The program provides funding for community-driven projects that support workforce planning and skills training in communities experiencing mass layoffs. Mass layoffs can severely impact communities with effects beyond job losses, affecting workers, families and the economy.

Program Objectives:

• Bring together community-based organizations (employers, training providers, others) to develop community workforce plan identifying impacted workers, local employers looking to hire and skills required to meet demand
• Help workers develop skills needed to transition to new jobs through training and work experiences
• Support employers to fill jobs in demand

Mass Layoff Definition:

• Permanent layoff of 50 or more employees in one establishment, in one community over 4-week period