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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · S. 789 (Introduced in Senate) — To establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress and the Secretary of... · Sec. 201

Sec. 201. Workplace improvement grants

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The Secretary shall award grants to 4 eligible entities described in subsection
(d)to assist the entities in carrying out a workplace improvement program to address concerns for the social work profession, including caseloads, compensation, social worker safety, supervision, and working conditions. The Secretary shall award to each of the 4 grant recipients under this section $1,000,000 per fiscal year for 4 consecutive fiscal years, beginning with the first fiscal year that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act. At least 2 of the grant recipients under this section shall be agencies of State or local governments. An entity eligible for a grant under this section shall— work in a social work capacity; demonstrate that the entity needs to improve in 1 or more of the workplace concern areas described in subsection (a); provide services to individuals of different racial, ethnic, cultural, geographic, religious, linguistic, and class backgrounds, and different genders and sexual orientations; demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the concerns of the groups described in paragraph (3); and employ individuals who represent themselves as competent to provide social work services only within the boundaries of such individuals' education, training, licenses, certification, professional case consultation, supervised experience, or other relevant professional experience. In selecting grant recipients under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities that— have proven to be fiscally responsible, administratively capable, and otherwise equipped to oversee and monitor a workplace improvement program under this section; are knowledgeable about relevant social work workforce trends; and have not less than 2 years of experience carrying out workplace improvement activities. There are authorized to be appropriated $16,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2019 to carry out this section.
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