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paring the services provided to male and female
youth;
‘‘(F) providing additional assistance to
local areas that have high concentrations of eligi-
ble youth;
‘‘(G) supporting the development of alter-
native programs and other activities that en-
hance the choices available to eligible youth and
encourage such youth to reenter secondary edu-
cation, enroll in postsecondary education and
advanced training, and obtain career path em-
ployment;
‘‘(H) supporting the provision of core serv-
ices described in section 134(d)(2) in the one-
stop delivery system in the State; and
‘‘(I) 
supporting 
financial 
literacy,
including—
‘‘(i) supporting the ability to create
household budgets, initiate savings plans,
and make strategic investment decisions for
education, 
retirement, 
home 
ownership,
wealth building, or other savings goals;
‘‘(ii) supporting the ability to manage
spending, credit, and debt, including credit
card debt, effectively;
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‘‘(iii) increasing awareness of the
availability and significance of credit re-
ports and credit scores in obtaining credit,
the importance of their accuracy (and how
to correct inaccuracies), their effect on cred-
it terms, and the effect common financial
decisions may have on credit scores;
‘‘(iv) supporting the ability to ascer-
tain fair and favorable credit terms;
‘‘(v) supporting the ability to avoid
abusive, predatory, or deceptive credit offers
and financial products;
‘‘(vi) supporting the ability to under-
stand, evaluate, and compare financial
products, services, and opportunities;
‘‘(vii) supporting the ability to under-
stand resources that are easily accessible
and affordable, and that inform and edu-
cate an investor as to the investor’s rights
and avenues of recourse when the investor
believes the investor’s rights have been vio-
lated by unprofessional conduct of market
intermediaries;
‘‘(viii) increasing awareness of the
particular financial needs and financial
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transactions (such as the sending of remit-
tances) of consumers who are targeted in
multilingual financial literacy and edu-
cation programs and improving the devel-
opment and distribution of multilingual fi-
nancial literacy and education materials;
‘‘(ix) promoting bringing individuals
who lack basic banking services into the fi-
nancial mainstream by opening and main-
taining accounts with financial institu-
tions; and
‘‘(x) improving financial literacy and
education through all other related skills,
including personal finance and related eco-
nomic education, with the primary goal of
programs not simply to improve knowledge,
but rather to improve consumers’ financial
choices and outcomes.
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Not more than 5 percent of
the 
funds 
allotted 
to 
a 
State 
under 
section
127(b)(1)(C) shall be used by the State for adminis-
trative activities carried out under this subsection or
section 134(a).
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‘‘(3) PROHIBITION.—No funds described in this
subsection may be used to develop or implement edu-
cation curricula for school systems in the State.’’.
(f) LOCAL ELEMENTS AND REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) PROGRAM
DESIGN.—Section 129(c)(1) (29
U.S.C. 2854(c)(1)) is amended—
(A) in the matter that precedes subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)(A) or (3),
as appropriate, of’’;
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘are
directly linked to 1 or more of the performance
measures relating to this chapter under section
136, and that’’ after ‘‘for each participant that’’;
and
(C) in subparagraph (C)—
(i) by redesignating clauses (i) through
(iv) as clauses (ii) through (v), respectively;
(ii) by inserting before clause (ii) (as
redesignated by clause (i)) the following:
‘‘(i) activities leading to the attain-
ment of a secondary school diploma or its
equivalent, or another recognized creden-
tial;’’;
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(iii) in clause (ii) (as redesignated by
clause (i)), by inserting ‘‘and advanced
training’’ after ‘‘opportunities’’;
(iv) in clause (iii) (as redesignated by
clause (i))—
(I) 
by 
inserting 
‘‘instruction
based on State academic content and
student academic achievement stand-
ards established under section 1111 of
the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311)’’
after ‘‘academic’’; and
(II) by inserting ‘‘that lead to the
attainment of recognized credentials’’
after ‘‘learning’’; and
(v) by striking clause (v) (as redesig-
nated by clause (i)) and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(v) effective connections to all employ-
ers, including small employers, in sectors of
the local and regional labor markets that
are experiencing high growth in employ-
ment opportunities.’’.
