1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Accelerating Individuals into the Workforce Act . 2. Demonstration projects to support subsidized employment for TANF recipients Section 403 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 603 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (c) Subsidized employment demonstration projects (1) In general The Secretary shall make grants to States to conduct demonstration projects designed to implement and evaluate strategies that provide wage subsidies to enable low-income individuals to enter into and retain employment. (2) Application requirements The Secretary shall require each State that applies for a grant under this subsection to do the following: (A) Describe how wage subsidies will be provided (such as whether paid directly to the employer or the individual), the duration of the subsidies, the amount of the subsidies, the structure of the subsidies, and how employers will be recruited to participate in the subsidized employment program. (B) Describe how the State expects those participating in subsidized employment to be able to retain employment after the subsidy ends. (C) Describe how the State will coordinate subsidized employment funded under this subsection with other efforts to help low-income individuals enter work as conducted by the State. (3) Use of funds (A) In general A State to which a grant is made under this subsection may use the grant to subsidize the wages of an eligible recipient for a period not exceeding 12 months, and only to the extent that the total of the funds paid under this project and any other Federal funds so used with respect to the recipient does not exceed 50 percent of the amount of the wages received by the recipient during the period. (B) Eligible recipient For purposes of subparagraph (A), an eligible recipient is— (i) (I) a recipient of assistance under the State program funded under this part or any other State program funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i))