(3) 35 percent of such amount to carry out sec-
tion 6. 
SEC. 4. SUMMER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR 
YOUTH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amount available under 
section 3(b)(1), the Secretary of Labor shall, for the pur-
pose of carrying out summer employment programs under 
this section— 
(1) after making the reservations described in 
paragraphs (2) and (3), make an allotment of the 
remainder of such amount in accordance with sec-
tion 127(b)(1)(C)(ii) of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3162(b)(1)(C)(ii)) 
to each State that meets the requirements of section 
102 or 103 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3112; 3113); 
(2) reserve not more than one-quarter of 1 per-
cent of such amount to provide assistance to the 
outlying areas; and 
(3) reserve not more than 11⁄2 percent of such 
amount to make grants to, or enter into contracts 
or cooperative agreements with, Indian tribes, tribal 
organizations, Alaska Native entities, Indian-con-
trolled organizations serving Indians, or Native Ha-
waiian organizations, to carry out the activities de-
scribed in subsection (d)(2). 
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(b) WITHIN STATE ALLOCATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Governor of a State, in 
accordance with the State plan developed under sec-
tion 102 or 103 of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3112; 3113), shall allo-
cate the amount that is allotted to the State under 
subsection (a)(1) to local areas meeting the require-
ments under subsection (c) in accordance with the 
allocation described in section 128(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3163(b)(2)(A)(i)) for the purpose of devel-
oping and expanding summer employment programs 
under this section. 
(2) REALLOCATION AMONG LOCAL AREAS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Governor may, 
after consultation with the State board, reallo-
cate to eligible local areas within the State 
amounts that are made available to local areas 
from allocations made under this section (re-
ferred to in this paragraph as a ‘‘local alloca-
tion’’) and that are available for reallocation in 
accordance with this paragraph. 
(B) AMOUNT.—The amount available for 
reallocation for a program year is equal to the 
amount by which the unobligated balance of the 
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local allocation, at the end of the program year 
prior to the program year for which the deter-
mination under this paragraph is made, exceeds 
20 percent of such allocation for the prior pro-
gram year. 
(C) REALLOCATION.—In making realloca-
tions to eligible local areas of amounts available 
pursuant to subparagraph (B) for a program 
year, the Governor shall allocate to each eligible 
local area within the State an amount based on 
the relative amount of the local allocation for 
the program year for which the determination is 
made, as compared to the total amount of the 
local allocations for all eligible local areas in the 
State for such program year. 
(D) ELIGIBLE
LOCAL
AREA.—For pur-
poses of this paragraph, the term ‘‘eligible local 
area’’ means a local area that meets the re-
quirements under subsection (c) and does not 
have an amount available for reallocation under 
subparagraph (B) for the program year for 
which the determination under such subpara-
graph is made. 
(3) LOCAL RESERVATION.—Of the amount allo-
cated to a local area under paragraph (1)— 
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(A) not more than 10 percent of such 
amount may be used for the administrative 
costs of carrying out a summer employment 
program under this section, including costs for 
participating in regional and national opportu-
nities for in-person or virtual peer learning 
under section 9; and 
(B) not less than 5 percent of such amount 
shall be used to provide direct financial assist-
ance to eligible youth through grants to support 
their financial needs to enter, remain enrolled 
in, and complete the program, such as support 
for supplies, transportation, child care, and 
housing. 
(c) LOCAL PLANS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In order for a local area to 
be eligible for funds under this section, the local 
board of the local area shall develop and submit to 
the Governor in accordance with paragraph (2) a 4- 
year plan for the summer employment program. 
Such plan shall, at a minimum— 
(A) not conflict with the local plan sub-
mitted by the local board under section 108 of 
the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
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(29 U.S.C. 3123), as determined by the Gov-
ernor; and 
(B) contain the contents required under 
paragraph (3). 
(2) SUBMISSION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—A plan required under 
this subsection shall be submitted by the local 
area to the Governor of such area at such time 
and in such manner as the Governor may rea-
sonably require. 
(B) COMBINED PLANS.—If a local area is 
seeking funds under this section and section 5, 
the plan required under this subsection may be 
submitted in combination with a plan under 
section 5, in lieu of the local area submitting 2 
separate plans. 
