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‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE
ENTITIES.—Grants under this 
subsection may be awarded to States, local boards, re-
cipients of grants under section 166 (relating to Na-
tive American programs), and public or private enti-
ties (including consortia of such entities) applying in 
conjunction with local boards. 
‘‘(3) GRANT PERIOD.—The Secretary may make 
a grant under this section for a period of 1 year and 
may renew the grants for each of the 4 succeeding 
years. 
‘‘(4) AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE MATCH.—The Sec-
retary may require that grantees under this sub-
section provide a non-Federal share of the cost of ac-
tivities carried out under a grant awarded under this 
subsection. 
‘‘(5) PARTICIPANT ELIGIBILITY.—Youth ages 14 
through 19 as of the time the eligibility determination 
is made may be eligible to participate in activities 
provided under this subsection. 
‘‘(6) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds under this sub-
section may be used for activities that are designed to 
assist youth in acquiring the skills, credentials and 
employment experience that are necessary to succeed 
in the labor market, including the activities identified
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in section 129. The activities may include activities 
such as—
‘‘(A) training and internships for out-of-
school youth in sectors of the economy experi-
encing or projected to experience high growth; 
‘‘(B) after-school dropout prevention activi-
ties for in-school youth; 
‘‘(C) activities designed to assist special 
youth populations, such as court-involved youth 
and youth with disabilities; and 
‘‘(D) activities combining remediation of 
academic skills, work readiness training, and 
work experience, and including linkages to post-
secondary education, apprenticeships, and ca-
reer-ladder employment. 
‘‘(7) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this subsection, an eligible entity shall 
submit an application to the Secretary at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such information as 
the Secretary may require, including—
‘‘(A) a description of the activities the eligi-
ble entity will provide to eligible youth under 
this subsection; 
‘‘(B) a description of the programs of dem-
onstrated effectiveness on which the provision of
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the activities under subparagraph (A) are based, 
and a description of how such activities will ex-
pand the base of knowledge relating to the provi-
sion of activities for youth; 
‘‘(C) a description of the private and pub-
lic, and local and State resources that will be le-
veraged to provide the activities described under 
subparagraph (A) in addition to the funds pro-
vided under this subsection; and 
‘‘(D) the levels of performance the eligible 
entity expects to achieve with respect to the indi-
cators of performance for youth specified in sec-
tion 136(b)(2)(A)(ii). 
‘‘(8) FACTORS FOR AWARD.—In awarding grants 
under this subsection the Secretary may consider the 
quality of the proposed project, the goals to be 
achieved, the likelihood of successful implementation, 
the extent to which the project is based on proven 
strategies or the extent to which the project will ex-
pand the knowledge base on activities for youth, and 
the additional State, local or private resources that 
will be provided. 
‘‘(9) EVALUATION.—The Secretary may reserve 
up to 5 percent of the funds described in sub-
section(a)(1) to provide technical assistance to, and
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conduct evaluations of the projects funded under this 
subsection (using appropriate techniques as described 
in section 172(c)). 
‘‘(c) DISCRETIONARY GRANTS
FOR YOUTH ACTIVI-
TIES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the funds described in 
subsection(a)(2), the Secretary may award grants to 
eligible entities to provide activities that will assist 
youth in preparing for, and entering and retaining, 
employment. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE
ENTITIES.—Grants under this 
subsection may be awarded to public or private enti-
ties that the Secretary determines would effectively 
carry out activities relating to youth under this sub-
section. 
‘‘(3) PARTICIPANT ELIGIBILITY.—Youth ages 14 
through 19 at the time the eligibility determination is 
made may be eligible to participate in activities 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(4) USE
OF
FUNDS.—Funds provided under 
this subsection may be used for activities that will as-
sist youth in preparing for, and entering and retain-
ing, employment, including the activities described in 
section 129 for out-of-school youth, activities designed 
to assist in-school youth to stay in school and gain
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work experience, and such other activities that the 
Secretary determines are appropriate. 