(2) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—Section 129(c)(2) (29
U.S.C. 2854(c)(2)) is amended—
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(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sec-
ondary school, including dropout prevention
strategies’’ and inserting ‘‘the requirements for a
secondary school diploma or its recognized equiv-
alent (including recognized alternative standards
for individuals with disabilities) or for another
recognized credential, including dropout preven-
tion strategies’’;
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘,
with a priority on exposing youth to technology
and nontraditional jobs’’ before the semicolon;
(C) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘dur-
ing nonschool hours’’;
(D) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘and’’
at the end;
(E) in subparagraph (J), by striking the
period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(F) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(K) on-the-job training opportunities;
‘‘(L) opportunities to acquire financial lit-
eracy skills;
‘‘(M) entrepreneurial skills training and
microenterprise services; and
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‘‘(N) information about average wages for a
range of jobs available in the local area, includ-
ing technology jobs.’’.
(3) 
ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENTS.—Section
129(c)(3)(A) (29 U.S.C. 2854(c)(3)(A)) is amended in
the matter preceding clause (i) by striking ‘‘or appli-
cant who meets the minimum income criteria to be
considered an eligible youth’’.
(4) PRIORITY AND EXCEPTIONS.—Section 129(c)
(29 U.S.C. 2854(c)) is amended by striking para-
graphs (4) and (5).
(5) 
PROHIBITIONS
AND
LINKAGES.—Section
129(c) (29 U.S.C. 2854(c)), as amended by paragraph
(4), is further amended—
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7),
and (8) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respec-
tively;
(B) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by
subparagraph (A))—
(i) by striking subparagraph (B); and
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph (C)
as subparagraph (B); and
(C) in paragraph (5) (as redesignated by
subparagraph (A)), by striking ‘‘youth councils’’
and inserting ‘‘local boards’’.
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SEC. 121. ADULT AND DISLOCATED WORKER EMPLOYMENT
AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES.
(a) STATE ALLOTMENTS.—
(1) RESERVATIONS.—Section 132(a)(2)(A) (29
U.S.C. 2862 (a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘na-
tional emergency grants, other than under subsection
(a)(4), (f), and (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘national dis-
located worker grants, other than under subparagraph
(D) or (E) of subsection (a)(1), subsection (e), and
subsection (f)’’.
(2) ALLOTMENT AMONG STATES.—Section 132(b)
(29 U.S.C. 2862(b)) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1)(A)(ii), by striking
‘‘section 127(b)(1)(B),’’ and all that follows and
inserting ‘‘section 127(b)(1)(B).’’;
(B) by striking paragraph (1)(B)(ii) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(ii) FORMULA.—Subject to clauses
(iii) and (iv), of the remainder—
‘‘(I) 40 percent shall be allotted
on the basis of the relative number of
unemployed individuals in areas of
substantial unemployment in each
State, compared to the total number of
unemployed individuals in areas of
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substantial 
unemployment 
in 
all
States;
‘‘(II) 25 percent shall be allotted
on the basis of the relative number of
individuals in the civilian labor force
in each State, compared to the total
number of such individuals in all
States; and
‘‘(III) 35 percent shall be allotted
on the basis of the relative number of
disadvantaged adults in each State,
compared to the total number of dis-
advantaged adults in all States, except
as described in clause (iii).’’;
(C) in paragraph (1)(B)—
(i) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘section
116(a)(2)(B)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section
116(a)(2)(A)(iii)’’;
(ii) in clause (iv)—
(I) in subclause (I)—
(aa) by striking ‘‘Subject to
subclause (IV), the’’ and inserting
‘‘The’’; and
(bb) by striking ‘‘than the
greater of’’ and all that follows
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and inserting ‘‘than an amount
based on 90 percent of the allot-
ment percentage of the State for
the preceding fiscal year.’’;
(II) in subclause (II), by striking
‘‘subclauses (I), (III), and (IV)’’ and
inserting ‘‘subclauses (I) and (III)’’;
and
(III) by striking subclause (IV);
and
(iii) in clause (v), by striking sub-
clause (VI); and
(D) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), by striking
‘‘section 127(b)(1)(B)’’ and all that follows and
inserting ‘‘section 127(b)(1)(B).’’.
