H.R. 10561 — Workforce Opportunities for Communities in Recovery Act

This section establishes a 2-year pilot grant program authorizing the Secretary of Labor to award competitive grants to State and local workforce boards, on behalf of partnerships with treatment providers, employers, education providers, and other entities, to address economic and workforce impacts of substance use disorders in service areas demonstrating downturns, high unemployment, or workforce shortages in treatment occupations. The Secretary must ensure equitable geographic distribution and may use no more than 5 percent of available funds for administration.

This section authorizes appropriations for substance use crisis grants to carry out section 170(e), providing $25 million for fiscal year 2027, $27.5 million for fiscal year 2028, $30 million for fiscal year 2029, $32.5 million for fiscal year 2030, $35 million for fiscal year 2031, and $37.5 million for fiscal year 2032.

This section replaces references to “this section” with “this paragraph” in the provision authorizing additional assistance for eligible dislocated workers after exhaustion of initial national dislocated worker grant funds, and with “subsection (b)(1)(B)” in subsection (d)(4).