Career Dislocated Workers Grant Guide

An individual who has been providing unpaid services to family members in the home and who has been dependent on the income of another family member but is no longer supported by that income; OR - is the dependent spouse of a member of the Armed Forces on active duty and whose family income is significantly reduced because of a deployment, or a call or order to active duty, or a permanent change of station, or the service connected death or disability of the member; AND -is unemployed or underemployed and is experiencing difficulty in obtaining or upgrading employment. The spouse of a member of the Armed Forces on active duty, and who has experienced a loss of employment as a direct result of relocation to accommodate a permanent change in duty station of such member.

Category 6

Displaced Homemaker

Category 7

The spouse of a member of the Armed Forces on active duty and who is unemployed or underemployed and is experiencing difficulty in obtaining or upgrading employment.

Category 8

Individual does not meet criteria outlined for Dislocated Workers in Categories 1-8 above, but is an individual that meets NDWG eligibility outlined under WIOA Title I National programs, Sec. 170 National dislocated grants, relating to Sec. 170 (b)(1)(A) workers affected by major economic dislocations OR Sec. 170 (b)(1)(B) workers affected by emergency or major disaster. An individual must have relocated or evacuated from an area as a result of a disaster that has been declared or otherwise recognized, and be: (i) A dislocated worker;

Category 9

Other DWG Eligibility

(ii) A long-term unemployed individual;

(iii) An individual who is temporarily or permanently laid off as a consequence of the emergency or disaster; or (iv) An individual who is self-employed and becomes unemployed or significantly underemployed as a result of the emergency or disaster.

1.2 PRIORITY OF SERVICE

Priority populations must first meet the eligibility requirements for the CAREER NDWG Program. Priority selection for the WIOA Adult, defined in WIOA Section 134(c)(3)(E), 20 CFR 680.600, and 20 CFR 680.640 does not apply to individuals served through this program. • First Priority - Members of historically-marginalized communities who are low income [as defined in WIOA Sec. 101(25)] or recipients of public assistance or basic skills deficient. First priority is used by referring to the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) tool available via the US Census Bureau.

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