(3) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, each plan re-
quired under this subsection shall include— 
(A) a description of how the local area will 
carry out the activities described in subsection 
(d) for each program year; 
(B) a description of how the local area will 
recruit eligible youth into the summer employ-
ment program, including how the local area will 
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prioritize recruitment of individuals with bar-
riers to employment; 
(C) the number of eligible youth expected 
to participate in the program each program 
year; 
(D) a description of the services, including 
supportive services, that the program is ex-
pected to provide to eligible youth, including 
how the local area will partner with community- 
based organizations to provide such services; 
(E) performance accountability goals, as 
measured by the primary indicators of perform-
ance described in subsection (e)(1); 
(F) an assurance that the program will be 
aligned with the youth workforce investment ac-
tivities provided by the local area under chapter 
2 of subtitle B of title I of the Workforce Inno-
vation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3161 et 
seq.), and to the extent practicable, the career 
exploration, information, and guidance activities 
provided by such local area in accordance with 
section 134(b)(3) of the Carl D. Perkins Career 
and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 
U.S.C. 2354(b)(3)); 
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(G) an assurance that the local area will 
adhere to the labor standards described in sec-
tion 7; 
(H) a description of program alignment to 
work-based learning opportunities, or plans to 
create work-based learning opportunities, and a 
description of whether the program awards aca-
demic credit towards a secondary school di-
ploma or its recognized equivalent, or a recog-
nized postsecondary credential, as applicable; 
(I) a description of programs being offered 
that align to high-skill, high-wage, or in-de-
mand industry sectors or occupations; and 
(J) any other information as the Governor 
may reasonably require. 
(d) LOCAL USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A local area that receives an 
allocation under this section shall use such allocation 
for development activities or expansion activities 
with respect to a summer employment program in 
accordance with this subsection. 
(2) DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.—In the case of 
a local area that, at the beginning of the first pro-
gram year covered by the local plan submitted under 
subsection (c), is not carrying out a summer employ-
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ment program described in paragraph (4), the local 
board of such local area— 
(A) shall use the amount allocated under 
this section to such local area to— 
(i) plan, develop, and carry out a 
summer employment program described in 
paragraph (4); 
(ii) engage or establish industry or 
sector partnerships to determine local sum-
mer job needs to inform the establishment 
of such program; and 
(iii) conduct outreach to eligible youth 
and employers; and 
(B) may— 
(i) use such amount to develop tech-
nology infrastructure, including data and 
management systems, to support such pro-
gram; and 
(ii) use not more than 25 percent of 
such amount to subsidize not more than 
75 percent of the wages of each eligible 
youth participating in the program. 
(3) EXPANSION ACTIVITIES.—In the case of a 
local area that, at the beginning of the first program 
year covered by the local plan submitted under sub-
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section (c), is carrying out a summer employment 
program described in paragraph (4), the local board 
of such local area— 
(A) shall use the amount allocated under 
this section to such local area to— 
(i) increase the number of summer 
employment opportunities offered through 
such program, including unsubsidized or 
partly subsidized opportunities and oppor-
tunities in the private sector; 
(ii) conduct outreach to eligible youth 
and employers; and 
(iii) subsidize not more than 50 per-
cent of the wages of each eligible youth 
participating in the program; and 
(B) may use such amount to enhance the 
activities required under paragraph (4)(B). 
(4) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—A summer em-
ployment program described in this paragraph is a 
program that meets the following requirements: 
(A) 
PROGRAM
DESIGN.—Each 
eligible 
youth participating in the program is matched 
with an appropriate employer, based on factors 
including the needs of the employer and the 
age, skill, and aspirations of the eligible youth, 
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for a high-quality summer employment oppor-
tunity, which may not— 
(i) be less than 4 weeks; and 
(ii) pay less than the greater of the 
applicable Federal, State, or local min-
imum wage. 
(B) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—The program 
includes the following program elements: 
(i) Work-readiness training and edu-
cational programs for eligible youth to en-
hance their summer employment opportu-
nities, including digital literacy and online 
work-readiness opportunities, as appro-
priate, and support obtaining documenta-
tion needed for employment, such as iden-
tification or licenses. 
(ii) Coaching and mentoring services 
for eligible youth participating in the pro-
gram to enhance their summer employ-
ment opportunities and encourage comple-
tion of such opportunities through the pro-
gram, which may occur prior to, during, or 
after the summer employment program. 
(iii) Coaching and mentoring services 
for employers on how to successfully em-
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ploy eligible youth participating in the pro-
gram in meaningful work, including on 
providing a safe work and training envi-
ronment for all participants, regardless of 
race, color, disability, age, religion, na-
tional origin, political affiliation, belief, 
marital status, sex (including sexual ori-
entation or gender identity), pregnancy, 
childbirth, or a related medical condition, 
or status as a parent. 
