The purpose of this $44,001,950.00 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Dislocated Worker (DW) Formula Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (CFDA 17.278), is to provide comprehensive employment and training services to individuals who have lost their jobs due to layoffs, economic transitions, or other involuntary job losses. The grant aims to help dislocated workers reenter the workforce by offering a range of career services,...
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Dislocated Worker Formula Grants program, administered by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (CFDA 17.278), provides $33,106,933.00 in funding to the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services to deliver employment and training services to dislocated workers. The program aims to help individuals who have lost their jobs due to layoffs, economic transitions, or other involuntary job losses by offering career...
The U.S. Department of Labor's WIOA Dislocated Worker Formula Grants program, CFDA Number 17.278, provides comprehensive employment and training services to help dislocated workers reenter the workforce. The federal grant award of $123,678,348 supports a range of career services, skills training, and supportive assistance delivered through the American Job Center network. Key services include career counseling, individual employment planning, occupational skills training, job search...
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Dislocated Worker Formula Grants, funded by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (CFDA 17.278), provide $11,959,497 to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development to deliver comprehensive employment and training services to dislocated workers. The primary services include career services, skills training, and supportive assistance to help dislocated workers in Wisconsin reenter the workforce through the...
The $15,735,206 WIOA Dislocated Worker Formula Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (CFDA 17.278), supports workforce development services to assist individuals who have lost their jobs due to layoffs, economic transitions, or other involuntary job losses. The program aims to help dislocated workers reenter the workforce by providing career services, skills training, and supportive assistance through the American Job Center network. Key...
The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration has awarded a $14,697,223 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Dislocated Worker Formula Grant (CFDA 17.278) to the District of Columbia Government's Department of Employment Services (DOES). The purpose of this grant is to provide comprehensive employment and training services to individuals who have lost their jobs due to layoffs, economic transitions, or other involuntary job losses. The grant enables DOES to...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $33,728,187 Formula Grant to the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) for the WIOA Dislocated Worker (DW) program. The purpose of the WIOA DW program is to provide employment and training services to help dislocated workers, such as those affected by layoffs or economic transitions, reenter the workforce. Under this grant, the Michigan Department of LEO delivers a range of career services...
The Delaware Department of Labor's Division of Employment and Training received a $3,059,714 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Dislocated Worker Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration. The purpose of this 3-year grant, running from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027, is to provide comprehensive employment and training services to individuals who have lost their jobs due to layoffs, economic transitions, or other involuntary job losses....
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Employment and Training Administration awarded the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services (ADWS) a $5,497,028 WIOA Dislocated Worker Formula Grant (CFDA 17.278) with a project period of July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027. The purpose of this formula grant is to provide comprehensive employment and training services to individuals who have lost their jobs due to layoffs, economic transitions, or other involuntary job losses. Through this grant, ADWS will deliver a...
This $15,015,423 WIOA Dislocated Worker Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (CFDA 17.278) provides comprehensive employment and training services to dislocated workers in Indiana. Key services include: Career services such as job search assistance, skills assessments, and development of individual employment plans. Training services including occupational skills training and on-the-job training. Supportive services such as transportation...
PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THE WIOA DISLOCATED WORKER (DW) GRANTS IS TO SERVE INDIVIDUALS AND HELP EMPLOYERS MEET THEIR WORKFORCE NEEDS. WHEN INDIVIDUALS BECOME DISLOCATED WORKERS BECAUSE OF JOB LOSS, MASS LAYOFFS, GLOBAL TRADE DYNAMICS OR TRANSITIONS IN ECONOMIC SECTORS, THE WIOA DW PROGRAM PROVIDES SERVICES TO ASSIST THEM IN REENTERING THE WORKFORCE.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: WIOA SPECIFIES THAT MOST DW SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED THROUGH THE AMERICAN JOB CENTER NETWORK, ALSO KNOWN AS ONE-STOP CAREER CENTERS. UNDER THE DW PROGRAM, ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS WILL RECEIVE CAREER SERVICES, WHICH ARE CLASSIFIED INTO TWO CATEGORIES: BASIC AND INDIVIDUALIZED SERVICES. WHILE SOME JOB SEEKERS MAY ONLY NEED SELF-SERVICE OR OTHER BASIC CAREER SERVICES SUCH AS LABOR EXCHANGE SERVICES, OTHERS MAY NEED MORE COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES, SUCH AS INDIVIDUALIZED SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDE CAREER PLANNING, AND DEVELOPING AN INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYMENT PLAN OUTLINING NEEDS AND GOALS OF THE JOB SEEKER. PARTICIPANTS WILL ALSO RECEIVE TRAINING SERVICES LINKED TO JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. TO PROMOTE CUSTOMER CHOICE AND INVOLVEMENT IN CAREER DECISIONS, PARTICIPANTS USE AN INDIVIDUAL TRAINING ACCOUNT TO SELECT AN APPROPRIATE TRAINING PROGRAM FROM AN ELIGIBLE TRAINING PROVIDER LIST. WIOA ALSO AUTHORIZES THE PROVISION OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES (E.G. TRANSPORTATION AND CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE) TO ENABLE AN INDIVIDUAL TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM.EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THE WIOA DISLOCATED WORKER PROGRAM OUTCOMES ARE TO ENSURE THAT INDIVIDUALS CAN ACCESS AND RECEIVE THE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICES THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR, SO THAT THEY MAY BECOME EMPLOYED OR ADVANCE IN EMPLOYMENT. GRANTEES REPORT PERFORMANCE MEASURES OF THESE OUTCOMES, INCLUDING THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN THE SECOND AND FOURTH QUARTER AFTER FINISHING.INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: INDIVIDUALS WHO LOSE THEIR JOBS BECAUSE OF LAYOFFS, GLOBAL TRADE DYNAMICS, OR OTHER ECONOMIC TRANSITIONS, SUCH INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE RECEIVED A NOTICE OF TERMINATION OR LAYOFF FROM EMPLOYMENT, INCLUDING A SEPARATION NOTICE FROM ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICES. SPECIFIC ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA ARE PROVIDED IN WIOA SEC 3(15).SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE GRANTEES MAY SUBAWARD FUNDS FROM THE DW PROGRAM TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALIZED CAREER SERVICES, TRAINING, AS WELL AS PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.