Labor and Employment - Workforce Development and Local Workforce Development Boards (Local Workforce Solutions Investment Act
In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Government, Labor, and Elections)
Summary
The bill requires the Maryland Department of Labor to channel money from the Hospital Employees Retraining Fund to the local workforce development board in any county or region where a hospital closes, downsizes, or merges. It also expands the state’s quick‑response program, allowing funding to be given to those local boards to help displaced workers and to provide grants to employers for apprenticeship training. The goal is to strengthen local capacity to retrain and place workers affected by hospital and other employer reductions.
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