Sec. 131. Job Corps response to the COVID–19 national emergency
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From the funds appropriated under subsection (c), the Secretary— shall provide funds to each entity with which the Secretary has entered into an agreement under section 147(a)(1) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3197(a)(1) ) to— during the COVID–19 national emergency— carry out the activities described in section 148(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3198(a) ); and provide the child care described in section 148(e) of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3198(e) ); and retain existing capacity (existing as of June 1, 2019) of each Job Corps center, including retaining the existing residential capacity, during and after the COVID–19 national emergency, and increase staffing and student capacity and resources related to section 145 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3195 ) to provide for full on-board strength after such emergency; and during the 12-month period after the COVID–19 national emergency, carry out the graduate services described in section 148(d) of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3198(d) ) for any individual who has graduated from Job Corps during the 3-month period after such emergency; and may— provide up to 15 percent of the funds provided to the entity to meet the operational needs of the Job Corps center (which may include the cleaning, sanitation, and necessary improvements of the center related to COVID–19); support— activities providing the relationship to opportunities, and links to employment opportunities described in paragraphs
(2)and
(3)of section 148(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3198(a) ); to the greatest extent practicable, the career and technical education and training described in section 148(b) of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3198(b) ) through virtual or remote means during the period of spring break described in the Job Corps Program Instruction Notice No. 19–14 (issued on March 16, 2020), and for any period while Job Corps enrollees are away from their centers during the COVID–19 national emergency, including by providing necessary technology resources to enrollees during either period; and other activities described in section 148 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3198 ); provide for costs related to infrastructure projects, including technology modernization needed to provide for virtual and remote learning; and provide for payment of Job Corps stipends, including emergency Job Corps stipends, and facilitate such payments through means such as debit cards with no usage fees, and provide for corresponding financial literacy. In order to provide for the successful continuity of services and enrollment periods during the COVID–19 national emergency, additional flexibility shall be provided for Job Corps enrollees, operators, and providers of activities, including flexibility described in paragraphs
(2)through (6). Notwithstanding the age requirements for enrollment under section 144(a)(1) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3194(a)(1) ), an individual seeking to enroll in the Job Corps and who will turn 25 during the COVID–19 national emergency is eligible for such enrollment. Notwithstanding section 146(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3196(b) ), an individual enrolled in the Job Corps during the COVID–19 national emergency may extend the individual's period of enrollment for more than 2 years, as long as such extension does not exceed a 2-year, continuous period of enrollment after the COVID–19 national emergency. With respect to advanced career training programs under section 148(c) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3198(c) ), in which the enrollees may continue to participate for a period not to exceed 1 year in addition to the period of participation to which the enrollees would otherwise be limited, the COVID–19 national emergency shall not be considered as any portion of such additional 1-year participation period. The counseling, job placement services, and assessment described in section 149 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3199 ) shall be available to former enrollees— whose enrollment was interrupted due to the COVID–19 national emergency; or who graduated from Job Corps not earlier than January 1, 2020, but not later than 3 months after the COVID–19 national emergency. The Secretary shall provide additional support for the transition periods described in section 150(c) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3200(c) ), including support described in subparagraphs
(B)and (C). The Secretary shall provide for additional transition allowances as described in subsection
(b)of such section for Job Corps graduates who have graduated in 2020 and shall provide those allowances during the period that begins on the first day of the COVID–19 national emergency and ends 3 months after the conclusion of the emergency. The Secretary shall consider the period described in subparagraph
(B)as the period in which the employment services described in subsection
(c)of such section shall be provided to graduates who have graduated in 2020. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subtitle $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, to remain available through fiscal year 2022.
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Job Corps response to the COVID–19 national emergency
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