Job Seekers 

Dislocated Worker

WIA provides training and employment services for individuals affected by plant closures and layoffs. Enrollment in WIA as a dislocated worker does not affect unemployment benefits.

Eligibility

 You are eligible for services as a dislocated worker if you satisfy any one of the following requirements:

• You have been terminated or laid off, or have received a notice of termination or layoff from employment.
• You are eligible for or have exhausted unemployment insurance
• You have demonstrated an appropriate attachment to the workforce, but are not eligible for unemployment insurance and unlikely to return to a previous industry or occupation
• You have been terminated or laid off or received notification of termination or layoff from employment as a result of a permanent closure or substantial layoff
• You are employed at a facility where the employer has made the general announcement that the facility will close within a 180 days
• You were self-employed (including employment as a farmer, a rancher, or a fisherman) but are unemployed as a result of general economic conditions in the community or because of a natural disaster
• You are a displaced homemaker who is no longer supported by another family member.

Types of services provided to dislocated workers include: assessment, counseling, case management, job search assistance, employer outreach, job development, follow-up services, participant outreach, academic/basic skills training, vocational classroom training, on-the-job training, transportation and emergency assistance.

Eligibility

You are eligible for services as a low-income adult if you satisfy any one of the following:

• You receive or are a member of a family that receives cash payments under a federal, state, or local workforce development area (workforce area) income-based public assistance program
• You receive food stamp benefits or are a member of a family that receives food stamp benefits, or was determined eligible to receive food stamp benefits within the last 26 weeks
• You receive an income or are a member of a family receiving an income that, in relation to family size, is not in excess of the current combined 70 percent Lower Living Standard Income Level and poverty income guidelines
• You are homeless
• You have a disability and your income meets the requirements, even if your family income does not meet the requirements

Types of services provided to economically disadvantaged and underemployed workers include: assessment, counseling, case management, job search assistance, employer outreach, job development, follow-up services, participant outreach, academic/basic skills training, vocational classroom training, on-the-job training, work experience, transportation and emergency assistance.

Eligibility

You are eligible for services as a youth if you satisfy the following:

• You are age 18 thru 21 and
• You are a low income individual and
• You have one or more of the following barriers to employment:
  • Deficient in basic literacy skills
  • A school dropout
  • Homeless
  • Runaway
  • A foster child
  • Pregnant
  • A parent
  • An offender
  • An individual who requires additional assistance to complete an educational program, or to secure and hold employment

Types of services provided to economically disadvantaged and underemployed youths include: assessment, counseling, case management, job search assistance, employer outreach, follow-up services, participant outreach, academic/basic skills training, vocational classroom training, on-the-job training, entry employment experience, transportation and emergency assistance.