(iv) Career exploration, career coun-
seling, career planning and postsecondary 
education planning services for eligible 
youth participating in the program. 
(v) High-quality financial literacy edu-
cation for eligible youth participating in 
the program as described in section 
129(b)(2)(D) of the Workforce Innovation 
and 
Opportunity 
Act 
(29 
U.S.C. 
3164(b)(2)(D)), and including education 
on the use of credit and financing higher 
education, savings, and access to safe and 
affordable banking accounts with consumer 
protections. 
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(vi) Providing supportive services to 
eligible youth, or connecting such youth to 
supportive services provided by another en-
tity, to enable their participation in the 
program. 
(vii) Follow-up services for not less 
than 12 months after the completion of 
participation, as appropriate. 
(viii) Integrating services provided by 
the program with year-round employment 
programs, youth development programs, 
secondary school programs, career path-
ways, career and technical education pro-
grams, youth workforce investment activi-
ties provided under chapter 2 of subtitle B 
of title I of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3161 et seq.), 
work-based learning, and skills training 
programs funded by the State or Federal 
Government, as applicable. 
(ix) Connecting eligible youth partici-
pating in the program to providers of 
youth services, adult employment and 
training services, vocational rehabilitation 
services, adult education and literacy serv-
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ices under title II of the Workforce Innova-
tion and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 
et seq.), career pathways, or skills training 
programs funded by the State or Federal 
Government, as applicable for each eligible 
youth. 
(x) Express, written commitment from 
mayors and county executives to support 
the execution of the program as described 
in the plan submitted under subsection (c). 
(C) INFORMATION AND REFERRALS.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—Each local board 
shall ensure that each participant of a 
summer employment program receiving as-
sistance under this section shall be pro-
vided— 
(I) information on the full array 
of applicable or appropriate services 
that are available through the local 
board or other eligible providers or 
one-stop partners, including those 
providers or partners receiving funds 
under this Act; and 
(II) referral to appropriate train-
ing and educational programs that 
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have the capacity to serve the partici-
pant either on a concurrent or sequen-
tial basis. 
(ii) FURTHER ASSESSMENT AND RE-
FERRAL.—Each local board shall, in a 
manner 
consistent 
with 
section 
129(c)(3)(B) of the Workforce Innovation 
and 
Opportunity 
Act 
(29 
U.S.C. 
3164(c)(3)(B)), ensure that eligible youth 
who do not meet employment requirements 
for the summer employment program shall 
be referred for further assessment, as nec-
essary, and referred to appropriate pro-
grams in accordance with clause (i) to 
meet the basic skills and training needs for 
such employment. 
(5) PRIORITY.—In carrying out a summer em-
ployment program receiving assistance under this 
section, a local board shall— 
(A) give priority to summer employment 
opportunities offered under such program— 
(i) in existing or emerging high-skill, 
high-wage, or in-demand industry sectors 
or occupations; or 
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(ii) that meet community needs in the 
public, private, or nonprofit sector; and 
(B) for any program year, use not less 
than 75 percent of the amount allocated under 
this section to provide summer employment op-
portunities under such program for eligible 
youth that are in-school youth. 
(e) PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY.— 
(1) PRIMARY INDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE.— 
For each local board carrying out a summer employ-
ment program funded under this section, the pri-
mary indicators of performance, with respect to each 
such program, shall include— 
(A) the performance metrics described in 
clause (i)(V), and subparagraphs (I) and (II) of 
clause (ii), of section 116(b)(2)(A) of the Work-
force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3141(b)(2)(A)); 
(B) the percentage of eligible youth com-
pleting the program; and 
(C) the percentage of youth having partici-
pated in work-based learning. 
(2) FAILURE TO MEET LOCAL PERFORMANCE 
ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—If a local area fails, for 
any program year, to meet a performance ac-
countability goal identified in its local plan 
under subsection (c)(3)(E), with respect to a 
summer employment program receiving assist-
ance under this section, the Governor, or, upon 
request by the Governor, the Secretary of 
Labor, shall provide the local board with tech-
nical assistance, which may include assistance 
in the development of a performance improve-
ment plan for such summer employment pro-
gram. 
