Federal grants help train workers in addiction treatment and recovery.
S. 5524 — Workforce Opportunities for Communities in Recovery Act · Filed by Ed Markey (D-MA) · Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill creates a new grant program for states and local workforce boards. They can get up to $37.5 million per year by 2032. Grants last 2 years. The money pays for training workers for jobs in addiction treatment. The grants also help workers get job training, peer support, and career help. Workers with substance use disorders can return to work through these services.
Who it affects
Workers with substance use disorders get job training and employment support. Treatment providers, employers, schools, and community groups partner to deliver training. States and local workforce boards apply for and run the grants.
One thing to notice
The bill limits wraparound services to 10 percent of each grant. It requires treatment providers to accept health insurance, which may exclude some low-cost providers.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Sep 24, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Sep 24, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- wraparound services — Extra help like childcare, transportation, and housing that supports workers during training.
- peer support — Help from people who have gone through the same problem, like recovery from addiction.
- workforce boards — Local groups that plan and fund job training and employment services.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (15,131 characters) on Oct 3, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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