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Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Job and Life Skills Improvement Act
of 1993''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF JOB AND LIFE SKILLS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--Title IV of the Job Training Partnership Act (29
U.S.C. 1671 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new
part:

''Part K--Job and Life Skills Improvement Program

''SEC. 499F. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

''(a) In General.--The Secretary is authorized to establish a
national program of Job and Life Skills Improvement grants to pay the
Federal share attributable to this part of providing comprehensive
services to youth and young adults living in high poverty areas in the
cities and rural areas of the United States.
''(b) Eligibility.--The Secretary may only award grants under this
part to--
''(1) a private industry council or nonprofit private
organization which is providing services in a target area of a
participating community;
''(2) in the case of a grant involving a target area
located in an Indian reservation or Alaska Native village, the
grantee designated under subsection (c) or (d) of section 401,
or a consortium of such grantees and the State; or
''(3) in the case of a grant involving a target area
located in a migrant or seasonal farmworker community, the
grantee designated under section 402(c), or a consortium of
such grantees and the State.
''(c) Renewability of Grants.--
''(1) In general.--Grants awarded under this part shall be
for a 1-year period. Such a grant shall be renewable for each
of the 2 succeeding fiscal years if the Secretary determines
the grant recipient complied with conditions of the grant
during the previous fiscal year.
''(2) Extension.--The Secretary may extend the renewal
period set forth in paragraph (1) for an additional 2 fiscal
years on reapplication.

''SEC. 499G. APPLICATION.

''(a) Eligibility.--Participating communities that have the highest
concentrations of poverty, as determined by the Secretary based on the
latest Bureau of the Census estimates, shall be eligible to apply for a
Job and Life Skills Improvement grant.
''(b) Contents.--
''(1) In general.--Each participating community desiring a
grant under this part shall, through the individuals or
entities set forth in subsection (c), submit an application to
the Secretary which meets the requirements of paragraph (2).
''(2) Requirements.--An application meets the requirements
of this paragraph if the application is submitted at such time,
in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the
Secretary may reasonably require, including--
''(A) a comprehensive plan for the Job and Life
Skills Improvement initiative designed to achieve
identifiable goals for youth and young adults in the
target area;
''(B) measurable program goals and outcomes, which
may include increasing the proportion of--
''(i) youth and young adults completing
high school or its equivalent;
''(ii) youth and young adults entering into
postsecondary institutions, apprenticeships, or
other advanced training programs;
''(iii) youth and young adults placed in
jobs; or
''(iv) youth and young adults participating
in education, training, and employment
services;
''(C) supporting goals for the target area such as
increasing security and safety, or reducing the number
of drug-related arrests;
''(D) assurances that the applicant will comply
with the terms of the agreement described in section
499H;
''(E) a description of how the participating
community will make use of the resources, expertise,
and commitment of institutions of higher education,
educational agencies, and vocational and technical
schools and institutes;
''(F) an assurance that all youth and young adults
in the target areas will have access to a coordinated
and comprehensive range of education and training
opportunities that serve the broadest range of the
interests and needs of youth and young adults and
simultaneously mobilizes the diverse range of education
and training providers in the participating community;
''(G) assurances that the youth and young adults in
the target area will have access to supportive services
necessary for successful participation, including such
services as child care, transportation, and assistance
in resolving personal or family crises, such as crises
related to substance abuse, homelessness, migration,
and family violence;
''(H) a description of a system of common intake
procedures or sites, individualized assessment, and
case management to be used by the program;
''(I) a description of how the participating
community will make use of the resources, expertise,
and commitment of such programs and service providers
as--
''(i) community-based organizations
providing vocational skills, literacy skills,
remedial education, and general equivalency
preparation, including community-based
organizations serving youth and young adults
with limited-English proficiency;
''(ii) youth corps programs, including
youth conservation and human service corps;
''(iii) Job Corps centers;
''(iv) apprenticeship programs; and
''(v) other projects and programs funded
under this Act;
''(J) an estimate of the expected number of youth
and young adults in the target area to be served;
''(K) a description of the resources available in
the participating community from private, local
government, State, and Federal sources that will be
used to achieve the goals of the program; and
''(L) an estimate of funds required to ensure
access to appropriate education, training, and support
services for all youth and young adults in the target
area who seek such opportunities.
''(c) Submission of Application.--The application for funds
described in subsection (b) may only be submitted to the Secretary on
behalf of a participating community by--
''(1) the private industry council;
''(2) the nonprofit private organization; or
''(3) a grantee or consortium described in paragraph (2) or
(3) of section 499F(b) in applications for Native American or
migrant or seasonal farmworker communities, respectively.

