(5) the provision of training to managers and 
front-line workers to serve as trainers or mentors to 
workers in the work-based learning program; 
(6) the provision of career awareness activities; 
and 
(7) the recruitment of individuals to participate 
in a work-based learning program from individuals 
receiving additional workforce and human services, 
including— 
(A) workers in programs under the Work-
force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3101 et seq.); 
(B) recipients of assistance through the 
supplemental nutrition assistance program es-
tablished under the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); and 
(C) recipients of assistance through the 
program of block grants to States for tem-
porary assistance for needy families established 
under part A of title IV of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). 
(c) SUPPORT SERVICES FOR WORKERS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The eligible intermediary 
shall use grant funds to provide support services for 
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workers to assure their success in work-based learn-
ing programs, which may include— 
(A) connection of individuals with adult 
basic education; 
(B) connection of individuals with pre- 
work-based learning or training, including 
through a pre-apprenticeship program; 
(C) additional mentorship and retention 
supports for such individuals; 
(D) provision of tools, work attire, and 
other required items necessary to start employ-
ment; and 
(E) provision of transportation or child 
care services. 
(2) LENGTH OF SERVICES.—Each eligible inter-
mediary shall provide support services for workers 
for not less than 12 months after the date of place-
ment of an individual in a work-based learning pro-
gram. That 12-month period shall include a period 
of pre-work-based learning or training, a transitional 
period of employment as described in subsection 
(b)(4), and a period of permanent employment in 
the work-based learning program. 
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SEC. 8. PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
(a) LOCAL REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after 
receiving a grant under section 6, and annually thereafter, 
each eligible intermediary in a State shall conduct an eval-
uation and submit to the State a local report containing 
information on— 
(1) levels of performance achieved by the eligi-
ble intermediary with respect to the performance in-
dicators under section 116(b)(2)(A) of the Work-
force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3141(b)(2)(A)), for all workers; and 
(2) levels of performance achieved by the eligi-
ble intermediary with respect to the performance in-
dicators under that section 116(b)(2)(A), with re-
spect to individuals with barriers to employment, 
disaggregated by each population specified in section 
3(24) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(24)) and by race, ethnicity, 
sex, and age. 
(b) STATE REPORTS.—Not later than 24 months 
after receiving initial local reports under subsection (a) 
(but in no case less than 18 months after the cor-
responding grants are awarded) and annually thereafter, 
the State shall conduct an evaluation and submit a report 
to the Secretary containing— 
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(1) the information provided by the eligible 
intermediaries through the local reports; and 
(2) the State level of performance, aggregated 
across all eligible intermediaries, with respect to the 
performance indicators described in subsection (a). 
SEC. 9. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) AMERICAN COMPETITIVENESS AND WORKFORCE 
IMPROVEMENT ACT
OF 1998.—Section 414(c) of the 
American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement 
Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2916a) is repealed. 
(b) IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT.—Section 
286(s)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1356(s)(2)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) USE OF FEES FOR WORK-BASED LEARNING 
PROGRAMS.—50 percent of amounts deposited into 
the H–1B Nonimmigrant Petitioner Account shall 
remain available to the Secretary of Labor until ex-
pended to carry out the PARTNERS Act.’’. 
Æ 
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