‘‘(5) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this subsection, an eligible entity shall 
submit an application to the Secretary at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such information as 
the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(6) ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec-
retary may require the provision of a non-Federal 
share for projects funded under this subsection and 
may require participation of grantees in evaluations 
of such projects, including evaluations using the tech-
niques as described in section 172(c).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) is amended by amending the item related to 
section 169 to read as follows:
‘‘Sec. 169. Youth challenge grants.’’.
SEC. 120. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 170 (29 U.S.C. 2915) is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (b); 
(2) by striking 
‘‘(a) GENERAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—’’; 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) 
as subsections (a), (b), and (c) respectively, and mov-
ing such subsections 2 ems to the left;
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(4) in subsection (a) (as redesignated by para-
graph (3))—
(A) by inserting ‘‘the training of staff pro-
viding rapid response services, the training of 
other staff of recipients of funds under this title, 
peer review activities under this title, assistance 
regarding accounting and program operation 
practices (when such assistance would not be du-
plicative to assistance provided by the State), 
technical assistance to States that do not meet 
State performance measures described in section 
136,’’ after ‘‘localities,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘from carrying out activi-
ties’’ and all that follows up to the period and 
inserting ‘‘to implement the amendments made 
by the Job Training Improvement Act of 2005’’; 
and 
(5) by inserting, after subsection (c) (as redesig-
nated by paragraph (3)), the following: 
‘‘(d) BEST PRACTICES COORDINATION.—The Secretary 
shall establish a system whereby States may share informa-
tion regarding best practices with regard to the operation 
of workforce investment activities under this Act.’’.
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SEC. 121. DEMONSTRATION, PILOT, MULTISERVICE, RE-
SEARCH AND MULTI-STATE PROJECTS. 
(a) DEMONSTRATION AND PILOT PROJECTS.—Section 
171(b) (29 U.S.C. 2916(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Under a’’ and inserting 
‘‘Consistent with the priorities specified in the’’; 
(B) 
by 
amending 
subparagraphs 
(A) 
through (D) to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) projects that assist national employers 
in connecting with the workforce investment sys-
tem established under this title in order to facili-
tate the recruitment and employment of needed 
workers and to provide information to such sys-
tem on skills and occupations in demand; 
‘‘(B) projects that promote the development 
of systems that will improve the effectiveness and 
efficiency of programs carried out under this 
title; 
‘‘(C) projects that focus on opportunities for 
employment in industries and sectors of indus-
tries that are experiencing or are likely to expe-
rience high rates of growth, including those relat-
ing to information technology;
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‘‘(D) projects carried out by States and 
local areas to test innovative approaches to deliv-
ering employment-related services;’’; 
(C) by striking subparagraph (E); 
(D) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) 
and (G) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respec-
tively; 
(E) in subparagraph (F) (as so redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a semi-
colon; 
(F) by inserting after subparagraph (F) (as 
so redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(G) projects that provide retention grants 
to qualified job training programs upon place-
ment or retention of a low-income individual 
trained by that program in employment with a 
single employer for a period of 1 year, provided 
that such employment is providing to the low-in-
come individual an income not less than twice 
the poverty line for that individual;’’; 
(G) by amending subparagraph (H) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(H) projects that focus on opportunities for 
employment in industries and sectors of indus-
tries that are being transformed by technology
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and innovation requiring new knowledge or skill 
sets for workers, including advanced manufac-
turing; and’’; and 
(H) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(I) projects carried out by States and local 
areas to assist adults or out of school youth in 
starting a small business, including training 
and assistance in business or financial manage-
ment or in developing other skills necessary to 
operate a business.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking subparagraph (B); and 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
subparagraph (B). 
