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

The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration awarded $4 million to Worksystems, Inc. on December 15, 2025, under the WIOA National Dislocated Worker Grants program (CFDA 17.277) to deliver employment and training assistance to dislocated workers affected by mass layoffs and other qualifying dislocation events through December 31, 2028.

Worksystems, a Portland-based nonprofit workforce development organization, will provide career services, training, and supportive services to eligible dislocated workers—including those laid off through no fault of their own, displaced homemakers, and certain military members and spouses—to help them acquire skills needed for reemployment. Services are delivered throughout the Pacific Northwest region via American Job Centers and partner organizations within Worksystems' service area. Performance goals align with state-negotiated targets for the WIOA Title I Dislocated Worker Program.

Worksystems has subcontracted workforce development services to six sub-recipients: Oregon Northwest Workforce Investment Board (Northwest Oregon Works), Willamette Workforce Partnership, Portland Community College, MT Hood Community College, Clackamas Workforce Partnership, and Workforce Southwest Washington. Each sub-recipient provides employment and training services to eligible participants according to Worksystems' policies and procedures. Sub-award dates span March 4 through June 4, 2026.

Performance of the grant extends across Oregon and subordinate areas in the Pacific Northwest, with administrative oversight at Worksystems' Portland headquarters.

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 performed employment 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 DWG?s performance goals. Intended beneficiaries participants 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 activities grant recipients may partner with subrecipients, as well as provide services through american job centers within the area covered by the grant, as appropriate.