Purpose of employment recovery dwgseta provides employment recovery dwgs to address the impacts of mass layoff or other qualifying dislocation events

Coastal Counties Workforce Inc. received a $2.0 million Employment Recovery Dislocated Worker Grant (DWG) from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the WIOA National Dislocated Worker Grants program (CFDA 17.277), awarded June 27, 2025, with a completion date of June 26, 2028. This three-year grant funds employment and training services designed to assist dislocated workers in coastal Maine who have been impacted by mass layoffs or other qualifying economic dislocation events. Services include career counseling, skills training, supportive services, and job placement assistance to help eligible participants develop the competencies necessary for reemployment and enhance their long-term employability and earnings potential.

Coastal Counties Workforce Inc. will deliver these services directly through American Job Centers and may partner with subrecipients throughout its six-county service area in Maine. The program targets eligible dislocated workers as defined by the Workforce Opportunity and Innovation Act, including individuals laid off through no fault of their own, displaced homemakers, military members, and military spouses. Performance outcomes will align with state-negotiated goals under the Title I WIOA Dislocated Worker Program, with grant funds expended over the remainder of Program Year 2025 plus the subsequent two program years.

Employment recovery dwgs generally deliver employment and training assistance (which include career, training and supportive services) to dislocated workers to provide them with the skills they need to become reemployed.activities performedemployment recovery dwgs generally deliver employment and training assistance including career, training and supportive services to dislocated workers to provide them with the skills they need to become reemployed.expected outcomes generally, state negotiated performance goals for the title I wioa dislocated worker program serve as a basis for each dwgs performance goals. Intended beneficiariesparticipants enrolled in employment recovery dwgs must be eligible dislocated workers as defined by the workforce opportunity and innovation act, and include those laid off through no fault of their own, displaced homemakers who had relied on the income of another family member, and certain military members and spouses.subrecipient activitiesgrant recipients may partner with subrecipients, as well as provide services through american job centers within the area covered by the grant, as appropriate.