This bill would create competitive federal grants for community groups and their partners to start, expand, or improve mentoring programs for young people. It focuses on building social and emotional skills, exploring careers, gaining job skills, and offering work-based learning so youth can succeed in school and the workforce .

The Department of Labor would run the grants, work with the Justice Department and the Department of Education, connect grantees to the National Mentoring Resource Center, and share information on transition services for youth returning from correctional facilities and for students with disabilities. The Department would also study and report on how well these programs work.

• Who is affected: Young people in school or out of school, students who are struggling academically, and others who meet set criteria; community-based organizations and school partners.
• What changes: New competitive grants to create or grow mentoring programs; support for social-emotional learning, employability skills, career exploration, and work-based learning; coordination with federal agencies and access to mentoring resources and transition services .
• When: The provided documents do not list dates or funding amounts.