(B) CORRECTIVE
ACTION.—In a case in 
which such local area fails to meet such per-
formance accountability goal with respect to the 
program for a third consecutive year or fails to 
implement the improvement plan, the Governor 
shall take corrective actions, which may include, 
after notice and opportunity for a hearing, the 
withholding from the local area all, or a por-
tion, of the allocation under this section. Such 
funds shall be used to provide summer employ-
ment activities in such local area under alter-
native arrangements that are consistent with 
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the program elements described in subsection 
(d)(4)(B). 
(f) SUPPLEMENT AND NOT SUPPLANT.—Any funds 
made available for a local area for summer employment 
programs under this section shall supplement and not sup-
plant other State or local public funds expended for sum-
mer employment programs or other youth activities fund-
ed under section 129 of the Workforce Innovation and Op-
portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164). 
(g) REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For each year that a local 
area receives an allocation under this section to 
carry out a summer employment program, the local 
board shall submit to the Secretary of Labor and the 
Governor a report with— 
(A) the number of eligible youth partici-
pating in the program, disaggregated by the 
number of such youth that are in-school youth 
and that are out-of-school youth; 
(B) the number of eligible youth partici-
pating in the program who complete a summer 
employment opportunity through the program; 
(C) the expenditures made from the 
amounts allocated under this section, including 
expenditures made to provide eligible youth par-
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ticipating in such program with supportive serv-
ices; 
(D) a description of how the local area has 
used amounts allocated under this section to de-
velop or expand a summer employment pro-
gram, including a description of program activi-
ties and services provided to eligible youth, in-
cluding supportive services provided and the 
number of eligible youth participating in such 
program and accessing such services; 
(E) for youth participants with a sub-
sidized wage, the amount and source of the sub-
sidy, including the amount of the subsidy cov-
ered by grant funds under this section; 
(F) information specifying the levels of 
performance achieved with respect to the pri-
mary indicators of performance for the program 
described in subsection (e)(1); 
(G) the average number of hours and 
weeks worked and the average amount of wages 
earned by eligible youth participating in the 
program; 
(H) the average number of hours spent 
on— 
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(i) recruitment and retention strate-
gies; and 
(ii) support for participating youth, 
such as time management, career planning, 
and financial literacy training; 
(I) the percent of eligible youth partici-
pating in the program that are placed in— 
(i) an employment opportunity in the 
nonprofit sector; 
(ii) an employment opportunity in the 
public sector; and 
(iii) an employment opportunity in the 
private sector; and 
(J) any other information that the Sec-
retary of Labor determines necessary to mon-
itor the effectiveness of the summer employ-
ment program. 
(2) DISAGGREGATION.—The information re-
quired to be reported under subparagraphs (A), (B), 
and (G) of paragraph (1) shall be disaggregated by 
race, ethnicity, sex, age, and the subpopulations de-
scribed in subclauses (I) through (VI) of section 
129(a)(1)(B)(iii) of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(a)(1)(B)(iii)). 
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(h) ELIGIBLE YOUTH DEFINED.—For the purposes 
of this section, the term ‘‘eligible youth’’ means an indi-
vidual who, at the time the eligibility determination is 
made, is an out-of-school youth or an in-school youth. 
SEC. 5. YEAR-ROUND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR 
YOUTH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amount available under 
section 3(b)(2), the Secretary of Labor shall, for the pur-
pose of carrying out year-round employment programs 
under this section— 
(1) after making the reservation described in 
paragraph (2), make an allotment of the remainder 
of 
such 
amount 
in 
accordance 
with 
section 
127(b)(1)(C)(ii) of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3162(b)(1)(C)(ii)) to 
each State that meets the requirements of section 
102 or 103 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3112; 3113); and 
(2) reserve not more than one-quarter of 1 per-
cent of such amount to provide assistance to the 
outlying areas. 
(b) WITHIN STATE ALLOCATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Governor of a State, in 
accordance with the State plan developed under sec-
tion 102 or 103 of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3112; 3113), shall allo-
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cate the amounts that are allotted to the State 
under subsection (a)(1) to local areas meeting the 
requirements under subsection (c) in accordance 
with the allocation described section 128(b)(2)(A)(i) 
of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3163(b)(2)(A)(i)) for the purpose of de-
veloping and expanding year-round employment pro-
grams under this section. 
(2) REALLOCATION AMONG LOCAL AREAS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Governor may, 
after consultation with the State board, reallo-
cate to eligible local areas within the State 
amounts that are made available to local areas 
from allocations made under this section (re-
ferred to in this paragraph as a ‘‘local alloca-
tion’’) and that are available for reallocation in 
accordance with this paragraph. 
