Title: American Job Centers Family Accessibility Act of 2020
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
American Job Centers Family Accessibility Act of 2020
This bill establishes a competitive grant program for states to provide access to childcare for individuals receiving services from specified workforce training and career programs.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6069 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6069

To establish a competitive program to make grants to States to provide 
 child care to individuals receiving services at American Job Centers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 3, 2020

Mr. Pappas (for himself, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Gallego, Ms. 
Norton, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Kind, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Smith of 
 Washington, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Trone, and 
 Mr. Thompson of California) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish a competitive program to make grants to States to provide 
 child care to individuals receiving services at American Job Centers.

    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 ``American Job Centers Family 
Accessibility Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a competitive 
program (hereinafter referred to as the ``program'') to make grants to 
States with an established one-stop delivery system under subsection 
(a) of section 121 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3151) to provide access to childcare for individuals that 
receive services from such one-stop delivery systems.
    (b) Selection.--
            (1) Number of grantees.--The Secretary shall award grants 
        under the program to not fewer than 6 States.
            (2) Workforce area specification.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary shall require each 
                applicant State to specify a workforce area in the 
                State in which the applicant intends to implement the 
                project funded by the grant under this section.
                    (B) Rural workforce areas.--An applicant State with 
                multiple local workforce boards shall designate a rural 
                workforce area as the project site.
            (3) Application.--The Secretary shall require applicant 
        States to submit an application containing--
                    (A) a description of--
                            (i) the project, including how the State 
                        intends to carry out the project and use funds 
                        granted under this section;
                            (ii) the designated workforce area 
                        described in subsection (b);
                            (iii) a plan for third-party evaluation of 
                        the project; and
                            (iv) the cost estimate of the project; and
                    (B) a letter from each workforce board with 
                jurisdiction in the designated workforce area described 
                in subsection (b) certifying that such board 
                acknowledges that such board will receive funds to 
                implement the described project.
            (4) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the 
        Secretary shall give priority to States that--
                    (A) have more rural areas; and
                    (B) provide access to childcare for individuals 
                that receive services from such one-stop delivery 
                systems.
            (5) Geographic diversity.--In carrying out the program, the 
        Secretary shall, select not more than one State from each of 
        the six Regions of the Employment and Training Administration 
        (ETA) of DOL.
    (c) Use of Funds.--The Secretary shall include as a condition of 
receipt of the grant a requirement that the State shall--
            (1) reserve not fewer than 5 percent of funds received 
        under the grant to fund a third-party evaluation; and
            (2) all other grant funds awarded to the State under the 
        program shall be used to provide access to child care for 
        individuals using the service of such a one-stop delivery 
        system.
    (d) Report.--
            (1) Grantee reports.--The Secretary shall include as a 
        condition of receipt of the grant a requirement that the State 
        shall submit annual reports containing--
                    (A) information on how the grant funds have been 
                used to achieve the purpose of this Act;
                    (B) with respect to each grant, a description of 
                progress made toward achievement of the goals described 
                in the application of such grantee; and
                    (C) a description of metrics relevant to the 
                project, including--
                            (i) number of unique residents who utilized 
                        child care services funded under this section 
                        in a given time period; and
                            (ii) number of children served using funds 
                        under this section in a given time period.
            (2) Congressional report.--Not later than 5 years after the 
        date on which the first grant is awarded under this Act, the 
        Secretary shall submit to Congress an evaluation of all grants 
        issued under this Act, including--
                    (A) the goals of each grantee;
                    (B) challenges and outcomes associated with each 
                grant; and
                    (C) recommendations with respect to future programs 
                to achieve the purpose of this Act.
    (e) State Defined.--In this Act, the term ``State'' means any 
State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and any territory or 
possession of the United States.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this Act $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2020.
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