WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of nearly $68 million in grant funding to help 29 organizations in 20 states and territories connect job seekers to employment as the economy continues its recovery from the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. The grant awards are part of a total $90 million in funding announced on Aug. 19 , 2021.
Administered by the department’s Employment and Training Administration , Comprehensive and Accessible Reemployment through Equitable Employment Recovery National Dislocated Worker Grants support organizations serving individuals most affected by the economic and employment fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, in particular those from historically marginalized communities or groups.
CAREER National Dislocated Worker Grants fund a range of reemployment services that support job seekers with search assistance, career guidance and childcare and transportation costs. Recipients may deliver training services in classroom, virtual or work-based settings. They may also use grants to develop or upgrade virtual services, online platforms, data structures and other technological improvements to enable accessibility and capacity to support job seekers. The department announced the award of the initial $22 million in CAREER National Dislocated Worker Grants on Aug. 25, 2021. It is now announcing a second round totaling $24 million awarded on Sept. 17, 2021, and a third round totaling $44 million awarded Sept. 27, 2021.
Supported by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act , National Dislocated Worker Grants provide resources to states and communities to respond to and recover from events that cause widespread unemployment. The latest recipients of CAREER Dislocated Worker Grants are as follows: Recipient State/Territory Amount Pima County Arizona $365,535 County of Orange California $3,000,000 County of Santa Barbara Workforce Development Board California $2,500,000 Hospitality Industry Training and Education Fund California $3,000,000 Sacramento Employment and Training Agency California $3,000,000 San Diego Workforce Partnership Inc.
California $1,714,588 Workforce Alliance Inc.
Connecticut $2,532,680 Delaware Department of Labor Delaware $2,903,766 Heart of Georgia Altamaha Regional Commission Georgia $2,500,000 City of New Orleans Louisiana $2,996,617 Maine Department of Labor Maine $2,999,713 Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corp.
Maryland $2,781,240 Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development Massachusetts $3,000,000 Mississippi Department of Employment Security Mississippi $1,925,529 St. Charles County Government Missouri $1,029,834 Buffalo and Erie County Workforce Development Consortium Inc.
New York $50,000 New York State Department of Labor New York $3,000,000 Rockland Board of Cooperative Educational Services New York $950,495 City of Greensboro North Carolina $3,000,000 Worksystems Inc.
Oregon $2,329,992 Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute Pennsylvania $2,997,086 Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry Pennsylvania $3,000,000 Philadelphia Works Inc.
Pennsylvania $3,000,000 Alianza Municipal de Servicios Integrados Inc.
Puerto Rico $2,964,964 South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation South Dakota $2,107,312 Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area Texas $758,013 Hampton Roads Workforce Council Virginia $1,502,141 Midwest Urban Strategies Inc.
Wisconsin $3,000,000 Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Wisconsin $3,000,000
