REO Act of 2020 This bill establishes the Reentry Employment Opportunities Program to make grants for the purpose of providing job training opportunities to formerly incarcerated adults, youths, and young adults who have dropped out of school. Grants are awarded to entities such as nonprofit organizations, organizations serving women or a minority population, and state and local governments to carry out projects related to apprenticeship programs, occupational skills education, on-the-job training, work experience, job referrals, basic skills remediation, educational services, and work readiness activities for such individuals.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Labor and Employment
Adult education and literacyCommunity life and organizationCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentCriminal procedure and sentencingElementary and secondary educationEmployment and training programsJuvenile crime and gang violenceVocational and technical educationYouth employment and child labor
REO Act of 2020
USA116th CongressS-4387| Senate
| Updated: 7/30/2020
REO Act of 2020 This bill establishes the Reentry Employment Opportunities Program to make grants for the purpose of providing job training opportunities to formerly incarcerated adults, youths, and young adults who have dropped out of school. Grants are awarded to entities such as nonprofit organizations, organizations serving women or a minority population, and state and local governments to carry out projects related to apprenticeship programs, occupational skills education, on-the-job training, work experience, job referrals, basic skills remediation, educational services, and work readiness activities for such individuals.
Adult education and literacyCommunity life and organizationCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentCriminal procedure and sentencingElementary and secondary educationEmployment and training programsJuvenile crime and gang violenceVocational and technical educationYouth employment and child labor