(3) REALLOTMENT.—Section 132(c) (29 U.S.C.
2862(c)) is amended—
(A) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—The amount available for real-
lotment for a program year for programs funded
under subsection (b)(1)(B) (relating to adult employ-
ment and training) and subsection (b)(2)(B) (relating
to dislocated worker employment and training), re-
spectively, is equal to the amount by which the unex-
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pended balance at the end of the program year prior
to the program year for which the determination is
made exceeds 30 percent of the total amount of funds
available to the State under subsection (b)(1)(B) or
(b)(2)(B), respectively, during such prior program
year (including amounts allotted to the State in all
prior program years under such provisions that re-
mained available). For purposes of this paragraph,
the unexpended balance is the amount that is the dif-
ference between—
‘‘(A) the total amount of funds available to
the State under subsection (b)(1)(B) or (b)(2)(B),
respectively, during the program year prior to
the program year for which the determination is
made (including amounts allotted to the State in
all prior program years under such provisions
that remained available); and
‘‘(B) the accrued expenditures from such
total amount of funds available under subsection
(b)(1)(B) or (b)(2)(B), respectively, during such
prior program year.’’;
(B) in paragraph (3)—
(i) by striking ‘‘under this section for
such activities for the prior program year’’
and inserting ‘‘under subsection (b)(1)(B)
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or (b)(2)(B), as appropriate, for the pro-
gram year for which the determination is
made’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘under this section for
such activities for such prior program year’’
and inserting ‘‘under subsection (b)(1)(B)
or (b)(2)(B), as appropriate, for such pro-
gram year’’;
(C) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(4) ELIGIBILITY.—For purposes of this sub-
section, an eligible State means—
‘‘(A) with respect to funds allotted under
subsection (b)(1)(B), a State that does not have
an amount of such funds available for reallot-
ment under paragraph (2) for the program year
for which the determination under paragraph (2)
is made; and
‘‘(B) with respect to funds allotted under
subsection (b)(2)(B), a State that does not have
an amount of such funds available for reallot-
ment under paragraph (2) for the program year
for which the determination under paragraph (2)
is made.’’; and
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(D) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘obliga-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘accrued expenditure’’.
(4) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by paragraph (3) shall take effect for the later of—
(A) the program year that begins after the
date of enactment of this Act; or
(B) program year 2006.
(b) WITHIN STATE ALLOCATIONS.—
(1) ALLOCATION.—Section 133(b)(2)(A)(i) (29
U.S.C. 2863(b)(2)(A)(i)) is amended—
(A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘331⁄3 per-
cent’’ and inserting ‘‘40 percent’’;
(B) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘331⁄3 per-
cent’’ and inserting ‘‘25 percent’’; and
(C) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘331⁄3
percent’’ and inserting ‘‘35 percent’’.
(2) TRANSFER
AUTHORITY.—Section 133(b)(4)
(29 U.S.C. 2863(b)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘20
percent’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘100
percent’’.
(3) REQUIREMENTS.—Clauses (i) and (ii) of sec-
tion 133(b)(5)(B) (29 U.S.C. 2863(b)(5)(B)) are
amended by striking ‘‘section 134(c)’’ and inserting
‘‘section 121(e)’’.
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(4) REALLOCATION.—Section 133(c) (29 U.S.C.
