Updated National Dislocated Worker Grant Program Guidance and Application Information
Employment and Training Administration · Opportunity ETA-TEGL-09-24-CH1
Applications must be submitted electronically no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Time.
≈ 150 awards expected
Who can apply
- Others
Eligibility varies depending upon the type of National Dislocated Worker Grant requested, as noted below. Please reference the text of Change 1 to TEGL No. 09-24, for additional requirements.Disaster Recovery DWGs: 1. State workforce agencies administering WIOA formula funds; 2. Outlying areas; or 3. Indian tribal governments as defined by the Stafford Act, 42 U.S.C. 5122(6).Employment Recovery DWGs: 1. State workforce agencies or outlying areas, or a consortium of state workforce agencies; 2. Local WDBs or a consortium of WDBs; 3. Entities eligible for funding through the Indian and Native American Program in WIOA Section 166(c); 4. Appropriate entities determined by the governor of the state or outlying area involved; or 5. Entities that demonstrate to the Secretary of Labor their capability to effectively respond to circumstances related to particular dislocations.
About this opportunity
If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact Jenifer McEnery (DOL-ETA-DWG@dol.gov).
Award history — WIOA National Dislocated Worker Grants / WIA National Emergency Grants (Assistance Listing 17.277)
This program made 17 new awards in FY2025.
Across the 181 most recent awards. Total obligations, not per-year.
New awards recorded on USAspending.gov under the federal program that funds this opportunity. FY2025 figures may still be incomplete. Employment and Training Administration does not publish how many applications it receives, so a true success rate cannot be computed for this program — no one can honestly sell you that number.
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