those activities, opportunities, and services 
will prepare eligible youth for an outcome 
described in subsection (b)(5)(A), and in-
still in them a sense of civic engagement 
and environmental stewardship; 
‘‘(iv) a description of the proposed 
service and conservation projects to be un-
dertaken under the grant, how the project 
activities will improve the affected commu-
nity or environment, and the anticipated 
schedule for carrying out such activities; 
‘‘(v) a description of the manner in 
which eligible youth will be recruited and 
selected as participants, including a de-
scription of any coordination with local 
boards, one-stop operators and one-stop 
partners, community-based organizations, 
faith-based 
organizations, 
State 
edu-
cational agencies (as defined in section 
8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)) 
or local educational agencies (including 
agencies of Indian tribes), public assistance 
agencies, local courts, probation and parole 
offices, the justice system, agencies serving 
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homeless youth, foster care agencies, the 
Armed Forces, and other appropriate pub-
lic and private agencies; 
‘‘(vi) a description of how the pro-
posed program will be coordinated with 
other Federal, State, and local activities 
and activities conducted by Indian tribes, 
such as local workforce investment activi-
ties, career and technical education pro-
grams, programs of adult education and 
literary activities, activities conducted by 
public schools, activities conducted by com-
munity colleges, national and community 
service programs, and other non-school- 
based education or training provided with 
funds available under this title; 
‘‘(vii) a description of results to be 
achieved with respect to performance indi-
cators described in subsection (e); 
‘‘(viii) a detailed budget and a de-
scription of the system of fiscal controls, 
and auditing and accountability proce-
dures, that will be used to ensure fiscal 
soundness for the proposed program; and 
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‘‘(ix) a description of the commit-
ments of any additional resources (in addi-
tion to the grant funds) by the applicant 
or any program partners. 
‘‘(5) SELECTION CRITERIA.—For an applicant 
to be eligible to receive a grant under this sub-
section, the applicant and the applicant’s proposed 
program shall meet such selection criteria as the 
Secretary shall establish under this section, which 
shall include criteria relating to— 
‘‘(A) the qualifications or potential capa-
bilities of an applicant; 
‘‘(B) an applicant’s potential for devel-
oping and implementing a successful education 
and training program utilizing the Youth Corps 
model; 
‘‘(C) the need for an applicant’s proposed 
program, as determined by the degree of eco-
nomic distress of the community from which 
participants would be recruited (measured by 
indicators such as poverty, youth unemploy-
ment, and the number of individuals who have 
dropped out of secondary school); 
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‘‘(D) the need for the applicant’s proposed 
service and conservation projects by the af-
fected community or environmental area; 
‘‘(E) the ability of an applicant to provide 
the education, training, and other services de-
scribed in paragraph (3) that are necessary to 
prepare participants for an outcome described 
in subsection (b)(5)(A); 
‘‘(F) the extent of an applicant’s ability to 
coordinate and partner with local boards, one- 
stop operators and one-stop partners, local 
labor organizations, entities carrying out reg-
istered apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship 
programs, employers, institutions of higher edu-
cation, and other community-based organiza-
tions who are proposed as members of the pro-
gram partnership to provide participants with 
an outcome described in subsection (b)(5)(A); 
‘‘(G) the extent of the applicant’s coordina-
tion of activities with entities carrying out pub-
lic education, criminal justice, housing and com-
munity development, national and community 
service, postsecondary education, or other sys-
tems that relate to the goals of the proposed 
program; 
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‘‘(H) the extent of the commitment of ad-
ditional resources (in addition to the grant 
funds) to the proposed program by the appli-
cant or any program partners; and 
‘‘(I) such other factors as the Secretary 
determines to be appropriate for purposes of 
carrying out the proposed program in an effec-
tive and efficient manner. 
‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 101, for purposes of this section an indi-
vidual shall be eligible to participate in a Youth 
Corps program only if such individual is— 
‘‘(i)(I) not less than age 16 and not 
more than age 24, on the date of enroll-
ment; and 
‘‘(II)(aa) a low-income individual, a 
youth in foster care (including youth aging 
out of foster care), a formerly incarcerated 
or court-involved youth, a child of an in-
carcerated parent, a youth who is an indi-
vidual with a disability, or a migrant 
youth; or 
‘‘(bb) a school dropout; or 
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‘‘(ii) eligible to participate under sub-
paragraph (B). 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION
FOR
INDIVIDUALS
NOT 
MEETING INCOME OR EDUCATIONAL NEED RE-
QUIREMENTS.—Not more than 25 percent of 
the individuals selected to be participants in 
such program may be individuals who do not 
meet the requirements of subclause (II) of sub-
paragraph (A)(i). 
‘‘(C) PARTICIPANTS.—For purposes of 
Federal law, participants in a Youth Corps pro-
gram under this section shall be considered par-
ticipants of the program rather than employees 
of the program. 
‘‘(2) PARTICIPATION LIMITATION.—An eligible 
individual selected for participation in a Youth 
Corps program under this section shall be offered 
full-time participation in the program for a period of 
not less than 6 months and not more than 24 
months. 
‘‘(e) PERFORMANCE
INDICATORS.—Recipients of 
grants for programs under subsection (c) shall report an-
nually to the Secretary concerning the following perform-
ance indicators: 
‘‘(1) Program enrollment rates. 
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‘‘(2) Program attendance rates. 
‘‘(3) Attainment of a diploma, equivalent, or 
credential described in subsection (c)(3)(A)(i)(III). 
‘‘(4) Rates of program completion, including 
early release for meaningful employment in the econ-
omy of the 21st century. 
‘‘(5) Rates of outcomes described in subsection 
(b)(5)(A) for program graduates. 
‘‘(6) Wages of program graduates. 
‘‘(7) Post-program employment retention rates. 
‘‘(8) Such other performance indicators as may 
be reasonably required by the Secretary. 
‘‘(f) MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) SECRETARY ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 
may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements 
with or make grants to 1 or more entities to provide 
assistance to the Secretary in the management, su-
pervision, and coordination of the program carried 
out under this section. 
‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(A) CONTRACTS, COOPERATIVE
AGREE-
MENTS, AND
GRANTS.—The Secretary shall 
enter into contracts or cooperative agreements 
with or make grants to 1 or more qualified na-
tional nonprofit organizations with a dem-
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onstrated record of experience with and achieve-
ment in developing and implementing the Youth 
Corps model, in order to provide training, infor-
mation, and technical assistance to recipients of 
grants under subsection (c). 
‘‘(B) RESERVATION
OF
FUNDS.—Of the 
amounts available under section 172(g) to carry 
out this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall reserve 5 percent to carry out subpara-
graph (A). 
‘‘(3) EVALUATION.— 
‘‘(A) CONTRACTS, COOPERATIVE
AGREE-
MENTS, AND
GRANTS.—The Secretary shall 
enter into contracts or cooperative agreements 
with or make grants to 1 or more qualified na-
tional nonprofit organizations with a dem-
onstrated record of experience with and achieve-
ment in developing and implementing the Youth 
Corps model, for the purpose of conducting 
data collection and evaluation. 
‘‘(B) RESERVATION
OF
FUNDS.—Of the 
amounts available under section 172(g) to carry 
out this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall reserve 1 percent to carry out subpara-
graph (A). 
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‘‘(4) CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS.—For each 
fiscal year, the Secretary may use not more than 3 
percent of the amounts available under section 
172(g) to award grants to 1 or more qualified na-
tional nonprofit organizations to pay for the Federal 
share of the cost of providing capacity building ac-
tivities for recipients of grants under subsection 
(c).’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 171 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 171A. Youth Corps programs.’’. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 172 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3227) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 
171A such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
years 2022 through 2027.’’. 
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