{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcbath.house.gov/2026/08/26/mcbath-harder-announce-new-legislation-to-scale-up-job-training-programs-across-the-u-s/", "McBath, Harder Announce New Legislation to Scale Up Job Training Programs Across the U.S.", "2026-08-26", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "House", "GA", "Lucy McBath", "M001208", "mcbath.house.gov", "mcbath", "https://mcbath.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "Atlanta, GA \u2013 Today, Rep. Lucy McBath (GA-06) and Rep. Josh Harder (CA-09) announced new legislation to scale up local workforce development programs and kickstart a national job training model. The Better Jobs through Evidence and Innovation Act would unlock new federal funding to expand programs which help vulnerable youth build skills and get hired at local businesses, while also building a national workforce development model around proven local strategies.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m proud to lead the Better Jobs Through Evidence and Innovation Act alongside my colleagues, because there is more than one path to a successful career,\u201d said Rep. McBath. \u201cConsider the single parent looking for a more targeted training program to move into a stable, well-paying job. This legislation will modernize our workforce development pipeline, directing resources where they will have the greatest impact and supporting folks from every background chasing every kind of career.\u201d\n\n\u201cFinding a good-paying job to support a family on has gotten way too hard, but Valley organizations have already proven that evidence-based training can bridge that gap,\u201d said Rep. Harder. \u201cWhat we need now is for the federal government to supercharge these efforts and make sure that the next generation has the training to develop skills, get hired in high-demand jobs, and achieve lifelong career success. My bill takes what\u2019s working in the Valley and jumpstarts efforts to build a national model around these local workforce successes.\u201d\n\nHow the Better Jobs through Evidence and Innovation Act scales up proven local programs:\n\nNew Federal Funding \u2013 Three tiers of funding to support the development and expansion of evidence-based employment and training programs that generate demonstrated, long-term economic improvements for jobseekers and employers.\n\nCuts Red Tape \u2013 Makes it easier for proven workforce programs to scale nationally without navigating the eligibility requirements of more than one hundred local workforce development boards.\n\nLocal Leadership \u2013 Puts funding in the hands of local programs that are already leading the way to identify innovative and cutting-edge practices that would ensure 21st-century workers have access to sustainable, high-demand, and high-wage careers.\n\nThe Better Jobs through Evidence and Innovation Act is endorsed by Main Street Youth & Family Services, America Forward, and over 60 workforce development advocacy organizations across the country.\n\n\u201cAt Main Street, young people learn to work by working. They staff our caf\u00e9 and kitchen, run our shops, and even help run a worker-owned social enterprise, building the skills and the ownership stake that turn a first job into a lasting career,\u201d said Tony Yadon, Chief Executive Officer, Main Street Youth & Family Services. \u201cThe Better Jobs through Evidence and Innovation Act would give organizations building models like ours the federal support to grow what works and test what\u2019s promising, helping to move a whole generation toward economic mobility.\u201d", 1, "2026-09-01T09:48:49Z", "2026-09-01T09:49:51Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://mcbath.house.gov/2026/08/26/mcbath-harder-announce-new-legislation-to-scale-up-job-training-programs-across-the-u-s/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6799330003559589, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}