Codify ACL’s technical assistance center
Support legislation to codify and expand the Administration for Community Living's technical assistance center to support direct care workforce development and family caregivers.
Occurrences
Evidence
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On June 24, 2026, Mr. Kaine introduced S. 4889, which was read twice and referred to HELP. Section 3 directs the Secretary, acting through ACL, to establish a national technical assistance center supporting direct care workforce creation, training, recruitment, retention, advancement, and family caregivers.
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S. 2120 is an Engrossed in Senate bill dated July 14, 2026. Section 404 adds a national resource center supporting growth and professionalization of the direct care workforce and training or educational needs of family caregivers, including training and technical assistance to states, providers, direct care workers, and family caregivers.
Assessments
The promise was to support legislation, not necessarily to secure final enactment. Kaine directly sponsored S. 4889 in the 119th Congress, which would establish/codify an ACL-linked national technical assistance center for direct care workforce development and family caregivers. He also was connected to S. 2120, a broader Older Americans Act reauthorization that passed the Senate with a materially similar resource-center provision, though it had not become law by the available record. Because his own legislative sponsorship satisfies the promised support during his current Senate term, this counts as delivered with same-term timing.