(E) one community-based organization 
with experience or expertise in working with 
youth; 
(F) one public agency serving youth under 
the jurisdiction of the juvenile justice system or 
criminal justice system; 
(G) a State or local child welfare agency; 
and 
(H) an agency administering programs 
under part A of title IV of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). 
(2) OPTIONAL PARTNERS.—A local community 
partnership may also include within the partner-
ship— 
(A) American Job Centers; 
(B) employers or employer associations; 
(C) representatives of labor organizations; 
(D) programs that receive funding under 
the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.); 
(E) public agencies or community-based 
organizations with expertise in providing coun-
seling services, including trauma-informed and 
gender-responsive counseling; 
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(F) public housing agencies, collaborative 
applicants, as defined by the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et 
seq.), or private nonprofit organizations that 
serve homeless youth and households or foster 
youth; and 
(G) other appropriate State and local 
agencies. 
(c) APPLICATION.—A local community partnership 
desiring a grant under this section shall submit to the Sec-
retary of Labor an application at such time, in such man-
ner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
reasonably require. At a minimum, each application shall 
include a comprehensive plan that— 
(1) demonstrates sufficient need for the grant 
in the local population (indicators of need may in-
clude high rates of high school dropouts and youth 
unemployment and a high percentage or number of 
low-income individuals in the local population); 
(2) demonstrates the capacity of each local 
community partnership to carry out the activities de-
scribed in subsection (d); 
(3) is consistent with the local plan submitted 
by the local board under section 108 of the Work-
force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
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3123), the local plan for career and technical edu-
cation programs authorized under the Carl D. Per-
kins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 
(20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) (if not part of the Work-
force Innovation and Opportunity Act local plan) 
and the State plan for programs under part A of 
title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 
et seq.); and 
(4) includes an assurance that the local commu-
nity partnership will adhere to the labor standards 
outlined in section 8. 
(d) USE OF FUNDS.—A local community partnership 
receiving a grant under this section shall use the grant 
funds— 
(1) to target individuals not younger than age 
14 or older than age 24; 
(2) to make appropriate use of existing edu-
cation, child welfare, social services, and workforce 
development data collection systems to facilitate the 
local community partnership’s ability to target the 
individuals described in paragraph (1); 
(3) to develop wide-ranging paths to higher 
education and employment, including— 
(A) using not less than 50 percent of the 
grant funds to help individuals described in 
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paragraph (1) complete their secondary school 
education through various alternative means, 
including through high-quality, flexible pro-
grams that utilize evidence-based interventions 
and provide differentiated services (or path-
ways) to students returning to education after 
exiting secondary school without a regular high 
school diploma or who, based on their grade or 
age, are significantly off track to accumulate 
sufficient academic credits to meet high school 
graduation requirements, as established by the 
State; 
(B) creating career pathways focused on 
paid work-based learning consisting of on-the- 
job training and classroom instruction that will 
lead to credential attainment and prioritize con-
nections to registered apprenticeship programs 
and pre-apprenticeship programs; 
(C) providing career navigators to provide 
individuals described in paragraph (1) with pre- 
employment and employment counseling and to 
assist such individuals in— 
(i) finding and securing employment 
or work-based learning opportunities that 
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pay not less than the highest of the Fed-
eral, State, or local minimum wage; 
(ii) identifying and assessing eligibility 
for training programs and funding for such 
programs; 
(iii) completing necessary paperwork; 
and 
(iv) identifying additional services, if 
needed; 
(D) connecting individuals described in 
paragraph (1) with providers of youth services, 
adult services, vocational rehabilitation services, 
and adult education and literacy services, under 
the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), career planning serv-
ices, and federally and State funded programs 
that provide skills training; and 
(E) ensuring that such individuals success-
fully transition into pre-apprenticeship pro-
grams, registered apprenticeship programs, or 
programs leading to recognized postsecondary 
credentials in in-demand industry sectors or oc-
cupations; 
(4) to provide a comprehensive system aimed at 
preventing the individuals described in paragraph 
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