I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5837 
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide for a YouthBuild 
program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2006 
Mr. CASTLE (for himself and Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 
and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide 
for a YouthBuild program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘YouthBuild Transfer 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM IN 
THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.—Subtitle D of title I of 
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the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 is amended by in-
serting before section 174 (29 U.S.C. 2919) the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 173A. YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.—The purposes of 
this section are— 
‘‘(1) to enable disadvantaged youth to obtain 
the education and employment skills necessary to 
achieve economic self-sufficiency in occupations in 
demand and postsecondary education and training 
opportunities; 
‘‘(2) to provide disadvantaged youth with op-
portunities for meaningful work and service to their 
communities; 
‘‘(3) to foster the development of employment 
and leadership skills and commitment to community 
development among youth in low-income commu-
nities; and 
‘‘(4) to expand the supply of permanent afford-
able housing for homeless individuals and low-in-
come families by utilizing the energies and talents of 
disadvantaged youth. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ADJUSTED INCOME.—The term ‘adjusted 
income’ has the meaning given the term in section 
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3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 
‘‘(2) APPLICANT.—The term ‘applicant’ means 
an eligible entity that has submitted an application 
under subsection (c). 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means a public or private nonprofit agency or 
organization (including a consortium of such agen-
cies or organizations), including— 
‘‘(A) a community-based organization; 
‘‘(B) a faith-based organization; 
‘‘(C) an entity carrying out activities under 
this title, such as a local board; 
‘‘(D) a community action agency; 
‘‘(E) a State or local housing development 
agency; 
‘‘(F) an Indian tribe or other agency pri-
marily serving Indians; 
‘‘(G) a community development corpora-
tion; 
‘‘(H) a State or local youth service or con-
servation corps; and 
‘‘(I) any other entity eligible to provide 
education or employment training under a Fed-
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eral program (other than the program carried 
out under this section). 
‘‘(4) 
HOMELESS
INDIVIDUAL.—The 
term 
‘homeless individual’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302). 
‘‘(5) HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT
AGENCY.—The 
term ‘housing development agency’ means any agen-
cy of a State or local government, or any private 
nonprofit organization, that is engaged in providing 
housing for homeless individuals or low-income fami-
lies. 
‘‘(6) INCOME.—The term ‘income’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 3(b) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 
‘‘(7) INDIAN; INDIAN TRIBE.—The terms ‘In-
dian’ and ‘Indian tribe’ have the meanings given 
such terms in section 4 of the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
450b). 
‘‘(8) INDIVIDUAL
OF
LIMITED
ENGLISH
PRO-
FICIENCY.—The term ‘individual of limited English 
proficiency’ means an eligible participant under this 
section who meets the criteria set forth in section 
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203(10) of the Adult Education and Family Lit-
eracy Act (20 U.S.C. 9202(10)). 
‘‘(9) LOW-INCOME FAMILY.—The term ‘low-in-
come family’ means a family described in section 
3(b)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(2)). 
‘‘(10) QUALIFIED NATIONAL NONPROFIT AGEN-
CY.—The term ‘qualified national nonprofit agency’ 
means a nonprofit agency that— 
‘‘(A) has significant national experience 
providing services consisting of training, infor-
mation, technical assistance, and data manage-
ment to YouthBuild programs or similar 
projects; and 
‘‘(B) has the capacity to provide those 
services. 
‘‘(11) 
REGISTERED
APPRENTICESHIP
PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘registered apprenticeship pro-
gram’ means an apprenticeship program— 
‘‘(A) registered under the Act of August 
16, 1937 (commonly known as the ‘National 
Apprenticeship Act’; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 
20 U.S.C. 50 et seq.); and 
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‘‘(B) that meets such other criteria as may 
be established by the Secretary under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(12) TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING.—The term 
‘transitional housing’ means housing provided for 
the purpose of facilitating the movement of homeless 
individuals to independent living within a reasonable 
amount of time. The term includes housing pri-
marily designed to serve deinstitutionalized homeless 
individuals and other homeless individuals who are 
individuals with disabilities or members of families 
with children. 
‘‘(13) 
YOUTHBUILD
PROGRAM.—The 
term 
‘YouthBuild program’ means any program that re-
ceives assistance under this section and provides dis-
advantaged youth with opportunities for employ-
ment, education, leadership development, and train-
ing through the rehabilitation or construction of 
housing for homeless individuals and low-income 
families, and of public facilities. 
‘‘(c) YOUTHBUILD GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) AMOUNTS OF GRANTS.—The Secretary is 
authorized to make grants to applicants for the pur-
pose of carrying out YouthBuild programs approved 
under this section. 
