Sec. 7. Program activities
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An eligible entity that receives a grant under section 4 shall use the grant funds— if the entity seeks to implement the workforce readiness program through a covered partnership, to establish the partnership; and to carry out the development and implementation of a youth workforce readiness program— that includes services to help prepare eligible youth for the workforce, which services shall include— leadership development opportunities, which may include community service and peer-centered activities encouraging responsibility and other positive social and civic behaviors, as appropriate; workforce or workforce readiness opportunities; supportive services; adult mentoring for the period of participation and a subsequent period, for a total of not less than 12 months; comprehensive guidance and counseling (which may include drug and alcohol abuse counseling and referral, and prevention services, as appropriate); financial literacy education; entrepreneurial skills training; services that provide labor market and employment information about in-demand industry sectors or occupations available in the local area, such as career awareness, career counseling, and career exploration services; activities to develop fundamental workforce readiness skills, or to develop employability skills (such as communication, creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking) that support social-emotional development through every developmental stage, in both formal and informal learning experiences; and career exposure, through mentoring and targeted programming, offered by local industry or sector partnerships, to provide career assessments and education and career planning; that includes services to help prepare eligible youth who are not younger than age 15 for the workforce, which services shall include— support for the use of career pathways; paid and unpaid work experiences that have as a component academic and occupational education, which may include— summer employment opportunities and other employment opportunities available throughout the school year; pre-apprenticeship and registered apprenticeship programs; internships and job shadowing; and on-the-job training opportunities; work-based learning (as defined in section 3 of the Carl D.
Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 ( 20 U.S.C. 2302 )) that provides opportunities for the application of employability skills, and hands-on work experiences through covered partnerships; occupational skill training, which shall include priority consideration for training programs that lead to recognized postsecondary credentials that are aligned with in-demand industry sectors or occupations in the local area involved, if the local board determines that the programs meet the quality criteria described in section 123 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3153 ); the provision of customized training; education offered concurrently with and in the same context as workforce readiness activities and training for a specific occupation or occupational cluster; and activities that help youth prepare for and transition to postsecondary education and training; and that may include— the provision of professional development (as defined in section 3 of the Carl D.
Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 ( 20 U.S.C. 2302 )) for training educators and other providers of educational services who participate in the workforce readiness program; and developing assets and resources that assist an employer or groups of employers or sectors in working with eligible youth. The eligible entity may use the grant funds, with the approval of the Secretary, to award subgrants to eligible organizations to carry out activities through a youth workforce readiness program.
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