CAREER dislocated worker grants increased to $90 million, Change 1

CLASSIFICATION
   EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION                  DWG
               ADVISORY SYSTEM                             CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
          U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR                         OWI-DASG
             Washington, D.C. 20210
                                                           DATE
                                                           August 19, 2021

ADVISORY:        TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 25-20,
                 CHANGE 1

TO:              STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
                 STATE WORKFORCE ADMINISTRATORS
                 STATE WORKFORCE LIAISONS
                 STATE AND LOCAL WORKFORCE BOARDS AND CHAIRS
                 STATE LABOR COMMISSIONERS
                 INDIAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAM GRANTEES
                 STATE AND LOCAL WORKFORCE BOARD CHAIRS AND DIRECTORS
                 AMERICAN JOB CENTER DIRECTORS

FROM:            SUZAN G. LEVINE
                 Acting Assistant Secretary

SUBJECT:         Increased Funding Availability for CAREER (Comprehensive and Accessible
                 Reemployment through Equitable Employment Recovery) National Dislocated
                 Worker Grants

1. Purpose. This Change 1 to Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 25-20
   announces an increased amount of funding availability of up to $90 million, for the
   CAREER (Comprehensive and Accessible Reemployment through Equitable Employment
   Recovery) National Dislocated Worker Grants (DWGs), with award amounts of up to $3
   million. Otherwise, the content in TEGL 25-20 remains the same.

2. Action Requested. Any eligible applicants should submit applications before August 31,
   2021 at 4:00 p.m. EDT using the instructions in TEGL 25-20. Please share with all staff who
   administer DWGs, Unemployment Insurance, and Employment Services in order to plan
   quality applications. Please disseminate this guidance to all interested entities and potential
   partners.

3. Inquiries. Questions regarding this guidance should be directed to Grant Specialist Mary
   Walek at [email protected] with CAREER DWG in the subject line.
4. References.
       Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), sec. 170, Pub. L. No. 113-128,
         128 STAT. 1425, 1573-1576 (July 22, 2014);
       20 CFR pt. 687;
   RESCISSIONS                                              EXPIRATION DATE
   None                                                     Continuing

   Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 12-19, National Dislocated
    Worker Grant Program Guidance (March 18, 2020);
   TEGL No. 14-18 – Aligning Performance Accountability Reporting, Definitions, and
    Policies Across Workforce Employment and Training Programs Administered by the
    U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) (March 25, 2019); and
   TEGL No. 19-16 – Guidance on Services Provided through the Adult and Dislocated
    Worker Programs under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and
    the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service (ES), as amended by title III of WIOA,
    and for the implementation of the WIOA Final Rules (March 1, 2017).