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HR 714 · in committee · significant

Jobs Now Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • The bill creates a two-year pilot program where the Labor Department awards grants for public service jobs.
  • Local governments and community organizations receive funds to hire, train, or keep workers who might otherwise be laid off.
  • At least half the grant money must go toward retaining employees facing layoffs due to budget cuts.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How would local governments decide which workers facing layoffs should be prioritized for retention grants under this program?

  2. 02

    What happens to workers hired through this pilot program after the two-year funding period ends, and how would communities prepare for that transition?

  3. 03

    Should the Labor Department measure success by the number of jobs retained, the cost per job saved, or other metrics, and what evidence exists that similar programs work?

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Sponsor · D-FL-24

Frederica S. Wilson

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Introduced 2025-01-23

Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-01-23 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

  2. 2025-01-23 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  3. 2025-01-23 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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