(E) engage participants in relevant, nec-
essary, and team-based community service 
projects designed to instill life and jobs skills 
and long-term civic engagement; 
(F) demonstrate relationships with local 
boards (as such term is defined in section 101 
of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 
U.S.C. 2801)) and local employers and can pro-
vide participants with appropriate post-program 
placements; 
(G) require participants to be enrolled in 
the program for not less than 6 months, and 
provide participants with at least 12 months of 
post-program support and services; 
(H) collect post-program data for at least 
the 12 months after such participants complete 
the program; and 
(I) have in place a plan for sustaining the 
program after the expiration of the grant. 
(2) LOCAL
SUBGRANTEE.—The term ‘‘local 
subgrantee’’ refers to a service and conservation 
corps or other community-based service organization 
that— 
(A) has been competitively selected by a 
national intermediary to carry out a Civic Jus-
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tice Corps program that implements the Civic 
Justice Corps Model; and 
(B) demonstrates— 
(i) a local need for a Civic Justice 
Corps program; 
(ii) the ability to recruit and enroll 
court-involved, previously incarcerated, and 
otherwise disadvantaged youth and young 
adults between the ages of 16 and 25; 
(iii) the ability to provide the edu-
cation, workforce development, service and 
work experience, and supportive and fol-
low-up services described in paragraph (1); 
(iv) relationships with local criminal, 
juvenile justice, and social service agencies; 
(v) relationships with local boards (as 
such term is defined in section 101 of the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 
U.S.C. 2801)) and employers and the abil-
ity to place participants upon program 
completion; 
(vi) the ability to collect data and re-
port on the performance measures de-
scribed in section 6(b); and 
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(vii) a plan to sustain the Civic Jus-
tice Corps program after the expiration of 
the subgrant. 
(3) NATIONAL INTERMEDIARY.—The term ‘‘na-
tional intermediary’’ means a national nonprofit or-
ganization that— 
(A) has experience in developing and ad-
ministering programs that utilize community 
service to deliver education and work experience 
to court-involved, formerly incarcerated, and 
otherwise disadvantaged youth; 
(B) demonstrates an ability to administer 
a competitive subgrant process that will result 
in the selection of no less than nine geographi-
cally diverse local subgrantees to carry out Civil 
Justice Corps programs that implement the 
Civic Justice Corps Model; 
(C) demonstrates an ability to provide 
training and technical assistance to sub-
grantees; and 
(D) has the ability to collect information 
from the subgrantees on the performance meas-
ures described in section 6(b) and report such 
information to the Attorney General on an an-
nual basis. 
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(4) SERVICE AND CONSERVATION CORPS.—The 
term ‘‘service and conservation corps’’ means any 
State or local service or conservation corps, includ-
ing a service or conservation corps carried out under 
the national service laws. 
SEC. 5. CIVIC JUSTICE CORPS GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall award 
grants to one or more national intermediaries to develop, 
implement, and collect data from Civic Justice Corps pro-
grams administered by no fewer than nine local sub-
grantees in diverse geographic locations. 
(b) GRANT AND SUBGRANT PERIODS.—Each grant 
awarded to a national intermediary, and each subgrant 
awarded to a local subgrantee, under this section shall be 
for a period of 3 years. 
(c) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each national intermediary 
receiving a grant under this section shall make at 
least nine subgrants to local subgrantees to carry 
out Civil Justice Corps programs that implement the 
Civil Justice Corps Model described in section 4(1) 
with the funds provided under such subgrant. 
(2) RESERVATION.—Each national intermediary 
receiving a grant under this section shall reserve— 
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(A) not less than 90 percent for subgrants 
to local subgrantees; and 
(B) not more than 10 percent for training 
and technical assistance to, and data collection 
from, such local subgrantees. 
(d) USE
OF SUBGRANTS.—An entity receiving a 
subgrant under this section shall use the funds made 
available through such subgrant to carry out a Civic Jus-
tice Corps program that implements the Civic Justice 
Corps Model. Such program shall include the provision of 
educational programming and support to participants, 
which may include— 
(1) basic instruction and remedial education; 
(2) language instruction for individuals with 
limited English proficiency; 
(3) secondary education services and activities, 
including drop-out prevention, tutoring, and other 
activities; 
(4) preparation for and access to postsecondary 
education opportunities, including counseling and as-
sistance with applying for student financial aid; 
(5) work readiness training, which may in-
clude— 
(A) development of basic skills, such as— 
(i) arriving on time to work; 
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(ii) being prepared to work; 
(iii) working independently; 
(iv) working with others; 
(v) working safely; and 
(vi) demonstrating a commitment to 
produce high quality work; 
(B) development of job-specific occupa-
tional skills and on-the-job training; and 
(C) assessment of skills, career counseling, 
and job search assistance; and 
(6) development and monitoring of individual 
education and career plans. 
SEC. 6. REPORTS. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORTS
TO
THE ATTORNEY GEN-
ERAL.—Each national intermediary receiving a grant 
under this Act shall submit a report annually to the Attor-
ney General at such time, in such manner, and providing 
such information as the Attorney General may require, in-
cluding information on the performance measures re-
ported by subgrantees in accordance with subsection (b). 
(b) SUBGRANTEE
REPORTS
ON
PERFORMANCE 
MEASURES.—Each entity receiving a subgrant under this 
section shall annually report to the national intermediary 
that awarded such subgrant on the following performance 
measures of participant progress: 
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