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‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—An entity that re-
ceives a grant under this subsection shall use the 
funds made available through the grant to carry out 
a YouthBuild program, which may include the fol-
lowing activities: 
‘‘(A) Education and workforce investment 
activities including— 
‘‘(i) work experience and skills train-
ing (coordinated, to the maximum extent 
feasible, with preapprenticeship and reg-
istered apprenticeship programs) in the re-
habilitation and construction activities de-
scribed in subparagraphs (B) and (C); 
‘‘(ii) occupational skills training; 
‘‘(iii) other paid and unpaid work ex-
periences, including internships and job 
shadowing; 
‘‘(iv) services and activities designed 
to meet the educational needs of partici-
pants, including— 
‘‘(I) basic skills instruction and 
remedial education; 
‘‘(II) language instruction edu-
cational programs for individuals with 
limited English proficiency; 
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‘‘(III) secondary education serv-
ices and activities, including tutoring, 
study skills training, and dropout pre-
vention activities, designed to lead to 
the attainment of a secondary school 
diploma or General Education Devel-
opment credential (GED) or other 
State-recognized equivalent (including 
recognized alternative standards for 
individuals with disabilities); 
‘‘(IV) counseling and assistance 
in obtaining postsecondary education 
and required financial aid; and 
‘‘(V) alternative secondary school 
services; 
‘‘(v) counseling services and related 
activities, such as comprehensive guidance 
and counseling on drug and alcohol abuse 
and referral; 
‘‘(vi) activities designed to develop 
employment and leadership skills, which 
may include community service and peer- 
centered activities encouraging responsi-
bility and other positive social behaviors, 
and activities related to youth policy com-
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mittees that participate in decision-making 
related to the program; 
‘‘(vii) supportive services and provi-
sion of need-based stipends necessary to 
enable individuals to participate in the pro-
gram and supportive services to assist indi-
viduals, for a period not to exceed 12 
months after the completion of training, in 
obtaining or retaining employment, or ap-
plying for and transitioning to postsec-
ondary education; and 
‘‘(viii) job search and assistance. 
‘‘(B) Supervision and training for partici-
pants in the rehabilitation or construction of 
housing, including residential housing for home-
less individuals or low-income families, or tran-
sitional housing for homeless individuals. 
‘‘(C) Supervision and training for partici-
pants in the rehabilitation or construction of 
community and other public facilities, except 
that not more than 10 percent of funds appro-
priated to carry out this section may be used 
for such supervision and training. 
‘‘(D) Payment of administrative costs of 
the applicant, except that not more than 15 
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percent of the amount of assistance provided 
under this subsection to the grant recipient may 
be used for such costs. 
‘‘(E) Adult mentoring. 
‘‘(F) Provision of wages, stipends, or bene-
fits to participants in the program. 
‘‘(G) Ongoing training and technical as-
sistance that are related to developing and car-
rying out the program. 
‘‘(H) Follow-up services. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(A) FORM
AND
PROCEDURE.—To be 
qualified to receive a grant under this sub-
section, an eligible entity shall submit an appli-
cation at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Secretary may 
require. 
‘‘(B) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec-
retary shall require that the application contain, 
at a minimum— 
‘‘(i) labor market information for the 
labor market area where the proposed pro-
gram will be implemented, including both 
current data (as of the date of submission 
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of the application) and projections on ca-
reer opportunities in growing industries; 
‘‘(ii) a request for the grant, speci-
fying the amount of the grant requested 
and its proposed uses; 
‘‘(iii) a description of the applicant 
and a statement of its qualifications, in-
cluding a description of the applicant’s re-
lationship with local boards, one-stop oper-
ators, local unions, entities carrying out 
registered apprenticeship programs, other 
community groups, and employers, and the 
applicant’s past experience, if any, with re-
habilitation or construction of housing or 
public facilities, and with youth education 
and employment training programs; 
‘‘(iv) a description of the proposed site 
for the proposed program; 
‘‘(v) a description of the educational 
and job training activities, work opportuni-
ties, postsecondary education and training 
opportunities, and other services that will 
be provided to participants, and how those 
activities, opportunities, and services will 
prepare youth for employment in occupa-
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tions in demand in the labor market area 
described in clause (i); 
‘‘(vi) a description of the proposed re-
habilitation or construction activities to be 
undertaken under the grant and the antici-
pated schedule for carrying out such activi-
ties; 
‘‘(vii) a description of the manner in 
which eligible youth will be recruited and 
selected as participants, including a de-
scription of arrangements that will be 
made with local boards, one-stop operators, 
community- and faith-based organizations, 
State educational agencies or local edu-
cational agencies (including agencies of In-
dian tribes), public assistance agencies, the 
courts of jurisdiction, agencies operating 
shelters for homeless individuals and other 
agencies that serve youth who are homeless 
individuals, foster care agencies, and other 
appropriate public and private agencies; 
‘‘(viii) a description of the special out-
reach efforts that will be undertaken to re-
cruit eligible young women (including 
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