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likely to lead to unsubsidized employment in emerg-
ing or in-demand occupations in the local area. 
Funds under this section may be used to provide 
support services, such as transportation and child 
care, that are necessary to enable the participation 
of individuals in subsidized employment opportuni-
ties. 
(2) LEVEL OF SUBSIDY AND DURATION.—The 
States or local entities described in subsection (d)(1) 
may determine the percentage of the wages and 
costs of employing a participant for which an em-
ployer may receive a subsidy with the funds provided 
under this section, and the duration of such subsidy, 
in accordance with guidance issued by the Secretary. 
The State or local entities may establish criteria for 
determining such percentage or duration using ap-
propriate factors such as the size of the employer 
and types of employment. 
(f) COORDINATION OF FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.— 
The Secretary of Labor shall administer this section in 
coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services to ensure the effective implementation of this sec-
tion. 
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SEC. 365. SUMMER EMPLOYMENT AND YEAR-ROUND EM-
PLOYMENT 
OPPORTUNITIES 
FOR 
LOW-IN-
COME YOUTH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—From the funds available under 
section 363(a)(2), the Secretary of Labor shall make an 
allotment under subsection (c) to each State that has a 
State plan modification (or other form of request for funds 
specified in guidance under subsection (b)) approved 
under subsection (d) and to each outlying area and Native 
American grantee under section 166 of the Workforce In-
novation and Opportunity Act that meets the require-
ments of this section, for the purpose of providing summer 
employment and year-round employment opportunities to 
low-income youth. 
(b) GUIDANCE
AND APPLICATION
OF REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
(1) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 20 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Labor shall issue guidance regarding the implemen-
tation of this section. Such guidance shall, consistent 
with this section, include procedures for the submis-
sion and approval of State plan modifications, or for 
forms of requests for funds by the State as may be 
identified in such guidance, local plan modifications, 
or other forms of requests for funds from local work-
force investment areas as may be identified in such 
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guidance, and the allotment and allocation of funds, 
including reallotment and reallocation of such funds, 
that promote the expeditious and effective implemen-
tation of the activities authorized under this section. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in the guidance described in paragraph (1) 
and in this section and other provisions of this Act, 
the funds provided for activities under this section 
shall be administered in accordance with subtitles B 
and E of title I of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act relating to youth activities. 
(c) STATE ALLOTMENTS.— 
(1) RESERVATIONS FOR OUTLYING AREAS AND 
TRIBES.—Of the funds described subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall reserve— 
(A) not more than one-quarter of one per-
cent to provide assistance to outlying areas to 
provide summer and year-round employment 
opportunities to low-income youth; and 
(B) 1.5 percent to provide assistance to 
grantees of the Native American programs 
under section 166 of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act to provide summer and 
year-round employment opportunities to low-in-
come youth. 
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(2) STATES.—After determining the amounts to 
be reserved under paragraph (1), the Secretary of 
Labor shall allot the remainder of the amounts de-
scribed in subsection (a) among the States in ac-
cordance with the factors described in section 
364(b)(2) of this Act. 
(3) REALLOTMENT.—If the Governor of a State 
does not submit a State plan modification or other 
request for funds specified in guidance under sub-
section (b) by the time specified in subsection 
(d)(2)(B), or a State does not receive approval of 
such State plan modification or request, the amount 
the State would have been eligible to receive pursu-
ant to the formula under paragraph (2) shall be 
added to the amounts available for the competitive 
grants under section 363(a)(3). 
(d) STATE PLAN MODIFICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For a State to be eligible to 
receive an allotment of the funds under subsection 
(c), the Governor of the State shall submit to the 
Secretary of Labor a modification to a State plan 
approved under section 102 or 103 of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act, or other request 
for funds described in guidance in subsection (b), in 
such form and containing such information as the 
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Secretary may require. At a minimum, such plan 
modification or request shall include— 
(A) a description of the strategies and ac-
tivities to be carried out to provide summer em-
ployment opportunities and year-round employ-
ment opportunities, including the linkages to 
educational activities, consistent with subsection 
(f); 
(B) a description of the requirements the 
States will apply relating to the eligibility of 
low-income 
youth, 
consistent 
with 
section 
368(4), for summer employment opportunities 
and 
year-round 
employment 
opportunities, 
which may include criteria to target assistance 
to particular categories of such low-income 
youth, such as youth with disabilities, con-
sistent with subsection (f); 
(C) a description of the performance out-
comes to be achieved by the State through the 
activities carried out under this section and the 
processes the State will use to track perform-
ance, consistent with guidance provided by the 
Secretary of Labor regarding such outcomes 
and processes and with section 367(b); 
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(D) a description of the timelines for im-
plementation of the activities described in sub-
paragraph (A), and the number of low-income 
youth expected to be placed in summer employ-
ment opportunities, and year-round employment 
opportunities, respectively, by quarter; 
(E) assurances that the State will report 
such information as the Secretary may require 
relating to fiscal, performance and other mat-
ters that the Secretary determines is necessary 
to effectively monitor the activities carried out 
under this section; and 
(F) assurances that the State will ensure 
compliance with the labor standards protections 
described in section 367(a). 
