Sec. 332. Allotment of funds for youth training services
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Each fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve not more than 2.5 percent of the amount appropriated under section 331 for that fiscal year. The Secretary shall use the reserved amount to award contracts, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities as described in section 241 to provide youth training services to disadvantaged youth under section 334. To be eligible to receive a contract under this subsection, an entity shall submit an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.
The Secretary shall require that the application contain, at a minimum— a request for the contract, specifying the amount of funds requested and the proposed uses for the funds; a description of the applicant and a statement of its qualifications; the entity's levels of performance on all performance indicators and all required statistics, under section 402, for prior programs carried out under this chapter; a description of the services that will be provided to participants, and how those services will prepare disadvantaged youth for employment; and information indicating that the entity meets any other criteria the Secretary shall establish.
To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall notify each applicant, not later than 5 months after the date of receipt of the application by the Secretary, concerning whether the application is approved or not approved. The Secretary may issue regulations to carry out this subsection. From the amount appropriated under section 331 for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve not more than— 0.07 percent for Guam; 0.03 percent for American Samoa; 0.04 percent for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; except as described in section 101(24), 0.015 percent for the Republic of Palau; and 0.035 percent for the United States Virgin Islands.
Each outlying area receiving funds under this subsection shall use the funds to provide youth training services to disadvantaged youth under section 334. The Secretary may issue regulations under this subsection. After determining the amounts to be reserved under subsections
(a)and (b), the Secretary shall allot the remainder of the amount appropriated under section 331 for that fiscal year to the States under paragraph (2). Each State receiving an allotment under this subsection shall use the funds made available through the allotment, and not reserved or retained under section 333, to provide youth training services to disadvantaged youth under section 334. Subject to subparagraph (B), of the remainder— 14 percent shall be allotted on the basis of the relative number of unemployed individuals in areas of substantial unemployment in each State, compared to the total number of unemployed individuals in areas of substantial unemployment in all States; 14 percent shall be allotted on the basis of the relative excess number of unemployed individuals in each State, compared to the total excess number of unemployed individuals in all States; 30 percent shall be allotted on the basis of the relative number of disadvantaged youth in each State, compared to the total number of disadvantaged youth in all States; 30 percent shall be allotted on the basis of the relative number of individuals ages 15 through 19 in the State, compared to the total number of individuals ages 15 through 19 in all States; and 12 percent shall be allotted on the basis of the relative number of individuals ages 20 through 24 in the State, compared to the total number of individuals ages 20 through 24 in all States. In making allotments under this subsection, the Secretary shall ensure the following: For fiscal year 2016, the Secretary shall ensure that no State receives an allotment in an amount that is less than 90 percent of the combined amount the State received for fiscal year 2015 under section 127(b)(1)(C) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 ( 29 U.S.C. 2852(b)(1)(C) ), as in effect on June 30, 2015, and section 111 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 ( 20 U.S.C. 2321 ), as in effect on such date. For fiscal year 2017 and each subsequent fiscal year, the Secretary shall ensure that no State receives an allotment for the fiscal year involved in an amount that is less than 90 percent of the allotment the State received for the prior fiscal year under this paragraph.
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