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 104 STAT. 3174 PUBLIC LAW 101-610—NOV. 16, 1990 42 USC 5091c. " SEC. 704. EDUCATION AND JOB TRAINING SERVICES. "(a) IN GENERAL.—Assistance provided under this title shall be used by each Youthbuild project to provide to participants the following: "(1) SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES. —Service opportunities in the construction or rehabilitation projects described in section 703, which shall be integrated with appropriate skills training and coordinated with, to the extent feasible, preapprenticeship and apprenticeship programs. (2) EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. — Services and activities designed to meet the educational needs of participants, including— "(A) basic skills instruction and remedial education; "(B) bilingual education for individuals with limited English proficiency; and "(C) secondary education services and activities designed to lead to the attainment of a high school diploma or its equivalent. "(3) PERSONAL AND PEER SUPPORTS.—Counseling services and other activities designed to— "(A) ensure that participants overcome personal problems that would interfere with their successful participation; and "(B) develop a strong, mutually supportive peer context in which values, goals, cultural herits^e, and life skills can be explored and strengthened. "(4) LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.— Opportunities to develop the decisionmaking, speaking, negotiating, and other leadership skills of participants, such as the establishment gind operation of a youth council with meaningful decisionmaking authority over aspects of the project. "(5) PREPARATION FOR AND PLACEMENT IN UNSUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT. — Activities designed to maximize the value of participants as future employees and to prepare participants for seeking, obtaining, and retaining unsubsidized employment. "(6) NECESSARY SUPPORT SERVICES.— To provide support services and need-based stipends necessary to enable individuals to participate in the program and, for a period not to exceed 6 months after completion of training, to assist participants through support services in retaining employment. "(b) CONDITIONS. —The provision of service opportunities to participants in Youthbuild projects shall be made conditional upon attendance and participation by such individuals in the educational services and activities described in subsection (a). The duration of participation for each individual in educational services and activities shall be at least equal to the totad number of hours for which a participant serves and is paid wages by a Youthbuild project. 42 USC 5091d. "SEC. 705. USES OF FUNDS. "(a) FUNDS. —Funds provided under this title may be used only for activities that are in addition to activities that would otherwise be available in the absence of such funds. "(b) ASSISTANCE CRITERIA.—Assistance provided to each Youthbuild project under this title shall be used only for— "(1) education and job training services and activities described in paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), and (6) of section 704(a); "(2) wages and benefits paid to participants in accordance with sections 704(a) and 706; and

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