(2) SUBMISSION
AND
APPROVAL
OF
STATE 
PLAN MODIFICATION OR REQUEST.— 
(A) SUBMISSION.—The Governor shall 
submit a modification of the State plan or other 
request for funds described in guidance in sub-
section (b) to the Secretary of Labor not later 
than 30 days after the issuance of such guid-
ance. The State plan modification or request for 
funds required under this subsection may be 
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fication (or other request for funds identified in 
guidance under subsection (b)) by the time specified 
in paragraph (2), or does not receive approval of a 
local plan, the amount the local workforce invest-
ment area would have been eligible to receive pursu-
ant to the formula under paragraph (1)(B) shall be 
allocated to local workforce investment areas that re-
ceive approval of the local plan modification or re-
quest for funds under paragraph (2). Such realloca-
tions shall be made in accordance with the relative 
share of the allocations to such local workforce in-
vestment areas applying the formula factors de-
scribed under paragraph (1)(B). 
(f) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The funds provided under 
this section shall be used— 
(A) to provide summer employment oppor-
tunities for low-income youth, ages 16 through 
24, with direct linkages to academic and occu-
pational learning, and may include the provision 
of supportive services, such as transportation or 
child care, necessary to enable such youth to 
participate; and 
(B) to provide year round employment op-
portunities, which may be combined with other 
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activities authorized under section 129 of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, to 
low-income youth, ages 16 through 24, with a 
priority to out-of-school youth who are— 
(i) high school dropouts; or 
(ii) recipients of a secondary school 
diploma or its equivalent but who are basic 
skills deficient unemployed or under-
employed. 
(2) PROGRAM
PRIORITIES.—In administering 
the funds under this section, the local board and 
local chief elected officials shall give a priority to— 
(A) identifying employment opportunities 
that are— 
(i) in emerging or in-demand occupa-
tions in the local workforce investment 
area; or 
(ii) in the public or nonprofit sector 
that meet community needs; and 
(B) linking year-round program partici-
pants to training and educational activities that 
will provide such participants an industry-recog-
nized certificate or credential. 
(3) PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY.—For ac-
tivities funded under this section, State and local 
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workforce investment areas shall provide such re-
ports as the Secretary of Labor may require regard-
ing the performance outcomes described in section 
367(a)(5). 
SEC. 366. WORK-BASED EMPLOYMENT STRATEGIES OF 
DEMONSTRATED EFFECTIVENESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—From the funds available under 
section 363(a)(3), the Secretary of Labor shall award 
grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities to carry 
out work-based strategies of demonstrated effectiveness. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—The grants awarded under this 
section shall be used to support strategies and activities 
of demonstrated effectiveness that are designed to provide 
unemployed, low-income adults or low-income youth with 
the skills that will lead to employment as part of or upon 
completion of participation in such activities. Such strate-
gies and activities may include— 
(1) on-the-job training, registered apprentice-
ship programs, or other programs that combine work 
with skills development; 
(2) sector-based training programs that have 
been designed to meet the specific requirements of 
an employer or group of employers in that sector 
and where employers are committed to hiring indi-
viduals upon successful completion of the training; 
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(3) training that supports an industry sector or 
an employer-based or labor-management committee 
industry partnership which includes a significant 
work-experience component; 
(4) acquisition of industry-recognized creden-
tials in a field identified by the State or local work-
force investment area as a growth sector or demand 
industry in which there are likely to be significant 
job opportunities in the short term; 
(5) connections to immediate work opportuni-
ties, including subsidized employment opportunities, 
or summer employment opportunities for youth, that 
includes concurrent skills training and other sup-
ports; 
(6) career academies that provide students with 
the academic preparation and training, including 
paid internships and concurrent enrollment in com-
munity colleges or other postsecondary institutions, 
needed to pursue a career pathway that leads to 
postsecondary credentials and high-demand jobs; 
and 
(7) adult basic education and integrated basic 
education and training models for low-skilled adults, 
hosted at community colleges or at other sites, to 
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prepare individuals for jobs that are in demand in 
a local area. 
(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—An eligible entity shall in-
clude a local chief elected official, in collaboration with the 
local workforce investment board for the local workforce 
investment area involved (which may include a partnership 
with of such officials and boards in the region and in the 
State), or an entity eligible to apply for an Indian and 
Native American grant under section 166 of the Work-
force Innovation and Opportunity Act, and may include, 
in partnership with such officials, boards, and entities, the 
following— 
(1) employers or employer associations; 
(2) adult education providers and postsecondary 
educational institutions, including community col-
leges; 
(3) community-based organizations; 
(4) joint labor-management committees; 
(5) work-related intermediaries; or 
(6) other appropriate organizations. 
(d) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity seeking to re-
ceive 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 
require. At a minimum, the application shall— 
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