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handle is hein.crs/goversl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Remote Worker Relocation Assistance Programs December 19, 2024 In recent years, a number of U.S. cities and states have started programs to offer financial incentives to certain individuals-particularly those engaging in remote work-to relocate to certain places. While some of these remote worker relocation assistance programs (RWRAPs) existed before the COVID-19 pandemic, several of them expanded during that time, as many professions adjusted their practices to allow some individuals to live in places other than where their job had been located. A number of researchers have begun to analyze the economic impacts of RWRAPs. This Insight summarizes selected RWRAPs, discusses the emerging research on the programs' impacts, and presents considerations for Congress. How do Remote Worker Relocation Assistance Programs Work? Broadly, RWRAPs offer cash or other benefits (e.g., networking assistance or coworking space) to individuals who relocate to an area and make a commitment to stay there for a certain period of time. For example, the Northwest Arkansas Council's Life Works Here program, which began in November 2020, offered individuals $10,000 (and a free bicycle) to move to northwest Arkansas and stay in the area for at least six months. While the program is now closed, the Northwest Arkansas Council reported that it received over 66,000 applications and made 100 awards. Of those applicants, 65% had no prior connection to northwest Arkansas. Similarly, the Remote Shoals program, started in June 2019 and administered by the Shoals Economic Development Authority, offers full-time remote workers up to $10,000 to move to The Shoals region of Alabama. As of February 2022, the program had received over 2,300 applications and selected 102 applicants. Another RWRAP that has received national attention serves Tulsa, Oklahoma. Started in 2018 with funds from a private foundation, the Tulsa Remote program offers remote workers living outside of Oklahoma Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN12472 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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