What activities are applicants expected to conduct before a National Dislocated Worker Grant Application is submitted?
20 C.F.R. § 687.140
in effectEffective: 2024-07-01Prior to submitting an application for DWG funds, applicants must:
(a) For Employment Recovery DWGs:
(1) Collect information to identify the needs and interests of the affected workers through rapid response activities (described in § 682.330 of this chapter), or other means;
(2) Provide appropriate services to eligible workers including other rapid response activities, based on information gathered as described in paragraph (a)(1) of this section; and
(3) Coordinate with the Local WDB and chief elected official(s) of the local area(s) in which the proposed DWG project is to operate.
(b) For Disaster DWGs:
(1) Conduct a preliminary assessment of the clean-up and humanitarian needs of the affected areas;
(2) Reasonably ascertain that there is a sufficient population of eligible individuals to conduct the planned work; and
(3) Coordinate with the Local WDB and chief elected official(s) of the local area(s) in which the proposed project is to operate.
Source: eCFRURL: https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2024-07-01/title-20.xmlFetched: 7/26/2026