20 CFR § 687.140 - What activities are applicants expected to conduct before a National Dislocated Worker Grant Application is submitted?

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title: "20 CFR § 687.140 - What activities are applicants expected to conduct before a National Dislocated Worker Grant Application is submitted?"
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "687.140"
section_name: "What activities are applicants expected to conduct before a National Dislocated Worker Grant Application is submitted?"
chapter_name: "EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
part_number: "687"
part_name: "NATIONAL DISLOCATED WORKER GRANTS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "Secs. 170, 189, 503, Pub. L. 113-128, 128 Stat. 1425 (Jul. 22, 2014)."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 56457, Aug. 19, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
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# 687.140 What activities are applicants expected to conduct before a National Dislocated Worker Grant Application is submitted?

Prior 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.