American Job Centers Family Accessibility Act of 2020

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 6069 To establish a competitive program to make grants to States to provide child care to individuals receiving services at American Job Centers. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 3, 2020 Mr. PAPPAS (for himself, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. GALLEGO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. KIND, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. TRONE, and Mr. THOMPSON of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To establish a competitive program to make grants to States to provide child care to individuals receiving services at American Job Centers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Job Centers 4 Family Accessibility Act of 2020’’. 5 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after the 7 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall es- 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:14 Mar 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6069.IH H6069 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 6069 IH tablish a competitive program (hereinafter referred to as 1 the ‘‘program’’) to make grants to States with an estab- 2 lished one-stop delivery system under subsection (a) of 3 section 121 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 4 Act (29 U.S.C. 3151) to provide access to childcare for 5 individuals that receive services from such one-stop deliv- 6 ery systems. 7 (b) SELECTION.— 8 (1) NUMBER OF GRANTEES.—The Secretary 9 shall award grants under the program to not fewer 10 than 6 States. 11 (2) WORKFORCE AREA SPECIFICATION.— 12 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall re- 13 quire each applicant State to specify a work- 14 force area in the State in which the applicant 15 intends to implement the project funded by the 16 grant under this section. 17 (B) RURAL WORKFORCE AREAS.—An ap- 18 plicant State with multiple local workforce 19 boards shall designate a rural workforce area as 20 the project site. 21 (3) APPLICATION.—The Secretary shall require 22 applicant States to submit an application con- 23 taining— 24 (A) a description of— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:14 Mar 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6069.IH H6069 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 6069 IH (i) the project, including how the 1 State intends to carry out the project and 2 use funds granted under this section; 3 (ii) the designated workforce area de- 4 scribed in subsection (b); 5 (iii) a plan for third-party evaluation 6 of the project; and 7 (iv) the cost estimate of the project; 8 and 9 (B) a letter from each workforce board 10 with jurisdiction in the designated workforce 11 area described in subsection (b) certifying that 12 such board acknowledges that such board will 13 receive funds to implement the described 14 project. 15 (4) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 16 section, the Secretary shall give priority to States 17 that— 18 (A) have more rural areas; and 19 (B) provide access to childcare for individ- 20 uals that receive services from such one-stop de- 21 livery systems. 22 (5) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.—In carrying out 23 the program, the Secretary shall, select not more 24 than one State from each of the six Regions of the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:14 Mar 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6069.IH H6069 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 6069 IH Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of 1 DOL. 2 (c) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary shall include as 3 a condition of receipt of the grant a requirement that the 4 State shall— 5 (1) reserve not fewer than 5 percent of funds 6 received under the grant to fund a third-party eval- 7 uation; and 8 (2) all other grant funds awarded to the State 9 under the program shall be used to provide access 10 to child care for individuals using the service of such 11 a one-stop delivery system. 12 (d) REPORT.— 13 (1) GRANTEE REPORTS.—The Secretary shall 14 include as a condition of receipt of the grant a re- 15 quirement that the State shall submit annual reports 16 containing— 17 (A) information on how the grant funds 18 have been used to achieve the purpose of this 19 Act; 20 (B) with respect to each grant, a descrip- 21 tion of progress made toward achievement of 22 the goals described in the application of such 23 grantee; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:14 Mar 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6069.IH H6069 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 6069 IH (C) a description of metrics relevant to the 1 project, including— 2 (i) number of unique residents who 3 utilized child care services funded under 4 this section in a given time period; and 5 (ii) number of children served using 6 funds under this section in a given time 7 period. 8 (2) CONGRESSIONAL REPORT.—Not later than 9 5 years after the date on which the first grant is 10 awarded under this Act, the Secretary shall submit 11 to Congress an evaluation of all grants issued under 12 this Act, including— 13 (A) the goals of each grantee; 14 (B) challenges and outcomes associated 15 with each grant; and 16 (C) recommendations with respect to fu- 17 ture programs to achieve the purpose of this 18 Act. 19 (e) STATE DEFINED.—In this Act, the term ‘‘State’’ 20 means any State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 21 and any territory or possession of the United States. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:14 Mar 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6069.IH H6069 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 6069 IH (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 1 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 2 $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2020. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:14 Mar 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H6069.IH H6069 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS