Bill > S3379

This bill, also known as the EARLY Benefits for Workers Act, amends Title III of the Social Security Act to provide states with more flexibility in how they use grant funds for reemployment services and eligibility assessments. Specifically, it allows states to use up to 20% of their grant funds, or $3,000,000, whichever is less, to offer reemployment services and eligibility assessment tools to individuals as soon as they file an initial claim for regular unemployment compensation. Importantly, a claimant cannot be deemed ineligible for unemployment benefits solely because they didn't participate in these early interventions between filing their initial claim and their first week of receiving benefits. If a claimant receives these early services but is later found ineligible for unemployment benefits, they will no longer receive those specific services unless they are funded by another source or generally available to the public, but the state will not be penalized or required to return grant funds for services provided before the ineligibility determination.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3379/all-info