public health, social services, customer 
service, case management, or occupations 
that require related qualifications, skills, or 
competencies, such as strong interpersonal 
and communication skills, needed for con-
tact tracing or related positions; or 
(ii) seek to transition to public health 
and public health related occupations upon 
the conclusion of employment in contact 
tracing or related positions; 
(B) how such strategies will take into ac-
count the diversity of such community, includ-
ing racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, linguistic, or 
geographic diversity; 
(4) the amount, timing, and mechanisms for 
distribution of funds provided to local boards or 
through subgrants as described in subsection (d); 
(5) for eligible entities described in subpara-
graphs (A) through (C) of subsection (a)(4), a de-
scription of how the eligible entity will ensure the eq-
uitable distribution of funds with respect to— 
(A) geography (such as urban and rural 
distribution); 
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(B) medically underserved populations (as 
defined in section 33(b)(3) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(b))); 
(C) health professional shortage areas (as 
defined under section 332(a) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254e(a))); and 
(D) the racial and ethnic diversity of the 
area; and 
(6) for eligible entities who are local boards, a 
description of how a grant to such eligible entity 
would serve the equitable distribution of funds as de-
scribed in paragraph (5). 
(d) SUBGRANT AUTHORIZATION AND APPLICATION 
PROCESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity may award 
a subgrant to a community-based organization for 
the purposes of partnering with a State or local 
board to conduct outreach and education activities 
to inform potentially eligible individuals about em-
ployment opportunities in contact tracing and re-
lated positions. 
(2) APPLICATION.—A community-based organi-
zation shall submit an application at such time and 
in such manner as the eligible entity may reasonably 
require, including— 
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(A) a demonstration of the community- 
based organization’s established expertise and 
effectiveness in community outreach in the local 
area that such organization plans to serve; 
(B) a demonstration of the community- 
based organization’s expertise in providing em-
ployment or public health information to the 
local areas in which such organization plans to 
serve; and 
(C) a description of the expertise of the 
community-based organization in utilizing cul-
turally competent and multilingual strategies in 
the provision of services. 
(e) GRANT DISTRIBUTION.— 
(1) FEDERAL DISTRIBUTION.— 
(A) USE
OF
FUNDS.—The Secretary of 
Labor shall use the funds appropriated to carry 
out this section as follows: 
(i) Subject to clause (ii), the Secretary 
shall distribute funds among eligible enti-
ties in accordance with a formula to be es-
tablished by the Secretary that— 
(I) provides a minimum level of 
funding to each eligible entity that 
seeks a grant under this section; and 
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(II) allocates additional funding 
with priority given based on the num-
ber and proportion of contact tracing 
and related positions that the State 
plans to recruit, place, and train as a 
part of the State plans described in 
subsection (c)(2)(A). 
(ii) Not more than 2 percent of the 
funding may be used for administration of 
the grants and for providing technical as-
sistance to recipients of funds under this 
section. 
(B) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—If the ge-
ographic region served by one or more eligible 
entities overlaps, the Secretary shall distribute 
funds among such entities in such a manner 
that ensures equitable distribution with respect 
to the factors under in subsection (c)(5). 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY USE OF FUNDS.—An eli-
gible entity described in subparagraphs (A) through 
(C) of subsection (a)(4)— 
(A) shall, not later than 30 days after the 
date on which the entity receives grant funds 
under this section, provide not less than 70 per-
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cent of grant funds to local boards for the pur-
pose of carrying out activities in subsection (f); 
(B) may use up to 20 percent of such 
funds to make subgrants to community-based 
organizations in the service area to conduct out-
reach, to potential eligible individuals, as de-
scribed in subsection (d); 
(C) in providing funds to local boards and 
awarding subgrants under this subsection shall 
ensure the equitable distribution with respect to 
the factors described in subsection (c)(5); and 
(D) may use not more than 10 percent of 
the funds awarded under this section for the 
administrative costs of carrying out the grant 
and for providing technical assistance to local 
boards and community-based organizations. 
(3) LOCAL
BOARD
USE
OF
FUNDS.—A local 
board, or an eligible entity that is a local board, 
shall use— 
(A) not less than 60 percent of the funds 
for recruitment and training for activities in ac-
cordance with the strategy established under 
section 2; 
(B) not less than 30 of the funds to sup-
port the transition of individuals hired as con-
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tact tracers and related positions into an edu-
cation or training program, or unsubsidized em-
ployment upon completion of such positions; 
and 
(C) not more than 10 percent of the funds 
for administrative costs. 
