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) ); 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) ); and the academic and career and technical education and training described in section 148 of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3198 ) through virtual or remote means for any period while some Job Corps enrollees are nonresidential due to the COVID–19 national emergency, including by providing necessary technology resources to enrollees during either period; 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 and service providers, including flexibility provided as follows: 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 or graduates— whose enrollment was interrupted due to the COVID–19 national emergency; or who graduated from Job Corps during the period beginning on January 1, 2020, and ending 3 months after the COVID–19 national emergency. The Secretary shall provide additional support for the transition period described in section 150(c) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3200(c) ), subject to subparagraph (B), including providing the following: The Secretary shall provide for additional transition allowances as described in subsection
(b)of section 150 of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3200 ) for Job Corps graduates who have graduated during the period described in paragraph (3)(B). The Secretary shall consider the period described in paragraph (3)(B) to be the period described in subsection
(c)of such section 150 ( 29 U.S.C. 3200 ) in which employment services shall be provided to former enrollees. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subtitle $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain available through fiscal year 2023.
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