the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) to carry out subsidized 
youth public employment programs for eligible 
individuals. 
(2) WITHIN STATE ALLOCATIONS.— 
(A) STATEWIDE ACTIVITIES.—Each State 
shall reserve 25 percent of the allotment re-
ceived under paragraph (1)(A) to carry out 
statewide subsidized public employment pro-
grams described in subsection (b). 
(B) ALLOCATIONS
TO
LOCAL
AREAS.—A 
Governor of a State that receives an allotment 
under paragraph (1), in coordination with rel-
evant State and local stakeholders, shall use 
any remaining amounts (after reserving funds 
under subparagraph (A)), to allocate funds to 
local areas, as long as not less than 65 percent 
of such remaining amount is allocated to— 
(i) high-poverty local areas with the 
highest youth unemployment rate com-
pared to other local areas in the State; and 
(ii) local areas with historically high 
levels of youth unemployment within the 
State. 
(b) USES OF FUNDS.— 
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(1) SUBSIDIZED
PUBLIC
EMPLOYMENT
PRO-
GRAMS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Funds allotted to 
States for statewide programs, and funds allo-
cated to local areas under subsection (a), shall 
be used to carry out subsidized public employ-
ment programs described in paragraph (3) 
that— 
(i) lead to unsubsidized, full-time em-
ployment; or 
(ii) provide the necessary skills and 
competency attainment of at least 1 recog-
nized postsecondary credential to further 
the education or career of youth partici-
pants. 
(2) FUNDING ALLOCATIONS.—Of the funds de-
scribed in paragraph (1): 
(A) Not less than 60 percent of the funds 
for program year 2021 shall be used for wages 
and employment benefits to individuals em-
ployed in subsidized public employment pro-
grams funded under this section. 
(B) Not less than 30 percent of the funds 
for program year 2021, and not less than 20 
percent of such funds for any program year 
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thereafter, shall be used to provide career serv-
ices described in section 134(c)(2) of the Work-
force Innovation and Opportunity Act, training 
services, or youth workforce investment activi-
ties. 
(C) Any remaining funds may be used for 
administrative and other allowable costs (such 
as supplies, materials, equipment, and health 
and safety resources) incurred by the State or 
local area, as determined by the Secretary. 
(3) CONDITIONS.—Except as otherwise deter-
mined by the Secretary, the following conditions 
shall apply to each subsidized public employment 
program funded under this section: 
(A) Only youth residing within the State 
or local area providing funding for the program 
shall be employed by such program, and the 
public services provided under such program, to 
the extent feasible, shall be designed to benefit 
the residents of such State or local area. 
(B) Priority in filling jobs available under 
such program shall be given to— 
(i) eligible youth who is an individual 
with a barrier to employment (including 
youth of color, opportunity youth or out-of- 
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school youth, low-income youth, youth im-
pacted by the juvenile or adult criminal 
justice 
systems, 
and 
underemployed 
youth); and 
(ii) eligible youth who are recipients of 
public assistance (or from a family receiv-
ing such assistance) or who are eligible for 
public assistance (or from a family eligible 
for such public assistance) but not receiv-
ing such assistance. 
(C) Each individual employed under such 
program shall be a wage, which shall at least be 
the highest of the following: 
(i) $12 an hour. 
(ii) The minimum wage under the ap-
plicable State or local minimum wage law. 
(iii) The prevailing rates of pay for in-
dividuals employed in similar occupations 
by the same employer. 
(iv) The minimum wage according to 
the amendments made to section 6 of the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as pro-
posed by H.R. 582 (116th Congress). 
(D) With respect to a wage determined 
under subparagraph (C), the Secretary may 
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promulgate regulations to increase such wage 
after consideration of industry, geographical re-
gion, skill requirements, and individual pro-
ficiency. 
(E) An individual may self-attest to meet-
ing the requirements to be an eligible youth, or 
to receive priority consideration under subpara-
graph (B), and verification of such eligibility 
may occur after the individual is employed 
under the program. 
(F) Earnings from such program shall not 
be regarded as income and shall not be re-
garded as a resource for the month of receipt 
and the following 12 months, for purposes of 
determining the eligibility of the participant (or 
the participant’s spouse or family) for benefits 
or assistance, or the amount or extent of bene-
fits or assistance, under any Federal program 
or under any State or local program financed in 
whole or in part with Federal funds. 
(G) Such program shall coordinate with 
the workforce systems and activities promoted 
by the State or local board to connect eligible 
youth to educational or career opportunities. 
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(H) Such program shall establish or ex-
pand diversity and inclusion opportunities and 
collect disaggregated data on related efforts. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be an eligible youth, an indi-
vidual shall be an in-school youth or an out-of-school 
youth. 
SEC. 102. COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appropriated 
under section 103(2), the Secretary shall award grants, 
on a competitive basis, to eligible entities for activities de-
scribed in subsection (e). 
