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 112 STAT. 1030 PUBLIC LAW 105-220—AUG. 7, 1998 (1) IN GENERAL.— Using the funds made available pursuant to section 127(b)(l)(A)(iv) for fiscal year 1999, the Secretary shall provide assistance to an entity to carry out a project establishing a role model academy for out-of-school youth. (2) RESIDENTIAL CENTER.— The entity shall use the assistance to establish an academy that consists of a residential center located on the site of a military installation closed or realigned pursuant to a law providing for closures and realignments of such insteillations. (3) SERVICES. —The academy established pursuant to this subsection shall provide services that— (A) utilize a military style model that emphasizes leadership skills and discipline, or another model of demonstrated effectiveness; ana (B) include vocational training, secondary school course work leading to a secondary school diploma or recognized equivalent, and the use of mentors who serve as role models and who provide academic training and career counseling to the youth. 29 USC 2915. SEC. 170. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. (a) GENERAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— (1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary shall provide, coordinate, and support the development of, appropriate training, technical assistance, staff development, and otner activities, including assistance in replicating programs of demonstrated effectiveness, to States and localities, and, in particular, to assist States in making transitions from carrying out activities under the provisions of law repealed under section 199 to carry out activities under this title. (2) FORM OF ASSISTANCE. —In carrying out paragraph (1) on behalf of a State, or recipient of financial assistance under any of sections 166 through 169, the Secretary, after consultation with the State or grant recipient, may award grants and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements. (3) LIMITATION.— Grants or contracts awarded under paragraph (1) to entities other than States or local units of government that are for amounts in excess of $100,000 shall only be awarded on a competitive basis, (b) DISLOCATED WORKER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— (1) AUTHORITY.—Of the amounts available pursuant to section 132(a)(2), the Secretary shall reserve not more than 5 percent of such amounts to provide technical assistance to States that do not meet the State performance measures described in section 136 with respect to employment and training activities for dislocated workers. Using such reserved funds, the Secretary may provide such assistance to other States, local areas, and other entities involved in providing assistance to dislocated workers, to promote the continuous improvement of assistance provided to dislocated workers, under this title. (2) TRAINING. —Amounts reserved under this subsection may be used to provide for the training of staff, including specialists, who provide rapid response services. Such trmning shall include instruction in proven methods of promoting, establishing, and assisting labor-management committees. Such projects shall be administered through the dislocated worker office described in section 174(b).

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