(B) AMOUNT.—The amount available for 
reallocation for a program year is equal to the 
amount by which the unobligated balance of the 
local allocation, at the end of the program year 
prior to the program year for which the deter-
mination under this paragraph is made, exceeds 
20 percent of such allocation for the prior pro-
gram year. 
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(C) REALLOCATION.—In making realloca-
tions to eligible local areas of amounts available 
pursuant to subparagraph (B) for a program 
year, the Governor shall allocate to each eligible 
local area within the State an amount based on 
the relative amount of the local allocation for 
the program year for which the determination is 
made, as compared to the total amount of the 
local allocations for all eligible local areas in the 
State for such program year. 
(D) ELIGIBLE
LOCAL
AREA.—For pur-
poses of this paragraph, the term ‘‘eligible local 
area’’ means a local area that meets the re-
quirements under subsection (c) and does not 
have an amount available for reallocation under 
subparagraph (B) for the program year for 
which the determination under such subpara-
graph is made. 
(3) LOCAL RESERVATION.—Of the amount allo-
cated to a local area under paragraph (1)— 
(A) not more than 10 percent of such 
amount may be used for the administrative 
costs of carrying out a year-round employment 
program under this section, including costs for 
participating in regional and national opportu-
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nities for in-person or virtual peer learning 
under section 9; and 
(B) not less than 5 percent of such amount 
shall be used to provide direct financial assist-
ance to eligible youth through grants to support 
their financial needs to enter, remain enrolled 
in, and complete the program, such as support 
for supplies, transportation, child care, and 
housing. 
(c) LOCAL PLANS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In order for a local area to 
be eligible for funds under this section, the local 
board of the local area shall develop and submit to 
the Governor in accordance with paragraph (2) a 4- 
year plan for the year-round employment program. 
Such plan shall, at a minimum— 
(A) not conflict with the local plan sub-
mitted by the local board under section 108 of 
the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3123), as determined by the Gov-
ernor; and 
(B) contain the contents required under 
paragraph (3). 
(2) SUBMISSION.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—A plan required under 
this subsection shall be submitted by the local 
area to the Governor of such area at such time 
and in such manner as the Governor may rea-
sonably require. 
(B) COMBINED PLANS.—If a local area is 
seeking funds under this section and section 4, 
the plan required under this subsection may be 
submitted in combination with a plan under 
section 4, in lieu of the local area submitting 2 
separate plans. 
(3) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, each plan re-
quired under this subsection shall include— 
(A) a description of how the local area will 
carry out the activities described in subsection 
(d) for each program year; 
(B) a description of how the local area will 
recruit eligible youth to participate in the pro-
gram, including how the local area will 
prioritize recruitment of individuals with bar-
riers to employment; 
(C) the number of eligible youth expected 
to participate in the program each program 
year; 
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(D) a description of the services provided, 
including supportive services, that the program 
is expected to provide to eligible youth, includ-
ing how the local area will partner with commu-
nity-based organizations to provide such serv-
ices; 
(E) performance accountability goals, as 
measured by the primary indicators of perform-
ance described in subsection (e)(1); 
(F) an assurance that the program will be 
aligned with the youth investment activities pro-
vided under chapter 2 of subtitle B of title I of 
the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3161 et seq.); 
(G) an assurance that the local area will 
adhere to the labor standards outlined in sec-
tion 7; 
(H) a description of the alignment of the 
program to work-based learning, or plans to 
create work-based learning opportunities, and 
whether the program will award academic credit 
towards the fulfillment of a secondary school di-
ploma or its recognized equivalent, or a recog-
nized postsecondary credential, as applicable; 
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(I) a description of programs being offered 
that align to high-skill, high-wage, or in-de-
mand industry sectors or occupations; and 
(J) any other information as the Governor 
may reasonably require. 
(d) LOCAL USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A local area that receives an 
allocation under this section shall use such allocation 
for development activities or expansion activities 
with respect to a year-round employment program in 
accordance with this subsection. 
