all the following:
(1) Provide individuals in recovery with career
development opportunities and exposure to high-priority
occupations or in-demand occupations that have a connection
to a high-priority occupation.
(2) Provide individuals in recovery with interview and
soft skills development and training.
(3) Provide local workforce investment boards with the
funding necessary to support program partners and business
partners implementing innovative local pilot programs.
(4) Provide program partners with informational
resources to help them conduct successful local pilot
programs.
(5) Seek to identify other funding sources, including
Federal grants, which may support local pilot programs.
Section 302. Participation in Recovery-to-work.
(a) Eligibility.--A local workforce investment board which
includes a county rated in the highest 25% of drug-related
overdose deaths per 100,000 people as determined by the 2016
Joint Intelligence Report prepared by the Drug Enforcement
Agency, Philadelphia Division, and the University of Pittsburgh
is eligible to participate in Recovery-to-work.
(b) Guidelines.--The department, in consultation with
participating agencies, shall develop guidelines that specify
the requirements for participation in Recovery-to-work.
(c) Occupational focus.--Local recovery-to-work pilot
programs must be focused on providing individuals in recovery
with exposure to high-priority occupations which are either
designated as high-priority occupations Statewide or within the
region served by the local workforce investment board or in-
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