2863(c)) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, and
under subsection (b)(2)(B) for dislocated worker
employment and training activities,’’ after ‘‘ac-
tivities’’;
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—The amount available for re-
allocation for a program year for programs funded
under paragraphs (2)(A) and (3) of subsection (b)
(relating to adult employment and training) and sub-
section (b)(2)(B) (relating to dislocated worker em-
ployment and training), respectively, is equal to the
amount by which the unexpended balance at the end
of the program year prior to the program year for
which the determination is made exceeds 30 percent
of the total amount of funds available to the local
area under paragraphs (2)(A) and (3) of subsection
(b), or subsection (b)(2)(B), respectively, during such
prior program year (including amounts allocated to
the local area in all prior program years under such
provisions that remained available). For purposes of
this paragraph, the unexpended balance is the
amount that is the difference between—
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‘‘(A) the total amount of funds available to
the local area under paragraphs (2)(A) and (3)
of subsection (b), or subsection (b)(2)(B), respec-
tively, during the program year prior to the pro-
gram year for which the determination is made
(including amounts allotted to the local area in
all prior program years under such provisions
that remained available); and
‘‘(B) the accrued expenditures from such
total amount of funds available under para-
graphs (2)(A) and (3) of subsection (b), or sub-
section (b)(2)(B), respectively, during such prior
program year.’’;
(C) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(3) REALLOCATION.—In making reallocations
to eligible local areas of amounts available pursuant
to paragraph (2) for a program year, the Governor
shall allocate to each eligible local area within the
State—
‘‘(A) with respect to amounts that are avail-
able for reallocation under paragraph (2) that
were allocated under paragraphs (2)(A) or (3) of
subsection (b), an amount based on the relative
amount allocated to such local area under para-
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graphs (2)(A) or (3) of subsection (b), as appro-
priate, for the program year for which the deter-
mination is made, as compared to the total
amount allocated to all eligible local areas under
paragraphs (2)(A) or (3) of subsection (b), as ap-
propriate, for such program year; and
‘‘(B) with respect to amounts that are
available for reallocation under paragraph (2)
that were allocated under subsection (b)(2)(B),
an amount based on the relative amount allo-
cated to such local area under subsection
(b)(2)(B) for the program year for which the de-
termination is made, as compared to the total
amount allocated to all eligible local areas under
subsection (b)(2)(B) for such program year.’’;
and
(D) by striking paragraph (4) and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘(4) ELIGIBILITY.—For purposes of this sub-
section, an eligible local area means—
‘‘(A) with respect to funds allocated under
paragraphs (2)(A) or (3) of subsection (b), a
local area that does not have an amount of such
funds available for reallocation under paragraph
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(2) for the program year for which the deter-
mination under paragraph (2) is made; and
‘‘(B) with respect to funds allocated under
subsection (b)(2)(B), a local area that does not
have an amount of such funds available for re-
allocation under paragraph (2) for the program
year for which the determination under para-
graph (2) is made.’’.
(5) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by paragraph (3) shall take effect for the later of—
(A) the program year that begins after the
date of enactment of this Act; or
(B) program year 2006.
(c) USE OF FUNDS FOR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
ACTIVITIES.—
(1) STATEWIDE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING AC-
TIVITIES.—
(A) STATEWIDE RAPID RESPONSE ACTIVI-
TIES.—Section 
134(a)(2)(A) 
(29 
U.S.C.
2864(a)(2)(A)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(A) STATEWIDE RAPID RESPONSE ACTIVI-
TIES.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A State shall carry
out statewide rapid response activities using
funds reserved by a Governor for a State
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under section 133(a)(2). Such activities
shall include—
‘‘(I) provision of rapid response
activities, carried out in local areas by
the State or by an entity designated by
the State, working in conjunction with
the local boards and the chief elected
officials for the local areas; and
‘‘(II) provision of additional as-
sistance to local areas that experience
disasters, mass layoffs, or plant clos-
ings, or other events that precipitate
substantial increases in the number of
unemployed individuals, carried out in
local areas by the State, working in
conjunction with the local boards and
the chief elected officials for the local
areas.
‘‘(ii) USE OF UNEXPENDED FUNDS.—
Funds reserved under section 133(a)(2) to
carry out this subparagraph that remain
unexpended after the first program year for
which such funds were allotted may be used
by the Governor to carry out statewide ac-
tivities authorized under subparagraph (B)
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and paragraph (3)(A) in addition to activi-
ties under this subparagraph.’’.
(B) STATEWIDE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAIN-
ING ACTIVITIES.—Section 134(a)(2) (29 U.S.C.
