California YouthBuild Program: funding and designation.

Existing law establishes the California YouthBuild Program and authorizes the director of the Employment Development Department to make grants to eligible applicants, as provided, for specified purposes. Existing law also authorizes the director to contract with qualified nonprofit organizations to provide technical assistance to YouthBuild programs. Existing law also authorizes the director to contract with qualified nonprofit organizations to provide technical assistance to YouthBuild programs. Existing law allows the department to accept proposals for funding from applicants who establish their eligibility, as provided, by submitting proof that they have been funded or designated as a federal YouthBuild program by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and restricts the use of the term "YouthBuild" to programs funded pursuant to the California YouthBuild Program. This bill, in conformity with the federal YouthBuild Transition Act of 2005 that transferred the administration of the YouthBuild program from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to the Department of Labor, would revise those provisions that make reference to the Department of Housing and Urban Development to refer instead to the Department of Labor.