1.
Job training grant pilot program
Section 171 of the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2916) is amended by
striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:
(d)
Job training grant pilot program
(1)
(A)
The Secretary shall provide grants to qualified job training
programs as follows:
(i)
Grants in an amount to be determined by the Secretary shall be
provided to qualified job training programs upon placement of a qualified
graduate in qualifying employment.
(ii)
An additional grant in an amount to be determined by the
Secretary shall be provided to qualified job training programs upon retention
of a qualified graduate in qualifying employment for a period of 1 year.
(B)
In determining the amount of the grants to be provided under
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall consider the economic benefit received by
the Government from the employment of the qualified graduate, including
increased tax revenue and decreased unemployment benefits or other support
obligations.
(2)
Qualified job training program
For purposes of this subsection, a qualified job training
program is one that—
(A)
is operated by a nonprofit or for-profit entity, partnership,
or joint venture formed under the laws of—
(i)
the United States or a territory of the United States;
(ii)
any State; or
(iii)
any county or locality;
(B)
offers education and training in—
(i)
basic skills, such as reading, writing, mathematics,
information processing, and communications;
(ii)
technical skills, such as accounting, computers, printing, and
machining;
(iii)
thinking skills, such as reasoning, creative thinking, decision
making, and problem solving; and
(iv)
personal qualities, such as responsibility, self-esteem,
self-management, honesty, and integrity;
(C)
provides income supplements when needed to eligible
participants (defined for purposes of this paragraph as an individual who meets
the criteria described in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (3)) for
housing, counseling, tuition, and other basic needs;
(D)
provides eligible participants with not less than 160 hours of
instruction, assessment, or professional coaching; and
(E)
invests an average of $10,000 in training per graduate of such
program.
(3)
For purposes of this subsection, a qualified graduate is an
individual who is a graduate of a qualified job training program and
who—
(A)
is 18 years of age or older;
(B)
had in either of the two preceding taxable years Federal
adjusted gross income not exceeding the maximum income of a very low-income
family (as defined in section 3(b)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937
(42 U.S.C.
1437a(b)(2))) for a single individual; and
(C)
has assets of not more than $10,000, exclusive of the value of
an owned homestead, indexed for inflation.
(4)
For purposes of this subsection, qualifying employment shall
include any permanent job or employment paying annual wages of not less than
$18,000, and not less than $10,000 more than the qualified graduate earned
before receiving training from the qualified job training program.
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