(f) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—The State or local boards 
shall use funds awarded under this section to support the 
recruitment and placement of eligible individuals, training 
and employment transition as related to contact tracing 
and related positions, and for the following activities: 
(1) Establishing or expanding partnerships 
with— 
(A) State, local, Tribal, and territorial 
public health departments; 
(B) community-based health providers, in-
cluding community health centers and rural 
health clinics; 
(C) labor organizations or joint labor man-
agement organizations; 
(D) two-year and four-year institutions of 
higher education (as defined in section 101 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001)), including institutions eligible to receive 
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funds under section 371(a) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)); and 
(E) community action agencies or other 
community-based organizations serving local 
areas in which there is a demand for contact 
tracers and related positions. 
(2) Providing training for contact tracing and 
related positions in coordination with State, local, 
Tribal, or territorial health departments that is con-
sistent with the State or territorial testing and con-
tact tracing strategy and ensuring that eligible indi-
viduals receive compensation while participating in 
such training. 
(3) Providing eligible individuals with— 
(A) adequate and safe equipment, environ-
ments, and facilities for training and super-
vision, as applicable; 
(B) information regarding the wages and 
benefits related to contact tracing and related 
positions, as compared to State, local, and na-
tional averages; 
(C) supplies and equipment needed by the 
program participants to support placement of 
an individual in contact tracing and related po-
sitions, as applicable; 
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(D) an individualized employment plan for 
each eligible individual, as applicable— 
(i) in coordination with the entity em-
ploying the eligible individual in a contact 
tracing or related position; and 
(ii) which shall include providing a 
case manager to work with each eligible in-
dividual to develop the plan, which may in-
clude— 
(I) identifying employment and 
career goals, and setting appropriate 
achievement objectives to attain such 
goals; and 
(II) exploring career pathways 
that lead to in-demand industries and 
sectors, including in public health and 
related occupations; and 
(E) services for the period during which 
the individual is employed in a contact tracing 
and related position to ensure job retention, 
which may include— 
(i) supportive services throughout the 
term of employment; 
(ii) a continuation of skills training as 
related to employment as a contact tracer 
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or related positions, that is conducted in 
collaboration with the employers of such 
participants; 
(iii) mentorship services and job re-
tention support for eligible individuals; or 
(iv) targeted training for managers 
and workers working with eligible individ-
uals (such as mentors), and human re-
source representatives. 
(4) Supporting the transition and placement in 
unsubsidized employment for eligible individuals 
serving in the contact tracing or related positions 
after such positions are no longer necessary in the 
State or local area, including— 
(A) any additional training and employ-
ment activities as described in section 170(d)(4) 
of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act (29 U.S.C. 3225(d)(4)); 
(B) developing the appropriate combina-
tion of services to enable the eligible individual 
to achieve the employment and career goals 
identified under paragraph (3)(D)(ii)(I); and 
(C) services to assist eligible individuals in 
maintaining employment for not less than 12 
months after the completion of employment in 
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contact tracing or related positions, as appro-
priate. 
(5) Any other activities as described in sub-
sections (a)(3) and (b) of section 134 of the Work-
force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3174). 
(g) 
LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding 
section 
170(d)(3)(A) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3225(d)(3)(A)), a person may be 
employed in a contact tracing or related position using 
funds under this section for a period not greater than 2 
years. 
(h) REPORTING BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days of 
the enactment of this Act, and once grant funds 
have been expended under this section, the Secretary 
shall report to the Committee on Education and 
Labor of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
of the Senate, and make publicly available a report 
containing a description of— 
(A) the number of eligible individuals re-
cruited, hired, trained as contact tracers or in 
related positions; 
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(B) the number of individuals successfully 
transitioned to unsubsidized employment or 
training at the completion of employment in 
contact tracing or related positions using funds 
under this subtitle; 
(C) the number of such individuals who 
were unemployed prior to being hired, trained, 
or deployed as described in paragraph (1); 
(D) the performance of each program sup-
ported by funds under this subtitle with respect 
to the indicators of performance under section 
116 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141), as applicable; 
(E) the number of individuals in unsub-
sidized employment within six months and 1 
year, respectively, of the conclusion of employ-
ment in contact tracing or related positions 
and, of those, the number of individuals within 
a State, territorial, or local public health de-
partment in an occupation related to public 
health; 
(F) any information on how eligible enti-
ties, local boards, or community-based organiza-
tions that received funding under this sub-
section were able to support the goals of the 
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