''SEC. 499H. GRANT AGREEMENT.

''(a) In General.--Each grant recipient receiving a grant under
this part on behalf of a participating community shall enter into an
agreement with the Secretary.
''(b) Contents.--Each such agreement shall--
''(1) designate a target area that--
''(A) will be the focus of the demonstration
project; and
''(B) shall have a population of--
''(i) not more than 25,000; or
''(ii) in an appropriate case, not more
than 50,000,
except that in the event that the population of an area
from which a high school draws a substantial portion of
its enrollment exceeds either limit, the target area
may encompass such boundary;
''(2) contain assurances that funds provided under this
part will be used to support education, training, and
supportive activities selected from a set of youth and young
adult program models designated by the Secretary or from
alternative models described in the application and approved by
the Secretary;
''(3) provide that funds received under this part will be
used--
''(A) for services to youth and young adults ages
14 through 30 at the time of enrollment; and
''(B) to provide stipends to youth and young adults
ages 17 to 30 at the time of enrollment for participant
support in paid work experience and classroom programs
(if such programs are combined with other education and
training activities), except that employment provided
to any such youth or young adult may not exceed 20
hours per week and the amount of such stipend shall
reflect the cost of living in the participating
community;
''(4) contain assurances that the local educational agency
and any other educational agency that operates secondary
schools in the target area shall provide such activities and
resources as are necessary to achieve the educational goals
specified in the application;
''(5) contain assurances that the participating community
will provide such activities and local resources as are
necessary to achieve the goals specified in the application;
''(6) contain assurances that the participating community
will undertake outreach and recruitment efforts in the target
area to encourage, to the maximum extent possible,
participation by the disadvantaged youth and young adults who
are currently unserved, or underserved, by education and
training programs, including targeted measures specifically
designed to enlist the participation of youth and young adults,
particularly males, under the jurisdiction of the child
welfare, juvenile justice, and criminal justice systems;
''(7) provide that the participating community will carry
out special efforts to establish coordination with Federal,
State, or local programs that serve the target population;
''(8) provide assurances that funds provided under this
part for a fiscal year will be used only to pay the Federal
share attributable to this part of the cost of programs and
services not otherwise available in the target area and will
supplement, and not supplant, funding from other local, State,
and Federal sources available to youth and young adults in the
target area during the previous year; and
''(9) permit funds provided under this part to be used to
support paid work experience programs if such programs are
combined with other education and training activities.

SEC. 499I. PAYMENTS AND FEDERAL SHARE.

''(a) Payments Required.--In any fiscal year, the amount of a grant
awarded under this part shall be based on the size of the target area
and the extent of the poverty in such area, and shall be of sufficient
size and scope to carry out an effective program under this part.
''(b) Federal Share.--The Federal share attributable to this part
of the cost of providing comprehensive services as provided in section
499F(a) shall be not less than 70 percent for each fiscal year a grant
recipient receives assistance under this Act.
''(c) Other Federal Sources.--In providing for the remaining share
of such cost, each grant recipient may provide not more than 20 percent
of such cost from Federal sources other than funds received pursuant to
this part.
''(d) Non-Federal Share.--A grant recipient shall provide non-
Federal funds in an amount not less than 10 percent of such cost, an
in-kind contribution equivalent to such percent (as determined by the
Secretary), or a combination thereof.

