GrantSmall businesses not listed as eligible
Updated National Dislocated Worker Grant Program Guidance and Application Information
Employment and Training Administration
Award ceiling
$10,000,000
Award floor
$150,000
Program funding
$300,000,000
- Opportunity #
- ETA-TEGL-09-24-CH1
- Agency
- Employment and Training Administration
- ALN (CFDA)
- 17.277
- Status
- posted
- Posted
- May 8, 2026
- Closes
- Dec 31, 2028
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
- Employment, Labor and Training
- Cost sharing required
- No
Who can apply
- •Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
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.
Synopsis
If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact Jenifer McEnery (DOL-ETA-DWG@dol.gov).
Contact
Employment and Training Administration · DOL-ETA-DWG@dol.gov