2864(a)(2)) is amended by striking subpara-
graph (B) and inserting the following:
‘‘(B) STATEWIDE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAIN-
ING ACTIVITIES.—Funds reserved by a Governor
for a State under sections 128(a)(1) and
133(a)(1) and not used under paragraph (1)(A)
(regardless of whether the funds were allotted to
the States under section 127(b)(1)(C) or para-
graphs (1)(B) or (2)(B) of section 132(b)) shall
be used for statewide employment and training
activities, including—
‘‘(i) disseminating—
‘‘(I) the State list of eligible pro-
viders of training services, including
eligible providers of nontraditional
training services and eligible providers
of apprenticeship programs described
in section 122(a)(2)(B);
‘‘(II) information identifying eli-
gible providers of on-the-job training,
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customized training, and incumbent
worker training;
‘‘(III) information on effective
business outreach, partnerships, and
services;
‘‘(IV) 
performance 
information
and information on costs of attend-
ance, as described in subsections (d)
and (i) of section 122; and
‘‘(V) information on physical and
programmatic accessibility for individ-
uals with disabilities;
‘‘(ii) conducting evaluations under sec-
tion 136(e) of activities authorized under
this chapter and chapter 5 in coordination
with evaluations carried out by the Sec-
retary under section 172;
‘‘(iii) providing incentive grants to
local areas, in accordance with section
136(i);
‘‘(iv) developing strategies for ensuring
that activities carried out under this section
are placing men and women in jobs, edu-
cation, and training that lead to com-
parable pay;
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‘‘(v) providing technical assistance and
capacity building to local areas, one-stop
operators, one-stop partners, and eligible
providers, including the development and
training of staff, the development of exem-
plary program activities, and the provision
of technical assistance to local areas that
fail to meet local performance measures de-
scribed in section 136(c), which may in-
clude the development and training of staff
to provide opportunities for hard-to-serve
populations to enter high-wage, high-skilled,
and nontraditional occupations;
‘‘(vi) operating a fiscal and manage-
ment accountability system under section
136(f); and
‘‘(vii) carrying out monitoring and
oversight of activities carried out under this
chapter and chapter 4.’’.
(C) ALLOWABLE STATEWIDE EMPLOYMENT
AND
TRAINING
ACTIVITIES.—Section
134(a)(3)(A) 
(29 
U.S.C. 
2864(a)(3)(A)) 
is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Funds reserved by a
Governor for a State under sections 128(a)(1)
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and 133(a)(1) and not used under paragraph
(1)(A) or (2)(B) (regardless of whether the funds
were allotted to the State under section
127(b)(1)(C) or paragraph (1)(B) or (2)(B) of
section 132(b)) may be used to carry out addi-
tional statewide employment and training ac-
tivities, which may include—
‘‘(i) implementing innovative pro-
grams and strategies designed to meet the
needs of all businesses in the State, includ-
ing small businesses, which may include in-
cumbent worker training programs, sectoral
and industry cluster strategies and partner-
ships, including regional skills alliances,
sectoral skills partnerships (in which rep-
resentatives of multiple employers for a spe-
cific industry sector or group of related oc-
cupations, economic development agencies,
providers of training services described in
subsection (d)(4), labor federations, and
other entities that can provide needed sup-
portive services tailored to the needs of
workers in that sector or group, for a local
area or region, identify gaps between the
current and expected demand and supply of
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labor and skills in that sector or group for
that area or region and develop a strategic
skills gap action plan), career ladder pro-
grams, micro-enterprise and entrepreneurial
training and support programs, utilization
of effective business intermediaries, activi-
ties to improve linkages between the one-
stop delivery system in the State and all
employers (including small employers) in
the State, and other business services and
strategies that better engage employers in
workforce investment activities and make
the workforce investment system more rel-
evant to the needs of State and local busi-
nesses, consistent with the objectives of this
title;
‘‘(ii) developing strategies for effec-
tively serving hard-to-serve populations and
for coordinating programs and services
among one-stop partners;
‘‘(iii) implementing innovative pro-
grams for displaced homemakers, which for
purposes of this clause may include an in-
dividual who is receiving public assistance
and is within 2 years of exhausting lifetime
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eligibility under part A of title IV of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
‘‘(iv) implementing programs to in-
crease the number of individuals training
for and placed in nontraditional employ-
ment;
‘‘(v) carrying out activities to facilitate
remote access to services, including training
services described in subsection (d)(4), pro-
vided through a one-stop delivery system,
including facilitating access through the use
of technology;
‘‘(vi) supporting the provision of core
services described in subsection (d)(2) in the
one-stop delivery system in the State;
‘‘(vii) coordinating with the child wel-
fare system to facilitate services for children
in foster care and those who are eligible for
