Sec. 156. Innovation projects
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Section 171 is amended— in the section heading, by striking and inserting Demonstration, pilot, Multiservice, research and multistate projects ; Innovation projects by amending subsections
(b)and
(c)to read as follows: The Secretary shall, through grants or contracts, carry out demonstration and pilot projects that are consistent with the priorities specified in the plan published under subsection
(a)and that are for the purposes of developing and implementing techniques and approaches, and demonstrating the effectiveness of specialized methods, in addressing employment and training needs. Such projects shall— include the provision of direct services to individuals; be subject to measures of performance that include the primary indicators of performance described in section 136(b)(2)(A) as well as other appropriate indicators; and include an evaluation component as appropriate to the program design. Such projects may include— projects that assist employers in connecting with the workforce investment system established under this Act in order to facilitate the recruitment, employment, and retention of workers for jobs with career pathways and to provide information to such system on skills and high-growth occupations; projects that focus on opportunities for employment in industries and sectors of industries that are experiencing, or are likely to experience, high rates of growth, including health care and advanced manufacturing sectors, and have jobs with wages and benefits leading to economic self-sufficiency; projects that focus on local partnerships of industry, labor, community colleges, area career and technical education centers community-based organizations, and economic development organizations, to promote opportunities for dislocated workers and long-term unemployed to receive training and related services for employment and access to career ladders in high-demand sectors; projects to determine the feasibility of, and potential means to replicate, measuring the compensation, including the wages, benefits, and other incentives provided by an employer, received by program participants by using data other than or in addition to data available through wage records, for potential use as a performance indicator; projects to develop and implement promising or proven approaches and technologies, including the use of distance education and activities to increase the digital literacy of older individuals, in order to deliver employment related, work-based training services and recognized postsecondary credentials; projects that provide retention grants, which grants shall— be provided to job training and apprenticeship programs that have demonstrated expertise in serving low-income individuals and that offer instruction, assessment, and professional coaching, for each low-income individual who is retained in such employment with such employer for a period of 1 year; and be provided taking into account the economic benefit received by the Federal Government from the employment and retention of the individual, including the economic benefit from tax revenue and decreased public subsidies; projects utilizing a pay-for-performance approach for providers of education, training, and employment services to individuals with barriers to employment, including services targeted to addressing the specific challenges and conditions that have created barriers for participants in programs under this Act; projects that provide comprehensive education and training services, and support services, in coordination with local boards, for populations in targeted high poverty areas where the greatest barriers to employment exist, including ex-offenders, out-of-school youth, and public assistance recipient populations; and projects that seek to replicate exemplary youth programs that have demonstrated effectiveness in 2 or more noncontiguous local areas in preparing youth for success in the workforce. Grants or contracts awarded for carrying out demonstration and pilot projects under this subsection shall be awarded on a competitive basis and in accordance with generally applicable Federal requirements. The Secretary shall establish appropriate time limits for carrying out demonstration and pilot projects under this subsection. ; and in subsection (e)(7), by striking ( and inserting Public Law 109–58 ) (42 U.S.C. 15852) .
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