(1) YOUTH PARTICIPANT ELIGIBILITY.—To be 
eligible to participate in activities carried out under 
this section during any program year, an individual 
shall, at the time the eligibility determination is 
made, be either an out-of-school youth or an in- 
school youth. 
(2) LOCAL ACTIVITIES.— 
(A) DEVELOPMENT
ACTIVITIES.—A local 
area that has, at the beginning of the program 
year, no summer youth employment programs 
or programs that do not have all program ele-
ments described in paragraph (3)(B) shall use 
unreserved allotted funds to— 
(i) plan, develop, and carry out activi-
ties described in paragraph (3)(B); 
(ii) at the local area’s discretion, de-
velop technology infrastructure, including 
data and management systems, to support 
program activities; 
(iii) conduct outreach to youth partici-
pants and employers; and 
(iv) at the local area’s discretion, use 
not more than 25 percent of allocated pro-
gram funds to subsidize not more than 75 
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percent of the wages of each youth partici-
pant. 
(B) EXPANSION ACTIVITIES.—A local area 
that has, at the beginning of the program year, 
a summer youth employment program that has 
all program elements described in paragraph 
(3)(B) shall use unreserved allotted funds to— 
(i) increase the number of summer 
employment opportunities, including un-
subsidized or partly subsidized opportuni-
ties and opportunities in the private sector; 
(ii) conduct outreach to youth partici-
pants and employers; 
(iii) use allocated program funds to 
subsidize not more than 50 percent of the 
wages of each youth participant; and 
(iv) at the local area’s discretion, en-
hance activities described in paragraph 
(3)(B). 
(3) LOCAL ELEMENTS.— 
(A) PROGRAM DESIGN.—Programs funded 
under this section shall match each youth par-
ticipant with an appropriate employer, based on 
factors including the needs of the employer and 
the age, skill, and informed aspirations of the 
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youth participant, for a high-quality summer 
employment opportunity, which may not— 
(i) be less than 4 weeks; and 
(ii) pay less than the highest of the 
Federal, State, or local minimum wage. 
(B) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—Program ele-
ments include— 
(i) work-readiness training and edu-
cational programs to enhance the summer 
employment opportunity; 
(ii) coaching and mentoring services 
for youth participants to enhance the sum-
mer employment opportunity and encour-
age program completion; 
(iii) coaching and mentoring services 
for employers on how to successfully em-
ploy each youth participant in meaningful 
work; 
(iv) career and college planning serv-
ices; 
(v) high-quality financial literacy edu-
cation, including education on the use of 
credit and financing higher education, and 
access to safe and affordable banking ac-
counts with consumer protections; 
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(vi) supportive services, or connection 
to existing supportive services, to enable 
participation in the program; 
(vii) integration of services provided 
by the program with existing year-round 
employment programs, youth development 
programs, 
secondary 
school 
programs, 
youth services provided under the Work-
force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), and skills training 
programs funded by the State or Federal 
Government; 
(viii) referral of at least 30 percent of 
participants from or to providers of youth, 
adult, vocational rehabilitation services, 
and adult education and literacy services 
under the Workforce Innovation and Op-
portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) or 
skills training programs funded by the 
State or Federal Government; 
(ix) rigorous evaluation of programs 
using research approaches appropriate to 
programs in different levels of development 
and maturity, including random assign-
ment or quasi-experimental impact evalua-
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tions, implementation evaluations, pre-ex-
perimental studies, and feasibility studies; 
and 
(x) commitment and support from 
mayors or county executives. 
(C) PRIORITY.—Priority shall be given to 
summer employment opportunities— 
(i) in existing or emerging in-demand 
industry sectors or occupations; or 
(ii) that meet community needs in the 
public, private, or nonprofit sector. 
(4) IN-SCHOOL
YOUTH
PRIORITY.—For any 
program year, not less than 75 percent of the unre-
served funds allotted to local area under this section 
shall be used to provide summer employment oppor-
tunities for in-school youth. 
(e) REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For each year that a local 
area receives funds under this section, the local area 
shall submit to the Secretary of Labor and the Gov-
ernor a report with— 
(A) the number of youth participants in 
the program, including the number of in-school 
and out-of-school youth; 
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(B) the number of youth participants who 
completed the summer employment opportunity; 
(C) the expenditures made from the 
amounts allocated under this section, including 
expenditures made to provide youth participants 
with supportive services; 
(D) a description of how the local area has 
used program funds to develop or expand sum-
mer youth employment programs, including a 
description of program activities and services 
provided, including supportive services provided 
and the number of youth participants accessing 
such services; 
(E) the source and amount of funding for 
the wages of each youth participant; 
(F) information specifying the levels of 
performance achieved with respect to the pri-
mary indicators of performance described in 
subsection (i) for the program; 
(G) the average number of hours and 
weeks worked and the average amount of wages 
earned by youth participants in the program; 
(H) the percent of youth participants 
placed in employment opportunities in the non-
profit, public, and private sectors; and 
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