To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to create a pilot program to award grants to units of general local government and community-based organizations to create jobs, and for other purposes.
Jobs Now Act of 2017
This bill 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 a local government unit with a public service.
The bill prescribes required and authorized uses of grant fund and priorities for awarding and using grant funds, including:
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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