(2) DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.—In the case of 
a local area that, at the beginning of the first pro-
gram year covered by the local plan submitted under 
subsection (c), is not carrying out a year-round em-
ployment program described in paragraph (4), the 
local board of such local area— 
(A) shall use the amount to— 
(i) plan, develop, and carry out a com-
munity-based year-round employment pro-
gram that meets each such requirement, 
that to the extent practicable, are evidence- 
based; 
(ii) engage or establish industry or 
sector partnerships to determine year- 
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round job needs to inform the establish-
ment of such program; and 
(iii) conduct outreach to eligible youth 
and employers; and 
(B) may— 
(i) use such amount to develop tech-
nology infrastructure, including data and 
management systems, to support such pro-
gram; and 
(ii) use not more than 50 percent of 
such amount to subsidize the wages of 
each eligible youth participating in such 
program. 
(3) EXPANSION ACTIVITIES.—In the case of a 
local area that, at the beginning of the first full pro-
gram year covered by the local plan submitted under 
subsection (c), is carrying out a year-round program 
described in paragraph (4), the local board of such 
local area— 
(A) shall use such amount to— 
(i) increase the number of community- 
based, year-round employment opportuni-
ties offered through such program, includ-
ing unsubsidized or partly subsidized op-
portunities and opportunities in the private 
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sector, that to the extent practicable, are 
evidence-based; 
(ii) conduct outreach to eligible youth 
and employers; and 
(iii) subsidize the wages of eligible 
youth participating in such program; and 
(B) may use such amount to enhance the 
activities required under paragraph (4)(B). 
(4) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.— 
(A) PROGRAM DESIGN.—A year-round em-
ployment program described in this paragraph 
is a program that meets the following require-
ments: 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible youth 
participating in the program is matched 
with an appropriate employer, based on 
factors including the needs of the employer 
and the age, skill, and informed aspira-
tions of the participant, for high-quality, 
year-round employment, which may not— 
(I) be less than 180 days and 
more than 1 year; 
(II) pay less than the greater of 
the applicable Federal, State, or local 
minimum wage; and 
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(III) employ the eligible youth for 
less than 20 hours per week. 
(ii) EMPLOYER SHARE OF WAGES.— 
Not less than 25 percent of the wages of 
each eligible youth participating in the pro-
gram are paid by the employer, except this 
requirement may be waived for not more 
than 10 percent of eligible youth partici-
pating in the program that have a signifi-
cant barrier to employment, as defined by 
the State board. 
(B) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—The program 
includes the following program elements: 
(i) Work-readiness training and edu-
cational programs aligned to career path-
ways for eligible youth to enhance their 
year-round employment opportunities, in-
cluding digital literacy and online work- 
readiness opportunities, as appropriate, 
and support obtaining documentation need-
ed for employment, such as identification 
or licenses. 
(ii) Coaching and mentoring services 
for eligible youth participating in the pro-
gram to enhance their year-round employ-
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ment opportunities and encourage comple-
tion of such opportunities through the pro-
gram. 
(iii) Coaching and mentoring services 
for employers on how to successfully em-
ploy each eligible youth participating in the 
program in meaningful work, including on 
providing a safe work and training envi-
ronment for all participants, regardless of 
race, color, disability, age, religion, na-
tional origin, political affiliation, belief, 
marital status, sex (including sexual ori-
entation or gender identity), pregnancy, 
childbirth, or a related medical condition, 
or status as a parent. 
(iv) Career exploration, career coun-
seling, career planning, and college plan-
ning services for eligible youth partici-
pating in the program. 
(v) High-quality financial literacy edu-
cation as described in section 129(b)(2)(D) 
of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(b)(2)(D)), for 
eligible youth participating in the program, 
including education on the use of credit 
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and financing higher education, and access 
to safe and affordable banking accounts 
with consumer protections, including from 
local credit unions. 
(vi) Providing supportive services to 
eligible youth, or connecting such youth to 
supportive services provided by another en-
tity, to enable participation in the pro-
gram, which may include food and nutri-
tion services, and health and mental health 
care supports. 
(vii) Follow-up services for not less 
than 12 months after the completion of 
participation, as appropriate. 
(viii) Integration of services provided 
by the program with youth development 
programs, secondary school programs, ca-
reer and technical education programs, 
youth 
workforce 
investment 
activities 
under chapter 2 of subtitle B of title I of 
the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act (29 U.S.C. 3161 et seq.), and skills 
training programs funded by the State or 
Federal Government, as applicable. 
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(ix) Connecting youth participating in 
the program to providers of youth services, 
adult employment and training services, 
vocational rehabilitation services, and adult 
education and literacy services under title 
II of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3271 et seq.), career 
pathways, postsecondary education, or 
skills training programs funded by the 
State or Federal Government, as applica-
ble. 