(b) MULTISERVICE PROJECTS.—Section 171(c)(2)(B) 
(29 U.S.C. 2916(c)(2)(B)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) NET
IMPACT
STUDIES
AND
RE-
PORTS.—The Secretary shall conduct studies to 
determine the net impacts of programs, services, 
and activities carried out under this title. The 
Secretary shall prepare and disseminate to Con-
gress and the public reports containing the re-
sults of such studies.’’.
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SEC. 122. COMMUNITY-BASED JOB TRAINING. 
Section 171(d) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) COMMUNITY-BASED JOB TRAINING.—
‘‘(1) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—In addition to 
the demonstration projects under subsection (b), the 
Secretary may establish and implement a national 
demonstration project designed to develop local solu-
tions to the workforce challenges facing high-growth, 
high-skill industries with labor shortages, and in-
crease opportunities for workers to gain access to em-
ployment in high-growth, high-demand occupations 
by promoting the establishment of partnerships 
among education entities, the workforce investment 
system, and businesses in high-growth, high-skill in-
dustries. 
‘‘(2) GRANTS.—In carrying out the demonstra-
tion project under this subsection, the Secretary shall 
award competitive grants, in accordance with gen-
erally applicable Federal requirements, to eligible en-
tities to carry out activities authorized under this 
subsection. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—
‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this subsection, 
the term ‘eligible entity’ means a community col-
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lege or consortium of community colleges that 
shall work in conjunction with—
‘‘(i) the local workforce investment sys-
tem; and 
‘‘(ii) business or businesses in a quali-
fied industry or an industry association in 
a qualified industry. 
‘‘(B) QUALIFIED INDUSTRY.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘qualified industry’ means an 
industry or economic sector that is projected to 
experience significant growth, such as an indus-
try and economic sector that—
‘‘(i) is projected to add substantial 
numbers of new jobs to the economy; 
‘‘(ii) has significant impact on the 
economy; 
‘‘(iii) impacts the growth of other in-
dustries and economic sectors; 
‘‘(iv) is being transformed by tech-
nology 
and 
innovation 
requiring 
new 
knowledge or skill sets for workers; 
‘‘(v) is a new or emerging industry or 
economic sector that is projected to grow; or 
‘‘(vi) has high-skilled occupations and 
significant labor shortages in the local area.
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‘‘(C) COMMUNITY
COLLEGE.—As used in 
this subsection, the term ‘community college’ 
means an institution of higher education, as de-
fined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001), that provides not less 
than a 2-year program that is acceptable for full 
credit toward a bachelor’s degree, or is a tribally 
controlled college or university. 
‘‘(4) AUTHORITY
TO
REQUIRE
NON-FEDERAL 
SHARE.—The Secretary may require that recipients of 
grants under this subsection provide a non-Federal 
share, from either cash or noncash resources, of the 
costs of activities carried out under a grant awarded 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(5) USE
OF
FUNDS.—Grants awarded under 
this subsection may be used for—
‘‘(A) the development, by a community col-
lege, in consultation with representatives of 
qualified industries, of rigorous training and 
education programs related to employment in a 
qualified industry identified in the eligible enti-
ty’s application; 
‘‘(B) training of adults and dislocated 
workers in the skills and competencies needed to 
obtain or upgrade employment in a qualified in-
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dustry identified in the eligible entity’s applica-
tion; 
‘‘(C) disseminating to adults and dislocated 
workers, through the one-stop delivery system, in-
formation on high-growth, high-demand occupa-
tions in qualified industries; 
‘‘(D) placing, through the one-stop delivery 
system, trained individuals into employment in 
qualified industries; and 
‘‘(E) increasing the integration of commu-
nity colleges with activities of businesses and the 
one-stop delivery system to meet the training 
needs for qualified industries. 
‘‘(6) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this subsection, an eligible entity shall 
submit an application to the Secretary at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such information as 
the Secretary may require, including—
‘‘(A) a description of the community college 
that will offer training under the grant; 
‘‘(B) an economic analysis of the local labor 
market to identify high-growth, high-demand in-
dustries and identify the workforce issues faced 
by those industries;