Jobs Now Act of 2015
Last action on Mar 23, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Work...
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Jobs Now Act of 2015
Amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to direct the Department of Labor to carry out a two-year pilot program to award competitive grants to general local government units or community-based organizations to retain, employ, or train employees who provide them a public service.
Prescribes program requirements, including that:
- each unit or organization grantee give priority to the retention, employment, and training of veterans, individuals with disabilities, individuals who receive unemployment benefits, or dislocated workers; and
- Labor give priority to the award of grants to units and organizations with high unemployment, foreclosure, and poverty rates.
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