(x) A rigorous evaluation of such pro-
gram using research approaches appro-
priate to the level of development and ma-
turity of the program, including random 
assignment or quasi-experimental impact 
evaluations, implementation evaluations, 
pre-experimental studies, and feasibility 
studies. 
(xi) Commitment and support from 
mayors or county executives to support the 
execution of the program as described in 
the local plan submitted under subsection 
(c). 
(C) INFORMATION AND REFERRALS.— 
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(i) IN
GENERAL.—Each local board 
shall ensure that each participant of a 
year-round employment program receiving 
assistance under this section shall be pro-
vided— 
(I) information on the full array 
of applicable or appropriate services 
that are available through the local 
board or other eligible providers or 
one-stop partners, including those 
providers or partners receiving funds 
under this Act; and 
(II) referral to appropriate train-
ing and educational programs that 
have the capacity to serve the partici-
pant either on a concurrent or sequen-
tial basis. 
(ii) FURTHER ASSESSMENT AND RE-
FERRAL.—Each local board shall, in a 
manner 
consistent 
with 
section 
129(c)(3)(B) of the Workforce Innovation 
and 
Opportunity 
Act 
(29 
U.S.C. 
3164(c)(3)(B)), ensure that eligible youth 
who do not meet the employment require-
ments for the year-round employment pro-
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gram shall be referred for further assess-
ment, as necessary, and referred to appro-
priate programs in accordance with clause 
(i) to meet the basic skills and training 
needs for such employment. 
(5) PRIORITY.—In carrying out a year-round 
employment program receiving assistance under this 
section, a local area shall give priority to year-round 
employment opportunities offered under such pro-
gram— 
(A) in existing or emerging high-skill, 
high-wage, or in-demand industry sectors or oc-
cupations; or 
(B) that meet community needs in the 
public, private, or nonprofit sector. 
(e) PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For each local area receiving 
an allocation under this section, the primary indica-
tors of performance, for each year-round program 
receiving assistance under such allocation, shall in-
clude— 
(A) the performance metrics described in 
section 116(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Workforce Inno-
vation 
and 
Opportunity 
Act 
(29 
U.S.C. 
3141(b)(2)(A)(ii)); 
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(B) the percentage of eligible youth com-
pleting the program; and 
(C) the percentage of eligible youth having 
participated in work-based learning. 
(2) FAILURE TO MEET LOCAL PERFORMANCE 
ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—If a local area fails, for 
any program year, to meet a performance ac-
countability goal identified in its plan under 
subsection (c)(3)(E) with respect to a year- 
round employment program funded under this 
section, the Governor, or, upon request by the 
Governor, the Secretary of Labor, shall provide 
the local area with technical assistance, which 
may include assistance in the development of a 
performance improvement plan for such pro-
gram. 
(B) CORRECTIVE ACTIONS.—In a case in 
which such local area fails to meet such per-
formance accountability goal with respect to the 
program for a third consecutive year or fails to 
implement the improvement plan, the Governor 
shall take corrective actions, which may include, 
after notice and opportunity for a hearing, the 
withholding from the local area all, or a por-
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tion, of the allocation under this section to pro-
vide summer employment activities in such local 
areas under alternative arrangements that are 
consistent with the program elements described 
in subsection (d)(4)(B). 
(f) SUPPLEMENT AND NOT SUPPLANT.—Any funds 
made available for year-round employment programs 
under this section shall supplement and not supplant other 
State or local public funds expended for year-round youth 
employment programs or other youth activities funded 
under section 129 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164). 
