Customized Approaches to Providing And Building Independent Lives of Inclusion for Transition-aged Youth Act of 2019 or the CAPABILITY Act of 2019 This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to carry out a program under which ED makes grants to states to assist them in carrying out activities designed to help a transition-aged youth (i.e., a person considered to be a transition-aged youth under the laws of the state concerned) with covered disabilities obtain customized, competitive integrated employment. These disabilities include intellectual, developmental, mental health, physical, or other significant disability that presents barriers to an individual transitioning to employment or postsecondary education.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Labor and Employment
Business recordsCongressional oversightDisability and paralysisDisability assistanceEmployee hiringEmployment and training programsGovernment information and archivesLabor standardsPerformance measurementSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsState and local government operationsWages and earningsYouth employment and child labor
CAPABILITY Act of 2019
USA116th CongressHR-3070| House
| Updated: 6/3/2019
Customized Approaches to Providing And Building Independent Lives of Inclusion for Transition-aged Youth Act of 2019 or the CAPABILITY Act of 2019 This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to carry out a program under which ED makes grants to states to assist them in carrying out activities designed to help a transition-aged youth (i.e., a person considered to be a transition-aged youth under the laws of the state concerned) with covered disabilities obtain customized, competitive integrated employment. These disabilities include intellectual, developmental, mental health, physical, or other significant disability that presents barriers to an individual transitioning to employment or postsecondary education.
Business recordsCongressional oversightDisability and paralysisDisability assistanceEmployee hiringEmployment and training programsGovernment information and archivesLabor standardsPerformance measurementSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsState and local government operationsWages and earningsYouth employment and child labor