Empowering Individuals to Succeed Through Education and Workforce Training Act
Bill: H.R.7106 | Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam (D-WA)
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
Empowering Individuals to Succeed Through Education and Workforce Training Act
This bill directs the Department of Labor to award grants to provide support services (e.g., transportation, child or dependent care, housing, and other needs-related payments) for individuals receiving workforce training and education.

To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to establish a 
   fund to provide support services for individuals participating in 
              certain training activities under such Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Empowering Individuals to Succeed 
Through Education and Workforce Training Act''.

SEC. 2. SUPPORT SERVICES TRAINING FUND.

    Subtitle D of chapter 4 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act (29 U.S.C. 3206) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 172 as section 173; and
            (2) by adding after section 171 the following new section:

``SEC. 172. SUPPORT SERVICES TRAINING FUND.

    ``(a) Establishment of Specified Support Services Training Fund.--
From the amounts appropriated to carry out this section, the Secretary 
shall award competitive grants to qualified applicants to provide 
specified support services for individuals participating in training 
activities covered under section 134(c)(3) of title I and section 231 
of title II of this Act.
    ``(b) Qualified Applicant.--For purposes of this section, the term 
`qualified applicant' means a local board, a consortium of local 
boards, or a State board acting on behalf of or in partnership with a 
consortium of local boards.
    ``(c) Application.--To receive a grant under subsection (a), a 
qualified applicant shall submit to the Secretary an application in 
such manner, at such time, and containing such information as the 
Secretary may require, including a description of how such qualified 
applicant plans to partner with other organizations, including the 
State agency responsible for administering the State program for 
temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) funded under part A of 
title IV of the Social Security Act and the supplemental nutrition 
assistance program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2012 et seq.), to provide specified support services.
    ``(d) Use of Funds.--
            ``(1) Eligible participant.--Individuals participating in 
        training services covered under section 134(c)(3) of title I or 
        section 231 of title II of this Act are eligible to receive 
        specified support services provided under this section.
            ``(2) Specified support services.--The qualified support 
        services to be provided by a grantee under this section 
        include--
                    ``(A) supportive services described in section 
                3(59), and
                    ``(B) such other services or funding not described 
                in such section as a grantee identifies as important 
                for an individual to successfully complete training 
                services covered under this section, including funding 
                for, or the provision of, groceries and after-hours 
                childcare.
    ``(e) Individual Grant Amounts.--The amount of an individual grant 
awarded under this section shall not exceed more than $2,000,000 per 
year.''.
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