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119-hr-5383119th CongressWALLET

Mentoring and Supporting Families Act

Sponsored By: Representative Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3]

Introduced

Summary

Mentoring and career coaching would become central to how Health Profession Opportunity Grant projects are ranked and designed. The bill would also favor applications that commit to providing a monthly cash stipend or wage supplement for participants.

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  • Families and participants would get career coaching built into case management and access to mentoring or peer support before, during, and after initial training.
  • Training providers would have to include career coaching in any awarded project’s case management plan, with the option to offer ongoing peer support and mentoring to build soft skills and social capital.
  • Changes would apply to HPOG demonstration projects and would not by themselves create new appropriations. The amendment would take effect on October 1, 2025.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Priority for coaching and stipends in healthcare training

If enacted, the government would favor health care job training grants that include mentoring or peer support, career coaching, and a promise of a monthly cash stipend or wage supplement. Any program that wins a grant would have to include career coaching in its case plan. Programs could offer mentoring and peer support before, during, and after training. Stipend amounts are not set, and no new funding is created. Changes would start October 1, 2025.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3]

PA • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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