---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 U.S.C. § 3153"
title: "29"
title_heading: "Labor"
number: "3153"
heading: "Eligible providers of youth workforce investment activities"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/29/3153"
units:
  - "Chapter 32 — Workforce Innovation and Opportunity"
  - "Subchapter I — Workforce Development Activities"
  - "Part B — Workforce Investment Activities and Providers"
  - "Subpart 1 — workforce investment activities and providers"
---

# §3153. Eligible providers of youth workforce investment activities

- (a) **In general—** From the funds allocated under [section 3163(b) of this title](/usc/29/3163.md?p=b) to a [local area](/usc/29/3102.md?p=32), the [local board](/usc/29/3102.md?p=33) for such area shall award grants or contracts on a competitive basis to providers of [youth workforce investment activities](/usc/29/3102.md?p=71) identified based on the criteria in the [State plan](/usc/29/3102.md?p=58) (including such quality criteria as the [Governor](/usc/29/3102.md?p=22) shall establish for a training program that leads to a [recognized postsecondary credential](/usc/29/3102.md?p=52)), and taking into consideration the ability of the providers to meet performance accountability measures based on primary indicators of performance for the youth program as described in [section 3141(b)(2)(A)(ii) of this title](/usc/29/3141.md?p=b-2-A-ii), as described in [section 3112(b)(2)(D)(i)(V) of this title](/usc/29/3112.md?p=b-2-D-i-V), and shall conduct oversight with respect to such providers.
- (b) **Exceptions—** A [local board](/usc/29/3102.md?p=33) may award grants or contracts on a sole-source basis if such board determines there is an insufficient number of eligible providers of [youth workforce investment activities](/usc/29/3102.md?p=71) in the [local area](/usc/29/3102.md?p=32) involved (such as a rural area) for grants and contracts to be awarded on a competitive basis under [subsection (a)](#a).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–128, title I, § 123, July 22, 2014, 128 Stat. 1498.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on the first day of the first full program year after July 22, 2014 (July 1, 2015), see section 506 of Pub. L. 113–128, set out as a note under section 3101 of this title.