Disaster Recovery Dislocated Worker Grant Program
The U.S. Department of Labor approved up to $10 million in initial emergency grant funding to North Carolina to support disaster-relief jobs and training services in 25 counties to help respond to Hurricane Helene. The National Dislocated Worker Grant – supported by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 – allows the North Carolina Department of Commerce, Division of Workforce Solutions to provide people with temporary disaster-relief jobs for cleanup and the delivery of humanitarian assistance to address immediate, basic needs for those displaced by Hurricane Helene. The funding also enables the state to provide training and services to individuals in the affected communities. Eligible participants include individuals temporarily or permanently laid off because of the disaster and self-employed individuals.
To apply for the grant program, residents can contact their local NCWorks Career Center. Contact information for NCWorks Career Centers is available at ncworks.gov.