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 $551,195 to the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development in Massachusetts on October 1, 2025, under the WIOA National Dislocated Worker Grants program (CFDA 17.277). This Employment Recovery Dislocated Worker Grant funds employment and training assistance, including career services, training, and supportive services, to dislocated workers—including those laid off through no fault of their own, displaced homemakers who relied on another family member's income, and certain military members and spouses—to help them acquire the skills needed for reemployment. The grant operates through September 30, 2028, with performance measured against state-negotiated goals under WIOA Title I. Services are delivered in Massachusetts through the state's network of American Job Centers and may involve subrecipient partnerships as appropriate.

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.