WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a total of $43,286,407 in Reemployment & Systems Integration National Dislocated Worker Grants to 43 states and territories to support and improve connectivity among existing workforce programs. These investments will help dislocated workers and other job seekers by providing seed funding for at least one of the following approaches: common registration and case management systems connecting workers to all available services; online portals that exchange information and serve as hubs for online resources; or data integration efforts, which help workforce agencies improve labor market information for customers as well as identify and address layoff trends.
“We have come a long way in breaking down silos to create a modern, job-driven federal workforce system, but too many of the tools and data systems designed to help serve job seekers and employers continue to operate independently,” said U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez. “By integrating these systems and providing more seamless services, these investments will help dislocated workers access the tools they need to help get them back to work.” These grants will improve the capacity of the workforce system to seamlessly connect dislocated workers, unemployment insurance claimants, the long-term unemployed and other job seekers to all available services. Projects will focus on integrated case management, increased accessibility to services through customized online tools, and providing workforce agencies with real-time data to identify and address layoff trends within industries and develop responses or layoff aversion strategies.
The Reemployment & Systems Integration National Dislocated Worker Grants build on the principles outlined in Vice President Joseph R. Biden’s Job-Driven Training Report and advance the more integrated and comprehensive dislocated worker services being implemented under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
National Dislocated Worker Grants , formerly known as National Emergency Grants, are awarded by the Secretary of Labor under Section 170 of WIOA.
The grantees and amount of each award are as follows: Grantee Name Amount Awarded Alabama Department of Commerce $1,100,000 State of Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development $1,100,000 State of Arizona - Department of Economic Security $797,505 Arkansas Department of Workforce Services $1,100,000 Connecticut Department of Labor $924,509 State of Delaware $693,357 Department of Economic Opportunity (Florida) $1,073,082 Government of Guam Department of Labor $2,166,118 State of Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations $1,100,000 State of Idaho Department of Labor $1,099,964 Indiana Department of Workforce Development $1,100,000 Iowa Workforce Development $1,100,000 Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet $1,100,000 Maine Department of Labor $1,100,000 Maryland Department of Labor Licensing and Regulation $1,100,000 Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development (Massachusetts) $1,100,000 Michigan Talent Investment Agency $1,100,000 Mississippi Department of Employment Security $1,100,000 Montana Department of Labor and Industry $1,081,801 Nebraska Department of Labor $814,193 Department of Employment Training and Rehabilitation (Nevada) $1,100,000 New Hampshire Employment Security $1,099,951 New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development $1,100,000 New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions $1,076,308 New York State Department of Labor $1,100,000 North Carolina Department of Commerce - Division of Workforce Solutions $834,230 Job Service North Dakota $1,069,980 Ohio Department of Job and Family Services $1,100,000 Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City $1,100,000 Higher Education Coordinating Commission (Oregon) $1,010,000 Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry $1,100,000 Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development and Commerce $1,100,000 South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation $945,409 Texas Workforce Commission $1,100,000 Vermont Department of Labor $1,100,000 Virginia Community College System $1,100,000 Washington State Employment Security Department $1,100,000 Workforce West Virginia $1,100,000 Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development $1,100,000 State of Wyoming Department of Workforce Services $1,100,000 TOTAL $43,286,407
