Amendment H-8377 to HF 2578
Relating to appropriations for health and human services and veterans and including other related provisions and appropriations, providing penalties, and including effective date and retroactive and other applicability date provisions
Failed · May 23, 2022Vote: 31 yeas, 52 nays
Filed May 23, 2022 in the House by
What it changes
AI summary This amendment increases a specific funding amount by $8,500,000 and adds a new rule that $8,500,000 must be used by the Iowa bureau of refugee services for refugee workforce preparation, immigration legal services, and child care business development.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 51, line 9, by striking “$15,842,189” and inserting “$24,342,189”
- Page 51, after line 35 by inserting: “5A. Of the funds appropriated in this section, $8,500,000 shall be used by the Iowa bureau of refugee services of the department of human services, in collaboration with refugee assistance-related agencies throughout the state, as follows: a. Up to $5,000,000 shall be used for workforce preparation and advancement to accelerate the community integration, workforce entry, and career development of refugee families in the state, including through English language learning, career skill building, and employment wraparound support to promote stability in housing, health care, and career development. b. Up to $1,500,000 shall be used for immigration legal services critical for refugees to adjust their status, seek legal protection, maintain work authorizations, and attain citizenship. The funds may be used to assist nonprofit organizations in offering free consultation, education, application, and representation services to income-eligible individuals. c. Up to $2,000,000 shall be used for child care business development by establishing new child care locations in Iowa as well as providing technical assistance through expansion of immigrant child care business development programs based on those offered in Polk and Linn counties that sustain and grow child care entrepreneurship and address child care shortages in immigrant communities.”
- By renumbering as necessary.