Sec. 8. Workforce development programs for non-custodial parents
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Beginning with fiscal year 2024, the Secretary shall use the funds made available under subsection
(f)to make grants to States to conduct workforce development programs that provide evidence-based work activities, which may include workforce education and support, technical certification programs, subsidized employment, and on-the-job training and education, to eligible non-custodial parents. The Secretary shall require each State that applies for a grant under this section to include in the application for the grant the following: A description of the nature and structure of the evidence-based work activities proposed to be provided through a program funded in whole or in part with grant funds, including data and evaluations supporting the effectiveness of such activities in increasing the employment of eligible non-custodial parents. Descriptions of how employers will be recruited to participate in such program and how the State will solicit input from employers in the design and implementation of such program. A description of how the State will promote long-term employment through participation in such program. A description of how the State will prioritize providing evidence-based work activities for low-income, eligible non-custodial parents. Such other information as may the Secretary may require. A State receiving funds under this section shall prioritize providing evidence-based work activities through a program funded in whole or in part with such funds for eligible non-custodial parents who are eligible for benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, as defined in section 3(t) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2012(t) ), and, at the option of the State, may limit participation in such program to such eligible non-custodial parents. Not later than 12 months after the end of the last fiscal year in which a State expends funds from a grant made under this section, the State shall submit to the Secretary a report that includes the following information: The number of eligible non-custodial parents who participated in a workforce development program funded in whole or in part with such funds. The median monthly earnings of an eligible non-custodial parent participant while participating in any such workforce development program and 6 months after exiting from the program. The percentage of eligible non-custodial parent participants who are employed full-time 6 months after exiting from any such workforce development program. Such other reporting requirements as the Secretary determines would be beneficial to evaluating the impact of workforce development programs funded in whole or in part with grant funds provided under this section. Funds provided under this section to a State shall be used to supplement and not supplant any other Federal or State funds which are available for the same general purposes in the State. Notwithstanding section 403(b) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 603(b) ), from the amount available in the Contingency Fund for State Welfare Programs established under such section that is unobligated as of the date of enactment of this Act, $100,000,000 of such amount is hereby transferred and made available to the Secretary to carry out this section for any fiscal year occurring on or after the date of enactment of this Act. Funds provided to a State under this section in a fiscal year shall remain available for expenditure by the State through the end of the second succeeding fiscal year. In this section: Subject to subparagraph (B), the term eligible non-custodial parent means an individual who— is obligated to pay child support under a support order; has unpaid, past-due child support obligations; and has been unemployed or underemployed for any period of time during the 6-month period prior to the individual's participation in a program funded in whole or in part with funds provided to a State under this section. An individual shall not be considered to be an eligible non-custodial parent if the individual is not a citizen of the United States or would not be eligible for the program as a result of the application of title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 ( 8 U.S.C. 1611 et seq. ). The term Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The term State means the 50 States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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