DLW Eligibility
This term describes someone who has been terminated or laid off, or received a notice of termination or layoff, and is unlikely to return to their previous industry.
What is a Dislocated Worker? What are case notes
This type of event requires a company to provide a 60-day notice, triggering dislocated worker services.
What is a plant closure or mass layoff?
In all DOL-funded programs, including WIOA, this group must be given "Priority of Service."
Who are veterans (and eligible
Under WIOA, a military spouse may be considered a dislocated worker if they lost their job due to this reason.
What is relocation due to a permanent change of station
Employed and meets the definition of a low-income individual
What is underemployed?
To be eligible under Category 1, a worker must either be eligible for or have exhausted this type of compensation.
What is Unemployment Compensation (or UI)?
Self-employed individuals may be eligible if they lost their job due to this economic event rather than personal choice.
What is business failure (or natural disaster)?
This type of training is designed to upgrade the skills of an employee at the request of an employer.
Answer: What is Incumbent Worker Training (IWT)?
True or False: An active service member’s income is a factor in determining eligibility for dislocated worker services.
What is False?
providing services to workers facing imminent layoffs, such as organizing workshops or counseling
What is time to DLW
If a company does not pay into unemployment, a worker might still be eligible under this category of the Dislocated Worker definition.
What is Category 2 (Employed but not eligible for UI)?
An individual who was self-employed but is now unemployed due to these two specific conditions (e.g., natural disasters) may qualify.
What are general economic conditions or natural disasters
This is the ultimate goal of the WIOA system for its participants.
What is to increase employment, retention, and earnings?
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Assistance with filing UI
What is a basic career service
To be eligible under Category 1, a worker must be determined as this regarding their previous industry or occupation.
What is unlikely to return?
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What is Attire
The Dislocated Worker program is authorized under this Title of WIOA
What is Title I-B?
Dependent spouse of member of the armed forces on active duty, and the family income has changed because of employment or ordered to active duty
What is a displaced homemaker?
One source documentation for self employed individuals needed to determine eligibility
What is
Tax return with Business Name, or
Business License or
Other documentation showing applicant as business owner
This group of individuals, who were previously dependent on the income of another family member but are no longer supported by that income, falls under
What is a Displaced Homemaker?
An individual who meets one of the categories to be eligible for the Dislocated Worker program may be
What is unemployed or underemployed
What is none as long as they meet one of the eligibility criteria and unemployed or underemployed for the duration.
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True or False: If an individual is working full-time at a manufacturing plant and owns their own construction business and works their part-time. The construction business closed on 01/15/2025 and they got fired from the manufacturing plant on 01/31/2025 for no call no show three days in a row. This person will be a dislocated worker because his construction business closed.
What is False.
The construction company was not his main source of income and he was fired, his fault, from his last employer.