WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT

Bills and resolutions

Colleges and universities: support community college and industry partnerships (see S. 2390), S703 [7FE]

Dept. of Labor: establish a fund to provide support services for individuals participating in certain workforce innovation training activities (see H.R. 7048), H9419 [5OC]

——— establish Jobs Plus Recovery programs to give individuals impacted by opioid addiction or substance use disorders access to job training and support services (see S. 2642), S2040 [10AP] (see H.R. 5679), H3781 [7MY]

——— make permanent a grant program to promote and assist in the reentry of ex-offenders into the workforce (see H.R. 7069), H9435 [16OC]

——— provide at-risk and disconnected youth with subsidized summer and year-round employment and assist local community partnerships in improving high school graduation and youth employment rates (see S. 3234), S5066 [18JY]

——— remove certain restrictions on advertising and public relations by allowing workforce development boards to use Federal resources to advertise their services (see H.R. 5880), H4242 [18MY]

Employment: provide for a program that employs pay-for-performance financing for workforce development projects (see S. 3601), S6816 [11OC]

——— recognize importance of funding workforce development programs (see H. Res. 1100), H9406 [28SE]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Labor: establish Jobs Plus Recovery programs to give individuals impacted by opioid addiction or substance use disorders access to job training and support services (S. 2642), S2042 [10AP]

——— provide at-risk and disconnected youth with subsidized summer and year-round employment and assist local community partnerships in improving high school graduation and youth employment rates (S. 3234), S5069 [18JY]