Department of Labor · Economic Development
National Dislocated Worker Grants (DWG)
Discretionary awards that temporarily expand local workforce capacity in response to major dislocations (plant closures, natural disasters, opioid crisis). Cities partner with workforce boards as sub-recipients.
Whether your city can win this comes down to hard rules — population, designation, match capacity. Run your city and our AI checks it against the rules below in about 8 minutes.
Program facts
- Typical award
- $500K – $10M
- Non-federal match
- Varies by NOFO
- Eligible entity
- U.S. cities & local governments
- Application window
- Rolling intake based on dislocation events.
- Typical prep time
- 6–12 weeks
- Statutory authority
- WIOA §170 (29 U.S.C. §3225)
Who is eligible for National Dislocated Worker Grants (DWG)?
These are the hard rules we check against. If one fails, the program is ineligible — the AI never overrides a rule.
- Cities are eligible applicants.
Two tracks: Disaster Recovery DWGs and Employment Recovery DWGs. Amounts and timing approximate; verify directly with administering agency.
How Strategic Pursuit scores this program
Run a city dossier and our AI cross-checks ACS demographics, 5-year USAspending award history, FEMA disaster history, and CEJST/Justice40 + HUD designations against this program's rules. You get a clear eligibility, strategic, and competitive answer — with the city's own hard evidence ready to anchor the narrative — instead of a generic match badge. And if it's a no-go, you'll know before you spend the month.
The dossier isn't the AI's guesswork — eligibility is decided by the rules, and the numbers come straight from official sources. The answer your reviewer will check line by line.
No credit card. 30-day trial, 3 dossiers, 1 seat.
Related programs
- Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program (DOT)$500K – $100M
- Brownfields Assessment, Cleanup, and Revolving Loan Fund Grants (EPA)$200K – $5M
- Pollution Prevention (P2) Grant Program (EPA)$250K – $1M
- Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement (HUD)$500K – $30M
- CDBG Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) (HUD)$5M – $500M
- Section 108 Loan Guarantee (HUD)$1M – $100M
Award ranges, match percentages, and windows are approximate.