‘‘(2) PARTICIPATION LIMITATION.—An eligible 
individual selected for participation in a Youth 
Corps program under this section shall be offered 
full-time participation in the program for a period of 
not less than 6 months and not more than 24 
months. 
‘‘(e) PERFORMANCE
INDICATORS.—Recipients of 
grants for programs under subsection (c) shall report an-
nually to the Secretary concerning the following perform-
ance indicators: 
‘‘(1) Program enrollment rates. 
‘‘(2) Program attendance rates. 
‘‘(3) Attainment of a diploma, equivalent, or 
credential described in subsection (c)(3)(A)(i)(III). 
‘‘(4) Rates of program completion, including 
early release for meaningful employment in the econ-
omy of the 21st century. 
‘‘(5) Rates of outcomes described in subsection 
(b)(5)(A) for program graduates. 
‘‘(6) Wages of program graduates. 
‘‘(7) Post-program employment retention rates. 
‘‘(8) Such other performance indicators as may 
be reasonably required by the Secretary. 
‘‘(f) MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
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‘‘(1) SECRETARY ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 
may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements 
with or make grants to 1 or more entities to provide 
assistance to the Secretary in the management, su-
pervision, and coordination of the program carried 
out under this section. 
‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(A) CONTRACTS, COOPERATIVE
AGREE-
MENTS, AND
GRANTS.—The Secretary shall 
enter into contracts or cooperative agreements 
with or make grants to 1 or more qualified na-
tional nonprofit organizations with a dem-
onstrated record of experience with and achieve-
ment in developing and implementing the Youth 
Corps model, in order to provide training, infor-
mation, and technical assistance to recipients of 
grants under subsection (c). 
‘‘(B) RESERVATION
OF
FUNDS.—Of the 
amounts available under section 174(d) to carry 
out this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall reserve 5 percent to carry out subpara-
graph (A). 
‘‘(3) EVALUATION.— 
‘‘(A) CONTRACTS, COOPERATIVE
AGREE-
MENTS, AND
GRANTS.—The Secretary shall 
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enter into contracts or cooperative agreements 
with or make grants to 1 or more qualified na-
tional nonprofit organizations with a dem-
onstrated record of experience with and achieve-
ment in developing and implementing the Youth 
Corps model, for the purpose of conducting 
data collection and evaluation. 
‘‘(B) RESERVATION
OF
FUNDS.—Of the 
amounts available under section 174(d) to carry 
out this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall reserve 1 percent to carry out subpara-
graph (A). 
‘‘(4) CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS.—For each 
fiscal year, the Secretary may use not more than 3 
percent of the amounts available under section 
174(d) to award grants to 1 or more qualified na-
tional nonprofit organizations to pay for the Federal 
share of the cost of providing capacity building ac-
tivities for recipients of grants under subsection 
(c).’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
173A the following: 
‘‘Sec. 173B. Youth Corps programs.’’. 
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SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 174 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 
(29 U.S.C. 2919) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 173B 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2010 through 2015.’’. 
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