H.R. 2990 · 114th Congress
Accelerating Individuals into the Workforce Act
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A state may use a grant to subsidize a recipient's wages for only 12 months and for no more than 50% of the wages received.
What it does: CRS summary · Reported to House with amendment(s) · Jun 28, 2016
Accelerating Individuals into the Workforce Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to states to conduct demonstration projects designed to implement and evaluate strategies that provide wage subsidies to enable low-income individuals to enter into and retain employment.
A state may use a grant to subsidize a recipient's wages for only 12 months and for no more than 50% of the wages received.
An eligible recipient of such a subsidy may be either a TANF recipient or a noncustodial parent of a minor child receiving TANF assistance, but must also be unemployed and have an income less than 200% of the poverty line.
A state must ensure that a subsidy recipient does not displace an individual on layoff or an employee whose employment has been terminated to make a vacancy for the subsidy recipient. A state must also establish a grievance procedure for resolving complaints of alleged violations of this nondisplacement requirement.
HHS shall reserve specified funds for FY2017 to carry out this program, 15% of which must fund programs offering career pathway training services under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. (Career pathways programs combine education, training, and other services aligned with the skill needs of industries in the economy of the state or regional economy involved in order to help an individual enter or advance within a specific occupation or occupational cluster.)
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Accelerating Individuals into the Workforce Act
Latest action (Jun 28, 2016): Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 498.
Policy area: Social Welfare · Origin: House · Introduced: Jul 9, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.