Sec. 274. Evaluations and research
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Section 169 ( 29 U.S.C. 3224 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (4), by striking 2019 and inserting 2027 ; and in paragraph (6), by striking the Workforce and inserting Labor ; in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1), by striking the Workforce and inserting Labor ; and in paragraph (4)— by striking subparagraphs
(B)through (J); by redesignating subparagraph
(K)as subparagraph (C); by inserting after subparagraph
(A)the following: The Secretary of Labor, in coordination with the Secretary of Education, may conduct a study to determine the feasibility of, and potential means to replicate the measurement of recidivism for former criminal offenders who participated in adult employment and training activities under this title or correctional institution education programs under title II to improve the quality and performance of such services or activities. ; and in subparagraph (C), as so redesignated, by striking the Workforce and inserting Labor ; by redesignating subsection
(c)as subsection (d); and by inserting after subsection
(b)the following: The Secretary may award workforce development innovation grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities to enable such entities to— create, implement, replicate, or take to scale entrepreneurial, evidence-based, field-initiated innovation programs and services for improving the design and delivery of employment and training services that generate long-term improvements in the performance of the workforce development system, in outcomes for job-seekers (including individuals with barriers to employment), and in the cost-effectiveness of programs and services; and rigorously evaluate such programs and services in accordance with this subsection. The grants described in subparagraph
(A)shall include— early-phase grants to fund the development, implementation, and feasibility testing of an innovation program or service, which prior research suggests has promise, for the purpose of determining whether such program or service can successfully improve the design and delivery of employment and training services that generate long-term improvements in the performance of the workforce development system, in outcomes for job-seekers (including individuals with barriers to employment), and in the cost-effectiveness of such programs and services; mid-phase grants to fund implementation and a well-designed and well-implemented evaluation of such a program or service that has been successfully implemented under an early-phase grant described in clause
(i)or other effort meeting similar criteria, for the purpose of measuring the impact and cost effectiveness of such programs or services, using data collected pursuant to the implementation of such program or service, if possible; and expansion grants to fund implementation and a well-designed and well-implemented replication evaluation of such a program or service that has been found to produce sizable, important impacts under a mid-phase grant described in clause
(ii)or other effort meeting similar criteria, for the purposes of— determining whether such impacts may be successfully reproduced and sustained over time; and identifying the conditions in which such a program or service is most effective. Of the funds made available to carry out this subsection for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve not more than 5 percent of the funds to— provide technical assistance to eligible entities, which may include preapplication workshops, web-based seminars, and evaluation support; and disseminate evidence-based best practices. In this subsection: The term eligible entity means any of the following: A State board. A local board. An Indian tribe, tribal organization, Alaska Native entity, Indian-controlled organization serving Indians, or Native Hawaiian organization that is eligible to receive an award under section 166. A community-based, nonprofit, or nongovernmental organization serving an underserved population. An institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 )). A consortium of such entities described under clause
(i)through clause (v). The term well-designed and well-implemented , as applied to an evaluation study, means a study that is replicable, uses programmatic and control groups that are representative of the type of population served by the program, uses controls for aggregate shifts that might affect baseline numbers, does not have problems with attrition from the program, and takes measures to avoid creaming. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection, such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2023 through 2028. .
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