(g) REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For each year that a local 
area receives an allocation under this section for a 
year-round employment program, the local area shall 
submit to the Secretary of Labor and the Governor 
a report with— 
(A) the number of eligible youth partici-
pating in the program; 
(B) the number of eligible youth partici-
pating in the program who complete a year- 
round employment opportunity through the pro-
gram; 
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(C) the expenditures made from the 
amounts allocated under this section, including 
expenditures made to provide eligible youth par-
ticipating in the program with supportive serv-
ices; 
(D) a description of how the local area has 
used amounts allocated under this section to de-
velop or expand a year-round work-based learn-
ing employment program, including a descrip-
tion of the program activities and services, in-
cluding the supportive services provided and the 
number of eligible youth participating in the 
program and accessing such services; 
(E) for each youth participant with a sub-
sidized wage, the amount and source of the sub-
sidy, including the amount of the subsidy cov-
ered by grant funds under this section; 
(F) information specifying the levels of 
performance achieved with respect to the pri-
mary indicators of performance described in 
subsection (e)(1) for the program; 
(G) the average number of hours and 
weeks worked and the average amount of wages 
earned by eligible youth participating in the 
program; 
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(H) the average number of hours spent 
on— 
(i) recruitment and retention strate-
gies; and 
(ii) support for participating youth, 
such as time management, career planning, 
and financial literacy training; 
(I) the percent of eligible youth partici-
pating in the program that are placed in— 
(i) an employment opportunity in the 
nonprofit sector; 
(ii) an employment opportunity in the 
public sector; and 
(iii) an employment opportunity in the 
private sector; 
(J) the number of eligible youth partici-
pating in the program who are asked by the 
employer to remain employed by the employer 
after the end of the year-round employment 
program and the number of youth participants 
remaining employed by the employer for not 
less than 90 days after the end of the year- 
round employment program; and 
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(K) any other information that the Sec-
retary of Labor determines necessary to mon-
itor the effectiveness of the program. 
(2) DISAGGREGATION.—The information re-
quired to be reported under subparagraphs (A), (B), 
and (G) of paragraph (1) shall be disaggregated by 
race, ethnicity, sex, age, and each subpopulation de-
scribed in subclauses (I) through (VI) of section 
129(a)(1)(B)(iii) of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(a)(1)(B)(iii)). 
(h) ELIGIBLE YOUTH DEFINED.—For the purposes 
of this section, the term ‘‘eligible youth’’ means an indi-
vidual who, at the time the eligibility determination is 
made, is an out-of-school youth. 
SEC. 6. CONNECTING-FOR-OPPORTUNITIES COMPETITIVE 
GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amount available under 
section 3(b)(3), the Secretary of Labor shall, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Education, award grants on a 
competitive basis to local community partnerships to assist 
such local community partnerships in improving high 
school graduation and youth employment rates. 
(b) LOCAL COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.— 
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(1) MANDATORY PARTNERS.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘local community partnership’’ means a 
partnership among at least the following entities: 
(A) A unit of general local government. 
(B) A local educational agency. 
(C) An institution of higher education. 
(D) A local board. 
(E) A community-based organization with 
experience or expertise in working with youth. 
(F) A public agency serving youth or 
young adults under the jurisdiction of the juve-
nile justice system or criminal justice system. 
(G) A State or local child welfare agency. 
(H) An agency administering programs 
under part A of title IV of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). 
(I) An industry or sector partnership, to 
the extent practicable. 
(J) A labor organization or joint labor- 
management organization, to the extent prac-
ticable. 
(2) OPTIONAL PARTNERS.—The following enti-
ties may be included as part of the partnership 
among the entities listed in paragraph (1): 
(A) One-stop operators. 
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(B) Employers or employer associations. 
(C) Entities that carry out programs that 
receive funding under the Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 
11101 et seq.). 
(D) Public agencies or community-based 
organizations with expertise in providing evi-
dence-based trauma support services, coun-
seling, or mental health care to youth, including 
trauma-informed and gender-responsive coun-
seling. 
(E) Public housing agencies, collaborative 
applicants (as defined in section 401 of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11360)), or private nonprofit organiza-
tions that serve homeless youth and households 
or foster youth. 
(F) Other appropriate State and local 
agencies. 
(c) APPLICATION.—A local community partnership 
desiring 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 
reasonably require. At a minimum, each application shall 
include a comprehensive plan that— 
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(1) demonstrates sufficient need for the grant 
in the local population, which need may be dem-
onstrated— 
(A) on the basis of high school dropouts in 
the local area to be served by the partnership, 
as compared to the total number of unemployed 
individuals ages 16 to 24 in local areas in all 
States; 
(B) on the basis of the relative number of 
unemployed individuals ages 16 to 24 in the 
local area to be served by the partnership, as 
compared to the total number of unemployed 
individuals ages 16 to 24 in local areas in all 
States; or 
(C) on the basis of the relative percentage 
or number of low-income individuals in the local 
area to be served by the partnership, as com-
pared to the total percentage or number of low- 
income individuals in local areas in all States; 
(2) identifies and describes the role of each en-
tity in the partnership, including the fiscal agent in 
the partnership and the role of each such entity in 
carrying out the activities described in subsection 
(d); 
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