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…

This $8,600,000 Disaster Recovery Dislocated Worker Grant (CFDA 17.277) awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration provides disaster-relief and humanitarian assistance employment, as well as employment and training services, to minimize the employment and economic impact of declared disasters and emergency situations in Wisconsin. The grant supports clean-up, recovery, and humanitarian assistance efforts, including demolition, repair, renovation, and reconstruction activities, as well as employment and training services for eligible dislocated workers, long-term unemployed, and self-employed individuals impacted by the disaster. The grant has a performance period from November 2024 to November 2026.

The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development is the prime grantee and has partnered with four local workforce development boards in Southwest, West Central, Northwest, and the Fox Valley regions, as well as Employ Milwaukee, Inc. in the Milwaukee area, to deliver these services through American Job Centers and other subrecipient activities across the state.

Activities

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.