assistance under section 477 of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 677);
‘‘(viii) activities—
‘‘(I) to improve coordination be-
tween workforce investment activities
carried out within the State involved
and economic development activities,
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and to promote entrepreneurial skills
training and microenterprise services;
‘‘(II) to improve coordination be-
tween employment and training assist-
ance, child support services, and assist-
ance provided by State and local agen-
cies carrying out part D of title IV of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 651
et seq.);
‘‘(III) to improve coordination be-
tween employment and training assist-
ance and cooperative extension pro-
grams carried out by the Department
of Agriculture;
‘‘(IV) to improve coordination be-
tween employment and training assist-
ance and programs carried out in the
local area for individuals with disabil-
ities, including programs carried out
by State agencies relating to mental re-
tardation and developmental disabil-
ities, Statewide Independent Living
Councils established under section 705
of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29
U.S.C. 796d), and centers for inde-
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pendent living defined in section 702
of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29
U.S.C. 796a);
‘‘(V) to develop and disseminate
workforce and labor market informa-
tion;
‘‘(VI) to improve coordination
with the corrections system to facilitate
provision of training services and em-
ployment opportunities that will assist
ex-offenders in reentering the work-
force; and
‘‘(VII) to promote financial lit-
eracy, including carrying out activities
described in section 129(b)(1)(I);
‘‘(ix) conducting—
‘‘(I) research; and
‘‘(II) demonstration projects; and
‘‘(x) adopting, calculating, or commis-
sioning a minimum self-sufficiency stand-
ard that specifies the income needs of fami-
lies, by family size, the number and ages of
children in the family, and sub-State geo-
graphical considerations.’’.
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(2) REQUIRED LOCAL EMPLOYMENT AND TRAIN-
ING ACTIVITIES.—
(A) 
ALLOCATED
FUNDS.—Section
134(d)(1)(A) 
(29 
U.S.C. 
2864(d)(1)(A)) 
is
amended—
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘described
in subsection (c)’’;
(ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’
at the end;
(iii) in clause (iv), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting a semicolon; and
(iv) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(v) to designate a dedicated business
liaison in the local area who may be funded
with funds provided under this title or from
other sources to establish and develop rela-
tionships and networks with large and
small employers and their intermediaries;
and
‘‘(vi) in order to improve service deliv-
ery to avoid duplication of services and en-
hance coordination of services, to require the
colocation of employment services provided
under the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49
et seq.) at the one-stop centers.’’.
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(B) CORE
SERVICES.—Section 134(d)(2)
(29 U.S.C. 2864(d)(2)) is amended—
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’
and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’;
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting
‘‘(including 
literacy, 
numeracy, 
and
English language proficiency)’’ after ‘‘skill
levels’’;
(iii) by striking subparagraph (D) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(D) labor exchange services, including—
‘‘(i) job search and placement assist-
ance and, in appropriate cases, career coun-
seling, including—
‘‘(I) exposure to high wage, high
skill jobs; and
‘‘(II) nontraditional employment;
and
‘‘(ii) 
appropriate 
recruitment 
and
other business services for all employers, in-
cluding small employers, in the local area,
which may include services described in this
subsection, including information and refer-
ral to specialized business services not tra-
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ditionally offered through the one-stop deliv-
ery system;’’;
(iv) in subparagraph (E)(iii)—
(I) by inserting ‘‘, career ladders,’’
after ‘‘earnings’’; and
(II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(v) in subparagraph (F)—
(I) by striking ‘‘and program cost
information’’; and
(II) by striking ‘‘described in sec-
tion 123’’;
(vi) by striking subparagraph (H) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(H) provision of accurate information, in
formats that are usable and understandable to
all one-stop center customers, relating to the
availability of supportive services or assistance,
including child care, child support, medical or
child health assistance under title XIX or XXI of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.
and 1397aa et seq.), benefits under the Food
Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), the
earned income tax credit under section 32 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and assistance
under a State program funded under part A of
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title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
601 et seq.) and other supportive services and
transportation provided through funds made
available under such part, available in the local
area, and referral to such services or assistance
as appropriate;’’; and
(vii) in subparagraph (J), by striking
‘‘for—’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(ii)
programs’’ and inserting ‘‘for programs’’.
