JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT.

SEC. 622. JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT. Part B of title IV of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 433 the following new section: “job corps centers for homeless families “Sec. 433A. (a) Subject to the availability of appropriations therefor, the Secretary is authorized, in accordance with section 427, to provide services and facilities in accordance with this section to eligible homeless individuals and their families at Job Corps centers. Job Corps centers serving homeless individuals and their families shall— “(1) be residential; “(2) be operated under a project agreement with one or more State or local agencies that complies with subsection (b) of this section; 104 STAT. 4745 “(3) provide room and board for enrollees and their dependents and child care to the extent practicable for dependent children of enrollees; and “(4) provide enrollees— “(A) program activities that include both activities to sustain the operation of the center and regular Job Corps activities required under section 428; and “(B) the benefits and services given to any other enrollee under this part. “(b) Each Job Corps center providing services and facilities to homeless individuals under this section shall provide such services and facilities under a project agreement with one or more State or local agencies that— “(1) requires such State and local agencies to provide, in the aggregate, not less than 50 percent of the cost of such services and facilities; “(2) contains provisions to ensure that enrollees and their families are effectively assisted in obtaining all necessary health, education, and social services provided by existing Federal, State, and local programs in such State or locality; “(3) require such State and local agencies to provide such transitional assistance, including housing, necessary to effect successful job placements for enrollees; and “(4) contains or is accompanied by such other information and assurances as the Secretary may require. “(c) To become an enrollee in the Job Corps at a center established providing services and facilities to homeless individuals under this section, an individual— “(1) shall qualify as a homeless individual under section 103 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; “(2) may be over the maximum age permitted by section 423(1), but shall have not attained the age of 25 at the time of enrollment; and “(3) shall meet the requirements of paragraphs (2) through (5) of section 423. “(d) The Secretary shall prescribe special screening standards under sections 424 and 425 to identify and select enrollees for purposes of this section. “(e) The Secretary shall, pursuant to section 454, conduct evaluations of the centers providing services and facilities to homeless individuals under this section. The Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report on the results of such evaluations, together with the Secretary’s recommendations concerning such centers, not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this section. “(f) As used in the section, the term ‘family’ may include, at a minimum, dependent children, and the brothers, sisters and parents of those dependent children.”.