‘‘(D) include any eligible entities serving 
areas with high unemployment rates; 
‘‘(E) are eligible entities that include an 
institution of higher education eligible for as-
sistance under title III or V of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.; 20 
U.S.C. 1101 et seq.); and 
‘‘(F) include a partnership, with employers 
or an employer or industry partnership, that in-
creases domestic production of goods. 
‘‘(f) USE OF FUNDS.—Grant funds awarded under 
this section shall be used for one or more of the following: 
‘‘(1) The development, offering, improvement, 
and provision of educational or career training pro-
grams, that provide relevant job training for skilled 
occupations, that lead to recognized postsecondary 
credentials, that will meet the needs of employers in 
in-demand industry sectors, and that may include 
registered apprenticeship programs, on-the-job train-
ing programs, and programs that support employers 
in upgrading the skills of their workforce. 
‘‘(2) The development and implementation of 
policies and programs to expand opportunities for 
students to earn a recognized postsecondary creden-
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tial, including a degree, in in-demand industry sec-
tors and occupations, including by— 
‘‘(A) facilitating the transfer of academic 
credits between institutions of higher education, 
including the transfer of academic credits for 
courses in the same field of study; 
‘‘(B) expanding articulation agreements 
and policies that guarantee transfers between 
such institutions, including through common 
course numbering and use of a general core 
curriculum; and 
‘‘(C) developing or enhancing student sup-
port services programs. 
‘‘(3) The creation of career pathway programs 
that provide a sequence of education and occupa-
tional training that leads to a recognized postsec-
ondary credential, including a degree, including pro-
grams that— 
‘‘(A) blend basic skills and occupational 
training; 
‘‘(B) facilitate means of transitioning par-
ticipants from noncredit occupational, basic 
skills, or developmental coursework to for-credit 
coursework within and across institutions; 
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‘‘(C) build or enhance linkages, including 
the development of dual enrollment programs 
and early college high schools, between sec-
ondary education or adult education programs 
(including programs established under the Carl 
D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act 
of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) and title II 
of this Act); 
‘‘(D) are innovative programs designed to 
increase the provision of training for students, 
including students who are members of the Na-
tional Guard or Reserves, to enter skilled occu-
pations in in-demand industry sectors; and 
‘‘(E) support paid internships that will 
allow students to simultaneously earn credit for 
work-based learning and gain relevant employ-
ment experience in an in-demand industry sec-
tor or occupation, which shall include opportu-
nities that transition individuals into employ-
ment. 
‘‘(4) The development and implementation of— 
‘‘(A) a Pay-for-Performance program that 
leads to a recognized postsecondary credential, 
for which an eligible entity agrees to be reim-
bursed under the grant primarily on the basis 
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of achievement of specified performance out-
comes and criteria agreed to by the Secretary; 
or 
‘‘(B) a Pay-for-Success program that leads 
to a recognized postsecondary credential, for 
which an eligible entity— 
‘‘(i) enters into a partnership with an 
investor, such as a philanthropic organiza-
tion that provides funding for a specific 
project to address a clear and measurable 
educational or career training need in the 
area to be served under the grant; and 
‘‘(ii) agrees to be reimbursed under 
the grant only if the project achieves speci-
fied performance outcomes and criteria 
agreed to by the Secretary. 
‘‘SEC. 199A. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
the program established by section 199. 
‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATIVE COST.—Not more than 5 per-
cent of the amounts made available under subsection (a) 
may be used by the Secretaries to administer the program 
described in that subsection, including providing technical 
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assistance and carrying out evaluations for the program 
described in that subsection. 
‘‘(c) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—The funds appro-
priated pursuant to subsection (a) for a fiscal year shall 
be available for Federal obligation for that fiscal year and 
the succeeding 2 fiscal years. 
‘‘SEC. 199B. DEFINITION. 
‘‘For purposes of this subtitle, the term ‘community 
college’ has the meaning given the term ‘junior or commu-
nity college’ in section 312(f) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058(f)).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
is amended by inserting after the items relating to subtitle 
E of title I the following: 
‘‘Subtitle F—Community College to Career Fund 
‘‘Sec. 199. Community college and industry partnerships program. 
‘‘Sec. 199A. Authorization of appropriations. 
‘‘Sec. 199B. Definition.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act, including the 
amendments made by this Act, takes effect as if included 
in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. 
Subtitle F—Youth Summer Jobs 
and Public Service Act 
SEC. 151. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Youth Summer 
Jobs and Public Service Act of 2018’’. 
