Empowering Individuals to Succeed Through Education and Workforce Training Act

Bill: 117-hr-7106
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2022-03-16
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-03-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Empowering Individuals to Succeed Through Education and Workforce Training Act</b></p> <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7106 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 16, 2022 Mr. Smith of Washington 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 establish a fund to provide support services for individuals participating in certain training activities under such Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Empowering Individuals to Succeed Through Education and Workforce Training Act . 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: 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. .