H.R. 2380 — Building Youth Workforce Skills Act

This section authorizes local areas to use youth workforce investment funds allocated under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) to pay, through individual training accounts, eligible providers of training services listed in WIOA section 134(c)(3) (e.g., occupational skills training) for such services provided to in-school youth ages 16-21 or any out-of-school youth, in the same manner as for adults or dislocated workers. (As background, WIOA youth programs serve low-income individuals ages 14-24 who meet specified barriers to employment, such as being basic skills deficient, homeless, or offenders; thus, this expands access to consumer-driven occupational training previously limited primarily to adult programs.)