Independent initiative

The North Carolina Department of Commerce, Division of Workforce Solutions, doing business as the Department of Workforce Development, received a $7.7 million cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration. The award will support the provision of technical assistance and training services from February 2021 through February 2024 under the WIOA Dislocated Worker National Reserve Technical Assistance and Training program (CFDA 17.281). This program aims to coordinate, develop, and provide appropriate training, technical assistance, staff development, and other activities to assist states, local workforce development areas, and other grantees in replicating programs of demonstrated effectiveness. Specifically, the North Carolina recipient will deliver technical assistance and training to support workforce development stakeholders in their efforts to serve dislocated workers through February 2024.