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WIA Dislocated Worker Eligibility

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Dislocated Workers

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ELIGIBILITY

To participate in WIA programs, all participants, dislocated workers must meet general eligibility requirements and provide acceptable documentation.


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General Eligibility Requirements

• Age at time of registration/participation [Act 101(1) and 20 CFR 663.110]

• Citizenship or Authorization to Work [Act 188(a)(5)]

• Selective Service Registrant (if applicable) [Act 189(f)]


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DISLOCATED WORKERS

A dislocated worker is an individual who meets 1 of 6 categories:

1st Category: Terminated/laid off or notified of lay off

and Eligible for or has exhausted Unemployment Compensation Benefits and Unlikely to return to his/her previous occupation or job.


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DISLOCATED WORKERS

2nd Category:

Terminated/laid off or notified of lay offand

Has been employed for sufficient duration to demonstrate attachment to the workforce

but Not eligible for Unemployment Compensation Benefits due to insufficient

earnings or employer not being covered under state compensation law

and Unlikely to return to his/her previous industry or occupation


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Examples of Acceptable Documentation

1st & 2nd Categories

Terminated or Laid Off Documented Collateral Contact With Employer Layoff Letter From Employer Unemployment Compensation (UC) Printout Applicant Statement

Eligible For or Exhausted UC UC Documentation and/or Printout Priority Reemployment Program (PREP) Other (if shows UC status - record in Case Notes)


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DISLOCATED WORKERS

3rd Category:

Individuals who are TERMINATED or LAID OFF or have received a LAYOFF or TERMINATION NOTICE from employment as a result of a permanent plant closure or substantial layoff at the plant, facility, or enterprise.


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3rd CategoryPlant Closures or Substantial Layoffs at a Plant or Facility

Certification of Expected Separation Letter From Employer

Media Announcement With Employer Verification

Layoff Notice/Layoff List(s) of Affected Employee per local definition of substantial layoff


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DISLOCATED WORKERS

4th Category

If employer has made a general announcement that plant closure will occur within 180 days, ALL services may be provided.

HOWEVER,

If employer has made only a general announcement that plant closure will occur, with no date or within a timeframe greater than 180 days, ONLY Core Services may be provided.


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4th Category

General Announcement of Plant Closure Public Notice (Certified by State’s Rapid Response Team) Pay Stub As Proof of Employment at Plant at Time of Closure or

Impending Closure

WARN Notice to Individual With Separating Employer shown

Telephone Verification

Applicant Statement

Other (Record in case notes)


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DISLOCATED WORKERS

5th Category: Previously Self-Employed/Currently Unemployed- due to

economy conditions in the community of residence or because of natural disaster


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5th Category Formerly Self-Employed

Business License/permit

IRS Document

State Employer Business records

Applicant Statement


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5th Category General Economic Conditions in Residing AreaLabor Market Information Unemployment RateBusiness LedgersPublished Notice of Chapter 7 or 11

Bankruptcy (Date must be shown)Failure of Business Customers or SuppliersApplicant StatementOther (record in case notes)

Natural DisasterFederal or State Declaration of DisasterOther (record in case notes)


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DISLOCATED WORKERS

6th Category – Displaced Homemaker

Has been dependent on the income of another family member, but is no longer supported by that income

AND

Is unemployed or underemployed and is experiencing difficulty in obtaining or upgrading employment


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6th Category

Divorce Decree or Legal Separation

Death Certificate

Employer Statement/Lay off notice

Applicant Statement

Public Assistance Records

Court Records


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INTERIM OR INCOME MAINTENANCE EMPLOYMENT

Dislocated workers who have become re-employed in "income maintenance" jobs (a job with a lower rate of pay than the job of dislocation) may be served as long as the wage earned does not exceed the local criterion for self-sufficiency for dislocated workers.


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SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Self-sufficiency is defined as employment that pays at least the lower living standard income level, as defined in WIA, Section 101(24). Local boards must set the criteria for determining whether employment leads to self-sufficiency.

Note: The self-sufficiency definition can be found in the local board’s Workforce Services Plan [20 CFR 663.230] The boards should consider the special needs of individuals with disabilities or other barriers to employment when setting criteria to determine self-sufficiency.


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Questions or Additional Information

If you have any questions or for additional information, please contact DEO’s WIA policy and technical assistance staff at: [email protected].


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Documents

dislocated workers

occupation slide

employer layoff letter

separating employer

rd category plant closures

permanent plant closure

employer media announcement

time of closure