Project Grant 24A60DW000035

AWARD PURPOSE: DISASTER RECOVERY DWGS PROVIDE DISASTER-RELIEF AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE EMPLOYMENT, AS WELL AS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICES, AS APPROPRIATE, TO MINIMIZE THE EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF DECLARED DISASTERS AND EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, IN DISASTER-DECLARED AREAS AS DEFINED IN 20 CFR 687.110(B). DWGS ARE GENERALLY APPROVED FOR A 24-MONTH PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE. A REQUEST CAN BE MADE FOR A MODIFICATION TO EXTEND THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE WITH ADEQUATE JUSTIFICATION, AND WITHIN THE PERIOD OF EXPENDITURE.ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: CLEAN-UP AND RECOVERY EFFORTS INCLUDING DEMOLITION, REPAIR, RENOVATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF DAMAGED AND DESTROYED STRUCTURES, FACILITIES AND LANDS LOCATED WITHIN THE DISASTER AREA AND IN OFFSHORE AREAS RELATED TO THE EMERGENCY OR DISASTER OR EMPLOYMENT RELATED TO THE DELIVERY OF APPROPRIATE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF THE DISASTER OR EMERGENCY MORE INFORMATION ON HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED BELOW.DELIVERABLES: FOR GRANTEES THAT ARE STATES OR OUTLYING AREAS, STATE PERFORMANCE GOALS FOR THE TITLE I WIOA DISLOCATED WORKER PROGRAM SERVE AS A BASIS FOR EACH DWGS PERFORMANCE GOALS.INTENDED BENEFICIARY(IES):AN INDIVIDUAL ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE SERVICES THROUGH A DISASTER RECOVERY DWG MUST BE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING, PER 20 CFR 687.170(B): TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY LAID OFF AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE DISASTER A DISLOCATED WORKER AS DEFINED AT 29 U.S.C. 3102(3)(15) A LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED WORKER OR A SELF-EMPLOYED INDIVIDUAL WHO BECAME UNEMPLOYED OR SIGNIFICANTLY UNDEREMPLOYED AS A RESULT OF THE DISASTER OR EMERGENCY. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: DISASTER RECOVERY DWGS SUPPORT PROVISION OF SERVICES TO DISLOCATED WORKERS GRANT RECIPIENTS MAY PARTNER WITH SUBRECIPIENTS AS WELL AS PROVIDE SERVICES THROUGH AMERICAN JOB CENTERS WITHIN THE AREA COVERED BY THE GRANT AS APPROPRIATE.