I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7406 
To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to update the 
definition of supportive services, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 5, 2022 
Ms. OMAR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
to update the definition of supportive services, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supportive Services 
Enhancement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. 
(a) INCLUSION OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES IN DEFI-
NITION
OF CAREER PATHWAY.—Section 3(7) of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3102(7))— 
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(1) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 
subparagraph (F); 
(2) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(H) includes supportive services or pro-
vides assistance in applying for and accessing 
direct support services, means-tested Federal 
benefit programs, or similar State, tribal, or 
local benefit programs.’’. 
(b) 
SUPPORTIVE
SERVICES
DEFINED.—Section 
3(59) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3102(59)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(59) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.—The term ‘sup-
portive services’ means services such as transpor-
tation, child care, dependent care, housing, food and 
nutrition services, mental health care supports, sub-
stance use disorder treatment, access to broadband, 
affordable internet connection, or digital devices with 
connection to the internet, assistive technology, and 
needs-related payments, that are necessary to enable 
an individual to participate in workforce develop-
ment activities.’’. 
(c) 
FUNCTIONS
OF
LOCAL
BOARD.—Section 
107(d)(3) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
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Act (29 U.S.C. 3122(d)(3)) is amended, in the first sen-
tence, by inserting ‘‘, including supportive services offered 
by community-based organizations,’’ after ‘‘resources’’. 
(d) PROGRAM ELEMENTS FOR YOUTH WORKFORCE 
INVESTMENT
ACTIVITIES.—Section 129(c)(2) of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3164(c)(2) is amended— 
(1) by amending subparagraph (G) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(G) Supportive services, including pro-
viding supportive services to eligible youth or 
connecting such youth to supportive services 
provided by another entity, to enable participa-
tion in the a summer or year-round employment 
program, which may include food and nutrition 
services, and health and mental health care 
supports.’’; and 
(2) by amending subparagraph (K) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(K) high-quality financial literacy edu-
cation, including for eligible youth participating 
in a summer or year-round employment pro-
gram, including education on the use of credit 
and financing higher education, and access to 
safe and affordable banking.’’. 
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(e) REQUIRED LOCAL EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
ACTIVITIES.—Section 134(c) of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (29 13 U.S.C. 3174(c)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(A) is amended by striking 
clauses (iv) and (v) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(iv) to provide supportive services de-
scribed in paragraph (4) to adults and dis-
located workers, respectively, through the 
one-stop delivery system in accordance 
with such paragraph;’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.—A portion of the 
funds allocated to a local area for adults under para-
graph (2)(A) or (3), as appropriate, of section 
133(b), and a portion of the funds allocated to the 
local area for dislocated workers under section 
133(b)(2)(B)— 
‘‘(A) shall be used to provide supportive 
services (that are not needs-related payments) 
to adults and dislocated workers, respectively— 
‘‘(i) who are participating in programs 
with activities authorized in paragraph (2) 
or (3) of subsection (c), or who entered un-
subsidized employment after participating 
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