This bill changes parts of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). It directs the Department of Labor to collect and share up-to-date, evidence-based information with States and local workforce areas about how to address the economic and workforce harms caused by high rates of substance use disorders. The information must be updated every year and must include practices shared by States and local areas and guidance on how to apply for a new type of grant under section 170(b)(1)(E).
The bill also adds a new grant option to WIOA's national dislocated worker grants. Under that option, grants may go to eligible entities to provide employment and training activities related to preventing and treating substance use disorders. Examples listed in the bill include addiction treatment, mental health treatment, and pain management. The bill describes who can get services from these grants: dislocated workers, long-term unemployed people, people unemployed or underemployed because of widespread substance use in their area, and people employed or seeking work in health care jobs that provide prevention or treatment services.
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