(C) The expansion of emergency food pro-
grams to reduce hunger and promote family 
stability. 
(D) The augmentation of staffing in Head 
Start, child care, and other early childhood edu-
cation programs to promote school readiness 
and early literacy. 
(E) The renovation and enhancement of 
maintenance of parks, playgrounds, and other 
public spaces. 
(2) Following the 9-month period described in 
paragraph (1), a recipient of a grant may use the 
remaining amount of the grant to assist public enti-
ties, nonprofit organizations, public-private partner-
ships, or small businesses to create opportunities for 
employment in the following areas: 
(A) Construction, re-construction, rehabili-
tation, and site improvements of residences or 
public facilities, including improvements in the 
energy efficiency or environmental quality of 
such public facilities or residences. 
(B) Provision of human services, including 
child care services, health care services, edu-
cation, or recreational programs. 
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(C) The remediation and demolition of va-
cant and abandoned properties to eliminate 
blight. 
(D) Programs that provide disadvantaged 
youth with opportunities for employment, edu-
cation, leadership development, entrepreneurial 
skills development, and training. 
(e) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—Each grant recipi-
ent shall consult with community leaders, including labor 
organizations, non-profit organizations, local government 
officials, and local residents to— 
(1) assess the needs of the community served 
by the grant recipient; 
(2) determine sectors of the local economy that 
are in need of employees; 
(3) make recommendations for new employment 
opportunities in the areas described in paragraph 
(3); and 
(4) assess the effectiveness of job placements 
made under paragraph (1). 
(f) CONDITIONS.—As a condition of receiving a grant 
under this section, a grant recipient shall— 
(1) agree to comply with the nondiscrimination 
policy set forth under section 109 of the Housing 
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and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5309); 
(2) allocate not less than 80 percent of the 
funding allocated to each project funded under the 
grant to wages, benefits, and support services, in-
cluding child care services, for individuals employed 
on such project; 
(3) ensure that employment on any project 
funded under the grant is carried out in accordance 
with subsection (f); 
(4) institute an outreach program with commu-
nity organizations and service providers in low-in-
come communities to provide information about 
placements funded under the grant to individuals 
suited to perform community infrastructure work; 
and 
(5) ensure that not less than 35 percent of indi-
viduals employed under the grant are individuals de-
scribed in paragraph (5)(B) of subsection (f). 
(g) EMPLOYMENT DESCRIBED.—Employment funded 
under this section shall meet the following specifications: 
(1) Any employer that employs an individual 
whose employment is funded under the grant shall— 
(A) employ such individual for not less 
than 12 months; 
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(B) employ such individual for not less 
than 30 hours per week; 
(C) comply with responsible contractor 
standards, as determined by the relevant official 
in the unit of local general government; 
(D) provide compensation to such indi-
vidual equal to that which is paid to employees 
who have been employed to perform similar 
work prior to the date such individual was 
hired; and 
(E) if such employment is in construction, 
provide compensation to any laborer or me-
chanic employed under the grant at rates not 
less than those prevailing on similar construc-
tion in the locality as determined by the Sec-
retary of Labor in accordance with subchapter 
IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States 
Code. 
(2) No individual whose employment is funded 
under the grant may work for an employer at which 
a collective bargaining agreement is in effect cov-
ering the same or similar work, unless— 
(A) the consent of the union at such em-
ployer is obtained; and 
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(B) negotiations have taken place between 
such union and the employer as to the terms 
and conditions of such employment. 
(3) An individual whose employment is funded 
under this Act may not displace other employees 
whose employment is not funded under this Act. A 
grant recipient under this Act may not hire an em-
ployee or employees with funds under this Act for 
any employment which the grant recipient would 
otherwise hire an employee who has been furloughed. 
(4) An individual whose employment is funded 
under this Act shall be— 
(A) unemployed for not less than 26 weeks 
prior to the receipt of the grant, as verified by 
the State or local department of labor, depart-
ment of welfare, or similar office charged with 
maintaining records of unemployment; or 
(B) unemployed for not less than 30 days 
prior to the receipt of the grant and be a low- 
income individual who is a member of a tar-
geted group (as defined by section 51(d) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986) as verified by 
the State or local department of labor, depart-
ment of welfare, or similar office charged with 
maintaining records of unemployment. 
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For purposes of subparagraph (B), the hiring date 
(as defined in section 51(d)(11) of such Code) shall 
be the hiring date by an employer who receives a 
grant pursuant to this section. 
(h) AWARD OF GRANTS.— 
(1) SELECTION
CRITERIA.—In selecting a 
project to receive funding for employing the individ-
uals described in subsection (f)(5), a grant recipient 
shall consider— 
(A) the input of all participants in a pro-
posed project, including labor organizations, 
community organizations, and employers; 
(B) the needs of the community intended 
to benefit from such project; 
(C) the long-term goals and short term ob-
jectives to address such needs; and 
(D) any recommendations for programs 
and activities developed to meet such needs. 
(2) PRIORITY GIVEN TO CERTAIN PROJECTS.— 
A grant recipient under this section shall give pri-
ority to projects that— 
(A) serve areas with the greatest level of 
economic need, determined for each such area 
by— 
(i) the unemployment rate; 
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