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SEC. 152. GRANTS TO STATES FOR SUMMER EMPLOYMENT 
FOR YOUTH. 
Section 129 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(d) GRANTS TO STATES FOR SUMMER EMPLOY-
MENT FOR YOUTH.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this Act, from the amount appropriated 
under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall award 
grants to States to provide assistance to local areas 
that have high concentrations of eligible youth to en-
able such local areas to carry out programs de-
scribed in subsection (c)(1) that provide summer 
employment opportunities for eligible youth, which 
are directly linked to academic and occupational 
learning, as described in subsection (c)(2)(C). In 
awarding grants under this subsection, a State 
shall— 
‘‘(A) partner with private businesses to the 
extent feasible to provide employment opportu-
nities at such businesses; and 
‘‘(B) prioritize jobs and work opportunities 
that directly serve the community. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There 
is 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
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$100,000,000 to carry out this subsection for each 
of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.’’. 
Subtitle G—Child Poverty 
Reduction Act 
SEC. 161. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Child Poverty Re-
duction Act of 2018’’. 
CHAPTER 
1—FEDERAL 
INTERAGENCY 
WORKING 
GROUP 
ON 
REDUCING 
CHILD POVERTY 
SEC. 162. ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKING GROUP. 
There is established in the Administration for Chil-
dren and Families of the Department of Health and 
Human Services a group which shall be known as the Fed-
eral Interagency Working Group on Reducing Child Pov-
erty (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Working Group’’). 
SEC. 163. NATIONAL PLAN TO REDUCE CHILD POVERTY. 
(a) PRIMARY GOAL.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL PLAN.—The 
primary goal of the Working Group is to develop a 
national plan— 
(A) to reduce, within 10 years after the 
date on which funding is made available to 
carry out this Act— 
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(i) the number of children living in 
poverty in the United States to half of the 
number of such children as reported in the 
report of the United States Census Bureau 
on Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance 
Coverage in the United States: 2013 
(issued in September 2014); and 
(ii) the number of children living in 
extreme poverty in the United States to 
zero; and 
(B) to reduce, within 20 years after the 
date on which funds are made available to carry 
out this Act, the number of children living in 
poverty in the United States to zero. 
(2) CONSULTATION WITH NATIONAL ACADEMY 
OF
SCIENCES.—In developing the national plan 
under paragraph (1), the Working Group shall con-
sider all recommendations, research papers, and re-
ports published by the National Academy of Sciences 
as a result of the workshops conducted pursuant to 
title II. 
(3) DEADLINE.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Working 
Group shall make substantial progress toward the 
development of the national plan. 
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(b) ADDITIONAL GOALS.—The national plan under 
subsection (a) shall include recommendations for achieving 
the following goals: 
(1) Understanding the root causes of child pov-
erty, including persistent intergenerational poverty, 
taking into account social, economic, and cultural 
factors. 
(2) Improving the accessibility of anti-poverty 
programs and increasing the rate of enrollment in 
such programs among eligible children and families 
by reducing the complexity and difficulty of enrolling 
in such programs. 
(3) Eliminating disparate rates of child poverty 
based on race, ethnicity, gender, and age. 
(4) Improving the ability of individuals living in 
poverty, low-income individuals, and unemployed in-
dividuals to access quality jobs that help children 
and their families rise above poverty. 
(5) Connecting low-income children, discon-
nected youth, and their families to education, job 
training, work, and their communities. 
(6) Shifting the measures and policies of Fed-
eral anti-poverty programs from the goal of helping 
individuals and families living in poverty to achieve 
freedom from deprivation toward the goal of helping 
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such individuals and families rise above poverty and 
achieve long-term economic stability. 
(c) METHODS.—In developing the national plan 
under subsection (a), the Working Group shall employ 
methods for achieving the goals described in subsections 
(a) and (b) that include— 
(1) entering into an agreement with the Na-
tional Academy of Sciences for a workshop series on 
the economic and social costs of child poverty, as de-
scribed in title II; 
(2) studying the effect of child poverty on the 
health and welfare of children, including the access 
of children living in poverty to health care, housing, 
proper nutrition, and education; 
(3) measuring the effect of child poverty on the 
ability of individuals to achieve economic stability, 
including such effect on educational attainment, 
rates of incarceration, lifetime earnings, access to 
healthcare, and access to housing; 
(4) updating and applying improved measures 
of poverty that can meaningfully account for other 
aspects relating to the measure of poverty, such as 
the Supplemental Poverty Measure used by the 
United States Census Bureau; and 
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