Sec. 102. Competitive grants to eligible entities
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From the amounts appropriated under section 103(2), the Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities for activities described in subsection (e). In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities that serve eligible youth who are individuals with a barrier to employment, youth of color, opportunity youth or out-of-school youth, low-income youth, and youth impacted by the juvenile or adult criminal justice systems.
In awarding funds under this section the Secretary shall ensure the following: Not less than 40 percent of such funds are used to provide direct financial assistance to eligible youth described in section 101(c) to support such youth with financial needs with respect to entering, remaining enrolled in, and completing a subsidized public employment program described in section 101(b) (including related costs of training, supplies, food and nutrition, housing, transportation, child care, mental health and substance abuse services, payment of fines, or other targeted costs determined allowable by the Secretary).
Not less than 40 percent of such funds are used to connect eligible youth described in section 101(c) to employers for in-demand industry sectors or occupations, work-based learning opportunities, registered apprenticeship programs, or to reconnect to a public education entity. Not less than 10 percent of such funds are used for promoting, creating, or expanding diversity and inclusion activities for the purposes of diversifying workforce systems. An eligible entity means an entity that the Secretary determines to serve a high number or high percentage of eligible youth who are employed in a subsidized public employment programs described in section 101(b) and who are from underrepresented populations.
An eligible entity includes— a community-based organization; a State and unit of general local government in a partnership with a community-based organization; a partnership among States and units of general local government, community-based organizations, public education entities, registered apprenticeships, and employers from in-demand industry sectors or occupations; a partnership among community-based organizations and juvenile and adult correctional facilities; or a labor organization or joint labor-management organization.
An eligible entity that receives a grant under this section— shall use the grant to match eligible youth to subsidized public employment programs funded under title I, and provide hands-on work experience that does not supplant the work of existing employees; and may use a grant received under this section to carry out 1 or more of the following: Establish or expand diversity and inclusion opportunities and collect disaggregated data on related efforts. Provide (directly or through partnerships) technical assistance and supportive services to eligible youth and their families to help navigate supportive services and other Federal and State assistance programs to support the recruitment, retention, and completion of a program funded under title I.
Coordinate partnerships with programs funded under title I to connect eligible youth to educational or career opportunities, including to employers for in-demand industry sectors or occupations, work-based learning opportunities, registered apprenticeship programs, or to reconnect to a public education entity. Form comprehensive youth service delivery systems to improve education and employment outcomes for youth and to strategically connect local sectors, systems, and resources by strategically coordinating resources and public, private, and nonprofit funding to create youth pathways to further the education, skills, and access to jobs and successful careers, by— conducting and improving outreach to underrepresented youth and families with respect to the programs funded under section 101; making appropriate use of existing education, child welfare, social services, and workforce development data collection systems to facilitate the entity’s ability to recruit youth participants; and developing wide-ranging higher education or employment pathways for youth.
Assist in the transition between subsidized youth public employment programs and unsubsidized employment or education. In the case of an eligible entity described in subsection (d)(2)(D), assist in the transition from incarceration with the goal of reducing rates of recidivism and ensuring incarcerated youth and formerly incarcerated youth have access to employment and educational opportunities.