Career Dislocated Workers Grant Guide

CHAPTER 1 - CAREER DISLOCATED WORKER PROGRAM

Dislocated Workers must be determined eligible prior to program enrollment and eligibility documentation must be maintained in the participant file (hard copy or electronic).

ETA regulations under 20 CFR 687.120(a) and WIOA sec. 3(15) describe requirements for CAREER NDWG applicants and Dislocated Workers seeking services funded by the grant.

1.1 ELIGIBILITY

• To be eligible to receive Dislocated Worker services, an individual must: • Be 18 years of age or older [WIOA Sec. 3(2)]; • Be a citizen or non-citizen authorized to work in the U.S. [WIOA Sec. 188 (a)(5)]; and • Meet Military Selective Service registration requirements (males only). • Must meet the criteria in one of the nine Dislocated Worker categories listed below.

Table 1. Eligibility

NDWG Category

Eligibility Definition

Terminated or Laid off or has received notice of termination or layoff and is eligible for or has exhausted entitlements to UI (Unemployment Insurance) and is unlikely to return to previous industry or occupation.

Category 1

Terminated or laid off, or has received notice of termination or layoff, and has been employed for sufficient duration to demonstrate workforce attachment but is not eligible for UI due to insufficient earnings, or the employer is not covered under state UI law, and is unlikely to return to previous industry or occupation.

Category 2

Terminated or Laid off, or has received notice of termination or layoff, from employment as a result of the permanent closure of, or substantial layoff at, a plant, facility or enterprise .

Category 3

Individual is employed at a facility which the employer has made a general announcement that the facility will close.

Category 4

Individual was previously self-employed (including farmers, ranchers, and fishermen) but is unemployed due to general economic conditions in the

Category 5

community of residence or because of natural disaster .

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