Public Law 102–235

over 7,000,000 families in the United States live in poverty, and over half of those families are single parent households headed by women;

women stand to improve their economic security and independence through the training and other services offered under the Job Training Partnership Act;

women participating under the Job Training Partnership Act tend to be enrolled in programs for traditionally female occupations;

many of the Job Training Partnership Act programs that have low female enrollment levels are in fields of work that are nontraditional for women;

employment in traditionally male occupations leads to higher wages, improved job security, and better long-range opportunities than employment in traditionally female-dominated fields;

the long-term economic security of women is served by increasing nontraditional employment opportunities for women; and

older women reentering the work force may have special needs in obtaining training and placement in occupations providing economic security.

to encourage efforts by the Federal, State, and local levels of government aimed at providing a wider range of opportunities for women under the Job Training Partnership Act;

to provide incentives to establish programs that will train, place, and retain women in nontraditional fields; and

to facilitate coordination between the Job Training Partnership Act and the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act to maximize the effectiveness of resources available for training and placing women in nontraditional employment.

striking “and” at the end of subparagraph (B);

striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; and

adding after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraphs:

“(D)“(D)

the extent to which the service delivery area has met its goals for the training and training-related placement of women in nontraditional employment and apprenticeships; and

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“(E)“(E)

a statistical breakdown of women trained and placed in nontraditional occupations, including—

“(i)“(i)

the type of training received, by occupation;

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“(ii)“(ii)

whether the participant was placed in a job or apprenticeship, and, if so, the occupation and the wage at placement;

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“(iii)“(iii)

the participant’s age;

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“(iv)“(iv)

the participant’s race; and

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“(v)“(v)

information on retention of the participant in nontraditional employment.”.

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redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively; and

by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:

“(3)“(3)

The plan shall include goals for—

“(A)“(A)

the training of women in nontraditional employment through funds available under the Job Training Partnership Act, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, and other sources of Federal and State support;

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“(B)“(B)

the training-related placement of women in nontraditional employment and apprenticeships;

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“(C)“(C)

a description of efforts to be undertaken to accomplish such goals, including efforts to increase awareness of such training and placement opportunities; and

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“(D)“(D)

a description of efforts to coordinate activities provided pursuant to the Job Training Partnership Act and the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act to train and place women in nontraditional employment.”.

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redesignating paragraphs (9) and (10) as paragraphs (10) and (11), respectively; and

inserting after paragraph (8) the following new paragraph:

“(9)“(9)

providing programs and related services to encourage the recruitment of women for training, placement, and retention in nontraditional employment;”.

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striking “and” at the end of paragraph (2);

striking the period at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and “and”; and

inserting the following new paragraph at the end thereof:

to provide statewide coordinated approaches, including model programs, to train, place, and retain women in nontraditional employment.”,

in paragraph (2)(B) by striking “(1) and (3)” and inserting in lieu thereof “(1), (3), and (4)”; and

in paragraph (3) by striking “(1) and (3)” and inserting in lieu thereof “(D, (3), and (4)”.

the extent to which States and service delivery areas have succeeded in training, placing, and retaining women in nontraditional employment, together with a description of the efforts made and the results of such efforts; and

the effectiveness of the demonstration programs established by section 457 of the Job Training Partnership Act in developing and replicating approaches to train and place women in nontraditional employment, including a summary of activities performed by grant recipients under the demonstration programs authorized by section 457 of the Job Training Partnership Act.