WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced nearly $110 million in Trade and Economic Transition Dislocated Worker Grants (DWGs) for state, tribal, and non-profit entities that are working in collaboration with community partners and local Workforce Development Boards to prepare Americans for professions in high-growth employment sectors. These grants will assist in implementing innovative skills instruction and career services for Americans who are seeking reemployment as a result of changes in workforce needs or from economic changes across multiple sectors.
Supported by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, Dislocated Worker Grants temporarily expand the service capacity of dislocated worker training and employment programs at the state and local levels by providing funding assistance. An "economic transition," as defined in Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 2-18 , is a far-reaching economic or workforce trend or event, beyond the operating conditions of one employer, which has caused significant worker dislocations in a stated geographic area. Recipients Award Amount 1 Ohio Department of Job and Family Services $8,000,000 2 Cherokee Nation $7,996,649 3 Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development $2,000,000 4 Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity $2,200,000 5 Michigan Talent Investment Agency $3,200,000 6 Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development $3,353,732 7 Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training $6,006,431 8 Oklahoma Employment Security Commission $8,000,000 9 Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry $8,000,000 10 ICF Incorporated, L.L.C. (Virgin Islands) $4,997,845 11 Capital Workforce Partners, Inc. (Connecticut) $5,880,350 12 Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development $7,763,304 13 Palmetto Goodwill (South Carolina) $4,246,254 14 New York Department of Labor $8,000,000 15 California Department of Employment Development $7,753,552 16 Nebraska Department of Labor $2,691,943 17 Missouri Division of Workforce Development $3,896,072 18 Bucks County Workforce Development Board, Inc. (Pennsylvania) $1,713,994 19 Goodwill Industries of Southern Nevada, Inc.
$1,425,393 20 Generation: You Employed, Inc. (District of Columbia) $4,566,128 21 Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board (Pennsylvania) $7,845,563 Awards Total = $109,537,210 Editor’s Note: This news release changes a reference to a grantee in order to show the geographic area where the funding assistance goes.
