the extent to which programs described 

12 in section 10 of this Act improved the self-suffi13 ciency and employment outcomes of partici14 pants in comparison to similarly situated indi15 viduals who participated in adult and dislocated 

16 worker employment and training activities as 

17 authorized by section 134 of the Workforce In18 vestment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2864), but 

19 did not participate in programs described in 

20 section 10 of this Act; 

21 (D) the effectiveness of the performance 

22 measures described in section 7 of this Act re23 lating to programs and activities described in 

24 sections 9 and 10 of this Act; 


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1 (E) the effectiveness of the structure and 

2 mechanisms for delivery of services through 

3 such programs and activities; 

4 (F) the extent to which such programs and 

5 activities meet the needs of various demo6 graphic groups; and 

7 (G) such other factors as may be appro8 priate. 

9 (b) METHODOLOGY.—Evaluations conducted under 

10 this section shall utilize appropriate methodology and re11 search designs, including the use of control groups chosen 

12 by scientific random assignment. 

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

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

15 findings and submit copies to the Secretary, the Com16 mittee on Education and Labor of the House of Rep17 resentatives, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor 

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

19 The Secretary shall make the report available to the pub20 lic. 

21 SEC. 9. PROGRAMS FOR SINGLE PARENTS AND DISPLACED 

22 HOMEMAKERS. 

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 provide single parents and displaced homemakers the 

2 following: 

3 (1) Preparatory services. 

4 (2) Subsidies, reimbursement, tuition assist5 ance, or payment for preparatory services, and nec6 essary educational materials (including books and 

7 supplies). 

8 (3) The provision of information to inform indi9 viduals of career and technical education, training 

10 programs, and related preparatory and supportive 

11 services. 

12 (4) Case management and supportive services. 

13 (5) Training and other activities designed to 

14 fulfill the purpose of this Act. 

15 SEC. 10. PROGRAMS FOR INDIVIDUALS ENTERING INTO 

16 NONTRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT. 

17 Each State may use funds allocated under section 5 

18 of this Act to implement or carry out programs designed 

19 to assist individuals pursuing nontraditional training and 

20 employment, including the following: 

21 (1) All services described in section 9. 

22 (2) Mentoring. 

23 (3) Pre-apprenticeship assistance. 


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1 (4) Other activities designed to increase the 

2 number of individuals pursuing nontraditional 

3 employmenty, including— 

4 (A) dissemination of information to inform 

5 individuals about nontraditional employment; 

6 (B) ensuring a fair and respectful learning 

7 environment in career and technical education 

8 and training programs; and 

9 (C) creating and distributing replicable 

10 model programs and materials that increase 

11 participation, completion, and placement rates. 

12 SEC. 11. WITHIN STATE ALLOCATION AND ADMINISTRA13 TION. 

14 (a) RESERVATION FOR STATE ACTIVITIES.—From 

15 the amounts allocated under section 5— 

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

17 for State administration; 

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

19 provide programs for single parents and displaced 

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

21 and 

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

23 provide programs for individuals training for non24 traditional employment as described in section 9 of 

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1 (b) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Each eligible State 

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

3 shall match, from non-Federal sources and on a dollar4 for-dollar basis, the funds received under section 10(a)(1). 

5 SEC. 12. ADMINISTRATION. 

6 (a) ADMINISTRATION.—Any State desiring to partici7 pate in a program authorized by this Act shall assign an 

8 individual within the eligible state agency to assist in ful9 filling the purposes of this Act by— 

10 (1) managing the distribution of funds pursu11 ant to section 6; 

12 (2) monitoring the use of funds distributed to 

13 recipients under such programs; 

14 (3) evaluating the effectiveness of programs and 

15 activities supported by such funds; and 

16 (4) developing the State plan described in sec17 tion 6. 

18 (b) COMPETITIVE AWARDS.—The Administrators as19 signed under subsection (c) shall— 

20 (1) on a competitive basis, provide grants to eli21 gible recipients; and 

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

23 that is of sufficient size, scope, and quality to be ef24 fective. 

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

2 grant, a contract, or enter into a cooperative agree3 ment with a national organization with dem4 onstrated expertise in providing technical assistance 

5 to employment and training programs for displaced 

6 homemakers, single parents, and individuals enter7 ing nontraditional employment. This assistance shall 

8 be available for the purposes of— 

9 (A) providing online and toll-free referral 

10 services to assist individuals in accessing the 

11 employment and training programs established 

12 under sections 9 and 10; 

13 (B) developing resources for and providing 

14 technical assistance to such employment and 

15 training programs; 

16 (C) developing state-wide networks to en17 hance the capacity of service delivery among 

18 such employment and training programs; and 

19 (D) conducting other activities to advance 

20 career pathways for displaced homemakers, sin21 gle parents, and individuals entering nontradi22 tional employment. 

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

24 percent of the amount authorized under section 13 


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1 of this Act shall be available for the assistance de2 scribed in paragraph (1). 

3 SEC. 13. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec5 retary to carry out this Act $95,000,000 for each of fiscal 

6 years 2009 through 2014. 

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