Workforce Opportunities for Communities in Recovery Act

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New grants would help communities and workers recover from substance use disorder's economic toll.

The Workforce Opportunities for Communities in Recovery Act would create a new pilot program to give out competitive grants. These grants would help state and local groups offer job training, support services, and employer connections to help workers and communities deal with the economic fallout from widespread substance use disorder.

What Would Change

Today, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) offers general workforce development programs but does not have a specific pilot program or dedicated grants to address the economic and workforce impacts of widespread substance use disorder. If this bill becomes law, it would establish a new pilot program under WIOA, authorizing competitive grants to state and local boards to provide workforce services, training, and supportive services to individuals and communities affected by substance use disorder, with specific annual funding authorized from the government's budget year 2027 through 2032.

Key Provisions

Creates a pilot program to give competitive grants to state and local workforce boards to address economic and job impacts of substance use disorder.
Lets local partnerships offer job training, supportive services, and employer connections to affected workers.
Helps workers directly or indirectly impacted by substance use disorder, or those wanting to work in recovery support professions.
Sets aside money for these grants, starting with $25 million for the government's budget year 2027 and increasing to $37.5 million by 2032.
Limits how much grant money participating partnerships can use for their own administrative costs (not more than 10%).
Limits how much grant money participating partnerships can use for the provision of supportive services described in subparagraph (C)(iii) to program participants (not more than 10%).

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Workforce Opportunities for Communities in Recovery Act

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