# Better Jobs through Evidence and Innovation Act

This bill creates a new grant program that funds workforce development organizations to test and expand job training programs that actually work. The government will give money to states, local workforce boards, colleges, nonprofits, and other organizations to try out new approaches to helping people find better jobs, then measure whether those approaches actually improve people's employment and earnings.

The key idea is that not all job training programs are equally effective, so the bill pushes organizations to focus on what the evidence shows works best. Organizations can apply for three different types of grants depending on how much proof they already have that their program works. Early-phase grants support new or untested ideas that show promise. Mid-phase grants help expand programs that have shown moderate success through rigorous testing. Expansion grants fund programs with strong evidence of success, allowing them to grow to new locations and serve more people. Each grant comes with a requirement to evaluate results carefully, often by partnering with independent researchers to measure whether participants actually earn more money and find better jobs.

The bill specifically aims to help people who are typically left behind by existing job training systems—including rural communities, people with disabilities, and other underserved populations. Up to 10 percent of the funding goes toward technical assistance, helping organizations learn how to run better programs and sharing information about what works across the country. This approach means taxpayer money gets directed toward job training that has proven results rather than programs that might sound good but don't actually help people improve their employment prospects.