''SEC. 499J. REPORTING.

''The Secretary is authorized to establish such reporting
procedures as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this part.

''SEC. 499K. FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITIES.

''(a) In General.--The Secretary shall provide assistance to
participating communities in implementing the projects assisted under
this part.
''(b) Independent Evaluation.--
''(1) In general.--The Secretary shall provide for a
thorough, independent evaluation of the Job and Life Skills
Improvement program to assess the outcomes of youth and young
adults participating in programs assisted under this part.
''(2) Evaluation measures.--In conducting the evaluation
described in paragraph (1) the Secretary shall include an
assessment of--
''(A) the impact on youth and young adults residing
in target areas, including the rates of school
completion, enrollment in advanced education or
training, and employment of the youth and young adults;
''(B) the extent to which participating communities
fulfilled the goal of guaranteed access to appropriate
education, training, and supportive services to all
eligible youth and young adults residing in target
areas who seek to participate;
''(C) the effectiveness of guaranteed access to
comprehensive services combined with outreach and
recruitment efforts in enlisting the participation of
previously unserved or underserved youth and young
adults residing in target areas;
''(D) the effectiveness of efforts to integrate
service delivery in target areas, including systems of
common intake, assessment, and case management; and
''(E) the feasibility of extending guaranteed
access to comprehensive education, training, and
support services for youth and young adults in all
areas of the United States, including possible
approaches to incremental extension of such access over
time.
''(c) Report.--The Secretary shall prepare a report detailing the
results of the independent evaluation described in subsection (b) and
shall submit such report to the Congress not later than December 31,
1996, along with an analysis of expenditures made, results achieved,
and problems in the operations and coordination of programs assisted
under this part.
''(d) Reservation of Funds.--The Secretary may reserve not more
than 5 percent of the amount appropriated under this part in each
fiscal year to carry out the provisions of this section.

''SEC. 499L. DEFINITIONS.

''For the purposes of this part--
''(1) High poverty area.--The term 'high poverty area'
means an urban census tract, a nonmetropolitan county, a Native
American Indian reservation, or an Alaska Native village, with
a poverty rate of 30 percent or more, as determined by the
Bureau of the Census, or a migrant or seasonal farmworker
community.
''(2) Participating community.--The term 'participating
community'--
''(A) in the case of a community conducting a
project in an urban area, means a city in a
metropolitan statistical area;
''(B) in the case of a community conducting a
project in a rural area, means a nonmetropolitan county
or contiguous nonmetropolitan counties;
''(C) in the case of a community conducting a
project in an Indian reservation or Alaska Native
village, the grantee designated under subsection (c) or
(d) of section 401, or a consortium of such grantees
and the State; or
''(D) in the case of a community conducting a
project in a migrant or seasonal farmworker community,
the grantee designated under section 402(c), or a
consortium of such grantees and the State.
''(3) Target area.--The term 'target area' means a high
poverty area or set of contiguous high poverty areas that will
be the focus of the program in each participating community.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents relating to the
Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 499C the
following new items:

''Part K--Job and Life Skills Improvement Program

''Sec. 499F. Program authorized.
''Sec. 499G. Application.
''Sec. 499H. Grant agreement.
''Sec. 499I. Payments and federal share.
''Sec. 499J. Reporting.
''Sec. 499K. Federal responsibilities.
''Sec. 4989L. Definitions.''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

Section 3(c) of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C.
1502(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
''(6) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part K
of title IV $5,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 and such sums as may be
necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 1998.''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on
July 1, 1993, or the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever
occurs later.
Output:
Job and Life Skills Improvement Act of 1993 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to authorize the Secretary of Labor to establish a national program of Job and Life Skills Improvement grants to eligible entities to pay the Federal share of providing comprehensive services to youth and young adults in high poverty urban and rural areas.
Authorizes appropriations.