(C) 
INTENSIVE
SERVICES.—Section
134(d)(3) (29 U.S.C. 2864(d)(3)) is amended—
(i) by striking subparagraph (A) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(i) ELIGIBILITY.—Except as provided
in clause (ii), funds allocated to a local
area for adults under paragraph (2)(A) or
(3), as appropriate, of section 133(b), and
funds allocated to the local area for dis-
located workers under section 133(b)(2)(B),
shall be used to provide intensive services to
adults 
and 
dislocated 
workers,
respectively—
‘‘(I) who are unemployed and
who, after an interview, evaluation, or
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assessment, have been determined by a
one-stop operator or one-stop partner
to be—
‘‘(aa) unlikely or unable to
obtain employment, that leads to
self-sufficiency 
or 
wages 
com-
parable to or higher than previous
employment, through core services
described in paragraph (2); and
‘‘(bb) in need of intensive
services to obtain employment
that leads to self-sufficiency or
wages comparable to or higher
than previous employment; or
‘‘(II) who are employed, but who,
after an interview, evaluation, or as-
sessment are determined by a one-stop
operator or one-stop partner to be in
need of intensive services to obtain or
retain employment that leads to self-
sufficiency.
‘‘(ii) SPECIAL
RULE.—A new inter-
view, evaluation, or assessment of a partici-
pant is not required under clause (i) if the
one-stop operator or one-stop partner deter-
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mines that it is appropriate to use a recent
assessment of the participant conducted
pursuant to another education or training
program.’’; and
(ii) in subparagraph (C)—
(I) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘for
participants seeking training services
under paragraph (4)’’; and
(II) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(vii) Internships and work experience.
‘‘(viii) Literacy activities relating to
basic work readiness.
‘‘(ix) Financial literacy services, such
as 
activities 
described 
in 
section
129(b)(1)(I).
‘‘(x) Out-of-area job search assistance
and relocation assistance.
‘‘(xi) English language acquisition and
integrated training programs.’’.
(D) 
TRAINING
SERVICES.—Section
134(d)(4) (29 U.S.C. 2864(d)(4)) is amended—
(i) by striking subparagraph (A) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—
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‘‘(i) ELIGIBILITY.—Except as provided
in clause (ii), funds allocated to a local
area for adults under paragraph (2)(A) or
(3), as appropriate, of section 133(b), and
funds allocated to the local area for dis-
located workers under section 133(b)(2)(B),
shall be used to provide training services to
adults 
and 
dislocated 
workers,
respectively—
‘‘(I) who, after an interview, eval-
uation, or assessment, and case man-
agement, have been determined by a
one-stop operator or one-stop partner,
as appropriate, to—
‘‘(aa) be unlikely or unable
to obtain or retain employment,
that leads to self-sufficiency or
wages comparable to or higher
than 
previous 
employment,
through the intensive services de-
scribed in paragraph (3);
‘‘(bb) be in need of training
services to obtain or retain em-
ployment that leads to self-suffi-
ciency or wages comparable to or
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higher than previous employment;
and
‘‘(cc) have the skills and
qualifications to successfully par-
ticipate in the selected program of
training services;
‘‘(II) who select programs of
training services that are directly
linked to the employment opportunities
in the local area or region involved or
in another area to which the adults or
dislocated workers are willing to com-
mute or relocate;
‘‘(III) who meet the requirements
of subparagraph (B); and
‘‘(IV) who are determined to be el-
igible in accordance with the priority
system in effect under subparagraph
(E).
‘‘(ii) SPECIAL
RULE.—A new inter-
view, evaluation, or assessment of a partici-
pant is not required under clause (i) if the
one-stop operator or one-stop partner deter-
mines that it is appropriate to use a recent
assessment of the participant conducted