Substitute House Bill No. 6956 amends the allocation process for youth employment and training funds distributed by the Connecticut Department of Labor to regional workforce development boards. The bill repeals the previous fixed percentage allocations to specific boards, which included 32.5% to Capitol Workforce Partners and various other percentages to additional boards, and replaces it with a new method that allocates funds based on the percentage of disadvantaged youth in each region, as defined by federal law and determined using census data. This change aims to ensure that funding is more equitably distributed according to the needs of disadvantaged youth.

Additionally, the bill includes a provision to protect regional boards from significant funding reductions. If a board's allocation decreases by more than 15% compared to the previous fiscal year, the allocations for other boards will be proportionally reduced to limit the reduction for the affected board to 15%. The bill is set to take effect on July 1, 2025, and is expected to have no fiscal impact on the state or municipalities.

Statutes affected:
Raised Bill: 31-3mm
LAB Joint Favorable: 31-3mm
File No. 193: 31-3mm