(1) There is created the Employability to Careers Program to provide funding for the implementation of a results-based education, employability training, and workforce placement program for eligible participants.

(2) With the assistance of the programmatic intermediary, the board shall establish evaluation criteria for selecting an eligible program provider and shall consider recommendations from the programmatic intermediary in evaluating and selecting an eligible program provider.

(3) The board and the programmatic intermediary shall consider the following requirements and criteria for selecting an eligible program provider: (a) the potential eligible program provider's capacity to effectively implement the components of an education, employability training, and workforce placement program as described in Section 63J-4-707; (b) the potential eligible program provider's experience in enrolling and serving the eligible participants the program intends to serve, including participants who are economically disadvantaged; (c) the potential eligible program provider's ability to access state collaborative partner networks and community resources; (d) the potential eligible program provider's ability to address labor market needs and workforce demands; (e) the potential eligible program provider's ability to demonstrate that performance outcome measures for the education, employability training, and workforce placement program can be measured through an experimental or quasi-experimental design; (f) the potential eligible program provider's ability to attract private or philanthropic investors; (g) the potential eligible program provider's strategy to implement the components of an education, employability skills, and workforce placement program; and (h) the potential eligible program provider's ability to provide the necessary data to a programmatic intermediary for the feasibility analysis described in Section 63J-4-706.

(a) the potential eligible program provider's capacity to effectively implement the components of an education, employability training, and workforce placement program as described in Section 63J-4-707;

(b) the potential eligible program provider's experience in enrolling and serving the eligible participants the program intends to serve, including participants who are economically disadvantaged;

(c) the potential eligible program provider's ability to access state collaborative partner networks and community resources;

(d) the potential eligible program provider's ability to address labor market needs and workforce demands;

(e) the potential eligible program provider's ability to demonstrate that performance outcome measures for the education, employability training, and workforce placement program can be measured through an experimental or quasi-experimental design;

(f) the potential eligible program provider's ability to attract private or philanthropic investors;

(g) the potential eligible program provider's strategy to implement the components of an education, employability skills, and workforce placement program; and

(h) the potential eligible program provider's ability to provide the necessary data to a programmatic intermediary for the feasibility analysis described in Section 63J-4-706.

(4) To be selected as an eligible program provider under this part, the eligible program provider shall agree to: (a) allow the evaluator, chosen in accordance with Section 63J-4-704, to review data from the provider to ensure that the components described in Section 63J-4-707 are implemented; and (b) assign a unique identifier to each eligible participant enrolled in an education, employability training, and workforce placement program with the eligible program provider and maintain records of the performance outcome measures achieved by each eligible participant.

(a) allow the evaluator, chosen in accordance with Section 63J-4-704, to review data from the provider to ensure that the components described in Section 63J-4-707 are implemented; and

(b) assign a unique identifier to each eligible participant enrolled in an education, employability training, and workforce placement program with the eligible program provider and maintain records of the performance outcome measures achieved by each eligible participant.