education, or adult job training programs, if applicable. (7) Provides training, coaching, and mentoring services, and technical assistance to participating employers to best help such employers structure the job opportunities of the employers to meet the employer’s needs and the support the success of youth participants. (8) Provides program supports to youth participants before, during, and after their program (such as digital literacy training, work-readiness opportunities, financial literacy training, specific job training for their summer job placement, and career counseling services). 4. Implementation of innovative program activities (a) Grants authorized From the amounts appropriated under section 2(b)(2) for this section, the Secretary of Labor shall provide grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities that operate summer youth employment programs that include each of the program elements listed in section 3(d) to integrate innovative approaches in carrying out such programs for the purposes of improving the youth outcomes listed under section 3(a). (b) Grant prioritization In awarding grants to eligible entities under this section, the Secretary of Labor, in coordination with the Advisory Board, shall prioritize eligible entities that, based upon the applications submitted under subsection (c)— (1) have higher youth unemployment rates and violent crime rates in the local areas to be served