SEC. 2. GRANTS TO ASSIST INCARCERATED OR PRE-
VIOUSLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS. 
Subtitle D of title I of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3221 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 172 as section 173; 
and 
(2) by inserting after section 171, the following: 
‘‘SEC. 172. GRANTS TO ASSIST INCARCERATED OR PRE-
VIOUSLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appropriated 
under subsection (g), the Secretary shall award grants to 
eligible entities to develop or expand education or work-
force training programs that lead to employment opportu-
nities for incarcerated individuals or previously incarcer-
ated individuals and reduce recidivism. 
‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this Act, 
the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities that 
will use the grants to develop or expand training programs 
described in subsection (a) that will lead participants of 
such programs— 
‘‘(1) to jobs in skilled trade (such as jobs in 
construction, plumbing, welding, heating and air 
conditioning, or masonry); or 
‘‘(2) to the attainment of recognized postsec-
ondary credentials. 
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‘‘(c) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—To receive a 
grant under this section, an eligible entity shall submit 
an application to the Secretary at such time, in such man-
ner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
require. 
‘‘(d) USES OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity that re-
ceives a grant under this section shall use such grant to 
develop or expand a training program described in sub-
section (a). 
‘‘(e) REPORTS.—Each eligible entity that receives a 
grant under this section shall annually prepare and submit 
to the Secretary a report on— 
‘‘(1) the amount of the grant awarded to the el-
igible entity for the preceding grant year, and how 
such grant was used; and 
‘‘(2) the progress, as described in section 116, 
of the eligible entity with respect to the training pro-
gram developed or expanded with such grant, includ-
ing the relative rate of recidivism of the participants 
of such program. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.— 
‘‘(1) CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION.—The term 
‘correctional institution’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 225(e)(1). 
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‘‘(2) EDUCATION
OR
WORKFORCE
TRAINING 
PROGRAM.—The term ‘education or workforce train-
ing program’ includes— 
‘‘(A) an apprenticeship program; 
‘‘(B) an on-the-job training program, or 
‘‘(C) a program providing classroom in-
struction. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means— 
‘‘(A) a local board; 
‘‘(B) an area career and technical edu-
cation school; 
‘‘(C) an intermediary; 
‘‘(D) an institution of higher education, in-
cluding a 2-year institution of higher education; 
or 
‘‘(E) a consortium of the entities described 
in subparagraphs (A) through (D). 
‘‘(4) INCARCERATED
INDIVIDUAL.—The term 
‘incarcerated individual’ means an adult or juvenile 
who is in the custody of a correctional institution. 
‘‘(5) 
PREVIOUSLY
INCARCERATED
INDI-
VIDUAL.—The term ‘previously incarcerated indi-
vidual’ means an adult or juvenile who has been an 
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