118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 454 — Youth Workforce Readiness Act of 2023

“A bill to establish a competitive grant program to support out-of-school-time youth workforce readiness programs, providing employability skills development, career exploration, employment readiness training, mentoring, work-based learning, and workforce opportunities for eligible youth.”

Labor and employment

Introduced Feb 15, 2023

Last action Feb 15, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

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Introduced

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Referred

Feb 15, 2023

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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill requires the Department of Labor to award grants to certain national youth-serving organizations for comprehensive workforce readiness programs that are provided to youth and take place before or after school, during summer vacation or a holiday, or on the weekend (i.e., out-of-school-time programs). Such grants must be used to develop and implement nationwide youth workforce readiness programs, including for activities such as on-the-job training and leadership development opportunities, internships, and other supportive services. The bill also requires local workforce development boards to establish youth councils as subgroups of the boards.

Provisions · 10 sectionsIntroduced in Senate

Timeline · 2 actions

Feb 15, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Feb 15, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.