Sec. 6. Incarcerated firefighter reentry program grants
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Subtitle D of title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3221 et seq. ) is amended— by redesignating section 172 as section 173; and by inserting after section 171 the following new section: The Secretary shall establish a program to award grants to eligible entities to enable such entities to provide job training, job placement services, and mentoring to individuals who are former incarcerated firefighters during reentry. To be eligible for a grant under this section, a State shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably require.
A grant awarded under this section may be used by an eligible entity to— in the case of a program that provides job training, placement services, and mentoring exclusively to former incarcerated firefighters upon reentry, to pay costs related to such program; and in the case of a program that provides job training, placement services, and mentoring to former incarcerated firefighters and to other individuals during reentry, to pay costs related to the participation of such former incarcerated firefighters in the program. evaluate and implement methods to improve the employment opportunities of incarcerated firefighters upon reentry; and identify, and make recommendations regarding, best practices relating to reentry and the employment of incarcerated firefighters as full-time firefighters during reentry.
In this section: The term eligible entity means— a private non-profit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; a local workforce development board; a State or local government; or an Indian or Native American entity eligible for grants under section 166. The term incarcerated firefighter has the meaning given such term in section 3(z) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 203(z) ). The term reentry means, in relation to an individual, the 180-day period beginning on the date on which such individual is released from incarceration. .
Section 173(d) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act as redesignated by subsection
(a)of this section is amended by striking section 169 and inserting sections 169 and 172 . The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act is amended— by redesignating the item relating to section 172 as section 173; and by inserting after the item relating to section 171 the following: .
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