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

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) awarded $1.8M to the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) under the WIOA National Dislocated Worker Grants program (CFDA 17.277) effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. This Employment Recovery Dislocated Worker Grant provides supplemental funding to address workforce disruptions resulting from mass layoff events and other qualifying economic dislocation events in Georgia. TCSG delivers comprehensive employment and training assistance to eligible dislocated workers, including career counseling, occupational skills training, supportive services, and job placement assistance designed to enhance reemployment prospects and earnings outcomes. Services are delivered through the TCSG's network of 22 technical colleges and 88 campuses, in partnership with American Job Centers and subrecipients such as the City of Colquitt, ensuring broad geographic coverage and service accessibility across the state.

Performance under the grant is measured against state-negotiated WIOA Title I Dislocated Worker Program goals focused on participant reemployment, skill attainment, and long-term earnings enhancement. Eligible participants include dislocated workers as defined by the Workforce Opportunity and Innovation Act, encompassing individuals laid off through no fault of their own, displaced homemakers, and eligible military service members and spouses. The grant funds may be expended through program year 2028, with TCSG maintaining compliance with federal record-keeping and audit requirements under the Uniform Guidance.

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 outcomesgenerally, 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.