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Title 29 — LaborRelease 119-73not60

§3153 Eligible Providers of Youth Workforce Investment Activities

Title 29 › Chapter 32— WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY › Subchapter I— WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES › Part B— Workforce Investment Activities and Providers › Subpart 1— workforce investment activities and providers › § 3153

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Local workforce boards must give grants or contracts for youth job and training services through a competitive process. They must pick providers using the state plan’s rules, including any quality standards the Governor sets for programs that lead to a recognized postsecondary credential. Boards must also consider whether providers can meet the youth program’s performance measures and must watch over the providers they fund. A local board may skip competition and award a sole-source contract if it finds too few eligible providers in the area (for example, in a rural area).

Full Legal Text

Title 29, §3153

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(a)From the funds allocated under section 3163(b) of this title to a local area, the local board for such area shall award grants or contracts on a competitive basis to providers of youth workforce investment activities identified based on the criteria in the State plan (including such quality criteria as the Governor shall establish for a training program that leads to a recognized postsecondary credential), and taking into consideration the ability of the providers to meet performance accountability measures based on primary indicators of performance for the youth program as described in section 3141(b)(2)(A)(ii) of this title, as described in section 3112(b)(2)(D)(i)(V) of this title, and shall conduct oversight with respect to such providers.
(b)A local board may award grants or contracts on a sole-source basis if such board determines there is an insufficient number of eligible providers of youth workforce investment activities in the local area involved (such as a rural area) for grants and contracts to be awarded on a competitive basis under subsection (a).

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective on the first day of the first full program year after
July 22, 2014 (
July 1, 2015), see section 506 of Pub. L. 113–128, set out as a note under section 3101 of this title.

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Citation

29 U.S.C. § 3153

Title 29 — Labor

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60