Bill > S4239

This bill establishes a grant program for states to provide additional employment training services and workforce investment activities, particularly in areas most significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The key provisions include: 1. Defining a "qualifying emergency" as a public health emergency, major disaster, or national emergency related to COVID-19 declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services or the President. 2. Requiring the Secretary of Labor to allot funds to states based on a formula, with states then allocating a portion of the funds to local areas most significantly impacted by the qualifying emergency. 3. Allowing states to use the funds for rapid response activities, facilitating remote access to employment and training services, expanding online learning, and assisting local areas in purchasing technology and supplies. 4. Requiring local areas to use the funds for in-person and virtual training services, such as on-the-job training, customized training, transitional jobs, and short-term training, as well as for expanding partnerships to support online training programs. 5. Authorizing the appropriation of $3.5 billion for this grant program over fiscal years 2020 through 2022.

Health and Social Services

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