(b) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities 
that serve eligible youth who are individuals with a barrier 
to employment, youth of color, opportunity youth or out- 
of-school youth, low-income youth, and youth impacted by 
the juvenile or adult criminal justice systems. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS ON USES OF FUNDS.—In award-
ing funds under this section the Secretary shall ensure the 
following: 
(1) DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—Not less 
than 40 percent of such funds are used to provide 
direct financial assistance to eligible youth described 
in section 101(c) to support such youth with finan-
cial needs with respect to entering, remaining en-
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rolled in, and completing a subsidized public employ-
ment program described in section 101(b) (including 
related costs of training, supplies, food and nutri-
tion, housing, transportation, child care, mental 
health and substance abuse services, payment of 
fines, or other targeted costs determined allowable 
by the Secretary). 
(2) IN-DEMAND INDUSTRY SECTORS OR OCCU-
PATIONS.—Not less than 40 percent of such funds 
are used to connect eligible youth described in sec-
tion 101(c) to employers for in-demand industry sec-
tors or occupations, work-based learning opportuni-
ties, registered apprenticeship programs, or to recon-
nect to a public education entity. 
(3) DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION ACTIVITIES.— 
Not less than 10 percent of such funds are used for 
promoting, creating, or expanding diversity and in-
clusion activities for the purposes of diversifying 
workforce systems. 
(d) ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity means an 
entity that the Secretary determines to serve a high 
number or high percentage of eligible youth who are 
employed in a subsidized public employment pro-
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grams described in section 101(b) and who are from 
underrepresented populations. 
(2) INCLUSIONS.—An eligible entity includes— 
(A) a community-based organization; 
(B) a State and unit of general local gov-
ernment in a partnership with a community- 
based organization; 
(C) a partnership among States and units 
of general local government, community-based 
organizations, public education entities, reg-
istered apprenticeships, and employers from in- 
demand industry sectors or occupations; 
(D) a partnership among community-based 
organizations and juvenile and adult correc-
tional facilities; or 
(E) a labor organization or joint labor- 
management organization. 
(e) USES OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity that receives 
a grant under this section— 
(1) shall use the grant to match eligible youth 
to subsidized public employment programs funded 
under title I, and provide hands-on work experience 
that does not supplant the work of existing employ-
ees; and 
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(2) may use a grant received under this section 
to carry out 1 or more of the following: 
(A) Establish or expand diversity and in-
clusion opportunities and collect disaggregated 
data on related efforts. 
(B) Provide (directly or through partner-
ships) technical assistance and supportive serv-
ices to eligible youth and their families to help 
navigate supportive services and other Federal 
and State assistance programs to support the 
recruitment, retention, and completion of a pro-
gram funded under title I. 
(C) Coordinate partnerships with programs 
funded under title I to connect eligible youth to 
educational or career opportunities, including to 
employers for in-demand industry sectors or oc-
cupations, work-based learning opportunities, 
registered apprenticeship programs, or to recon-
nect to a public education entity. 
(D) Form comprehensive youth service de-
livery systems to improve education and em-
ployment outcomes for youth and to strategi-
cally connect local sectors, systems, and re-
sources by strategically coordinating resources 
and public, private, and nonprofit funding to 
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create youth pathways to further the education, 
skills, and access to jobs and successful careers, 
by— 
(i) conducting and improving outreach 
to underrepresented youth and families 
with respect to the programs funded under 
section 101; 
(ii) making appropriate use of existing 
education, child welfare, social services, 
and workforce development data collection 
systems to facilitate the entity’s ability to 
recruit youth participants; and 
(iii) developing wide-ranging higher 
education or employment pathways for 
youth. 
(E) Assist in the transition between sub-
sidized youth public employment programs and 
unsubsidized employment or education. 
(F) In the case of an eligible entity de-
scribed in subsection (d)(2)(D), assist in the 
transition from incarceration with the goal of 
reducing rates of recidivism and ensuring incar-
cerated youth and formerly incarcerated youth 
have access to employment and educational op-
portunities. 
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SEC. 103. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated— 
(1) $30,000,000,000 to carry out section 101; 
and 
(2) $10,000,000,000 to carry out section 102, 
of which 5 percent may be used by the Secretary to 
the build capacity to carry out such section. 
SEC. 104. PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, DATA COLLECTION, 
AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
first grant is awarded under section 101, and annually 
thereafter, each program funded under section 101 shall 
be evaluated by the State board of the State receiving an 
allotment under section 101 to carry out such program 
or the local board of the local area receiving an allocation 
under section 101 to carry out such program. 
(b) PERFORMANCE DATA COLLECTION.—The Sec-
retary of Labor shall collect data on— 
(1) the performance of each program using the 
disaggregated indicators of performance in section 
116(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141(b)(2)(A)(i)); 
(2) the completion rates of the program; 
(3) the rate of full-time unsubsidized employ-
ment after program completion; 
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