A bill to amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to provide to States and local areas information on the best practices for addressing the effects that substance use disorder has on the workforce, and to provide local areas with grants to provide training activities related to the treatment and prevention of substance use disorder.
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Latest Action · August 5, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
The Workforce Recovery and Resilience Act amends federal workforce development law to help communities struggling with substance use disorder address its economic impacts. The bill directs the Department of Labor to share best practices and evidence-based strategies with states and local areas about supporting workers affected by addiction and overdoses, updating this information annually. It also creates a new grant program through the National Dislocated Worker Grants program to fund employment and training activities in areas hit hard by substance abuse, including addiction treatment, mental health services, and pain management training. The grants would support dislocated workers, long-term unemployed individuals, those underemployed due to widespread substance use in their area, and people seeking or employed in health care professions that treat addiction and related conditions. While the bill text does not specify funding amounts or timelines, it represents an effort to coordinate federal workforce resources with public health challenges related to substance use disorders.
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