Specifications include, but are not limited to: • Assist eligible Out-of-School Youth (OSY) and eligible In-School Youth (ISY), who are seeking assistance in achieving academic and employment success, with effective and comprehensive services and activities that include a variety of options for improving educational and skill competencies and provide an effective connection to educational institutions and employers, including small business employers in in-demand industry sectors and occupations in the local and regional markets. • Implement integrated strategies for career pathway approaches that support post-secondary education, training, and employment. • Implement work-based training strategies and employment approaches to help participants develop essential skills that are best learned on the job. • Implement progressive levels of education and training approaches that will help individuals with higher skill levels and experience earn marketable credentials. • Provide continued support services to individuals who are in need of them to participate and succeed in work investment and training activities. • Develop strategies for effectively serving individuals with barriers to employment and for coordinating programs and services among one-stop partners. • Support the development of alternative, evidence-based programs, and other activities that enhance the choices available to eligible youth and which encourage youth to reenter and complete secondary education, enroll in postsecondary education and advanced training, progress through a career pathway, and enter into unsubsidized employment that leads to economic selfsufficiency.
