The One Door to Work Act allows states, individual local areas, or groups of local areas to apply for five-year demonstration projects that consolidate workforce funding from multiple federal programs into single grants with reduced regulatory requirements. Participating areas would receive waived federal rules while still maintaining protections for workers around wages, nondiscrimination, and basic services, and must serve at least as many participants as they did previously while achieving improved employment and earnings outcomes. The bill limits participation to a maximum of eight states operating statewide projects and eight local or consortium projects during each five-year period, with only one demonstration allowed per state. States and local areas must apply to the Secretary of Labor for approval, which must be granted or denied within 60 days, and programs must undergo rigorous evaluation and report annual results to Congress and the Department of Labor. The legislation enables more flexible workforce development approaches while maintaining accountability through performance requirements that increase over the demonstration period, with renewal possible only for areas that meet their performance targets.
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