EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE.

SEC. 448. EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE. (a) Authority To Provide Grants.— Section 423(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11383(a)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph: “(5) A grant for establishing and operating an employment assistance program for the, residents of transitional housing, which shall include— “(A) employment of residents in the operation and maintenance of the housing; and “(B) the payment of the transportation costs of residents to places of employment.”. (b) Priority.— Section 424(b) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11384(b)) is amended— (1) by striking “and” at the end of paragraph (6); (2) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new paragraph: “(7) in the case of transitional housing, the extent to which the project contains an employment assistance program which meets the program criteria described in section 423(a)(5); and”