Grants available to people unemployed due to coronavirus pandemic
More benefits from the CARES act are rolling in for Washington residents.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that Dislocated Worker Grants (DWG) have received an award totaling just over $11 million dollars for workers in Washington, Oklahoma and Wisconsin. The funds are to help address the impact of the coronavirus and what it has done to the workforce.
About $345 million dollars has been provided by the CARES Act, which became law on March 27, 2020 and just over $247 million dollars has been awarded in 10 different cycles to help individuals, families and companies impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The grants are meant to provide eligible participants disaster relief to address the coronavirus impacts within their communities, as well as employment and training activities. Employment Recovery DWGs provide reemployment services to eligible individuals affected by mass layoffs, such as those resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.
For more information on the CARES act and how to apply for grants, log on to http://www.dol.gov/ and the Reasonable Accommodation Resource Center.
This story was originally published September 15, 2020 at 1:07 PM.
