Training and workforce development may boost the ability of unemployed individuals to find new employment if they have lost their job as a direct result of the disaster, if local businesses have closed, or if the community has limited economic opportunities for local employees.
| Agency & Program Name | Agency & Program Name | Phase Available | Critical Program Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOC / EDA: Economic Adjustment Assistance | Grant Annual Supplemental | Intermediate Long-Term | EDA EAA program grants and cooperative agreements are designed to leverage existing regional assets and support the implementation of economic development strategies that advance new ideas and creative approaches to advance economic prosperity in distressed communities. EDA's EAA program can support strategy (planning) grants to assist impacted regions with market studies, feasibility studies, supply chain mapping, and related projects to support manufacturing capacity and supply chain resiliency. Additional eligible activities include construction, non-construction, planning, technical assistance, and revolving loan fund projects under EDA’s EAA programs. |
| USDA / RD: Rural Business Development Grants | Grant Annual | Long-Term | This program is designed to provide technical assistance and training for small rural businesses. Projects must benefit rural areas of 50,000 or fewer. |
| HUD: Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery | Grant Supplemental | Long-Term | HUD provides flexible grants to help local governments, states and tribes to recover from Presidentially declared disasters, especially in low- and moderate-income areas, subject to the availability of supplemental appropriations. Eligible activities may include acquisition, financing, rehabilitation, reconstruction, or construction of housing, as well as housing counselling and other activities. This particular activity may be eligible as part of an eligible rehabilitation activity (repairs alone are generally not eligible). This funding can be used as cost share for other federal programs, including FEMA programs. |
| DOL: Dislocated Worker Grant | Grant Annual | Intermediate Long-Term | National Dislocated Worker Grants (DWGs) are discretionary grants awarded by the Secretary of Labor, under Section 170 of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). Disaster DWGs provide funding to create temporary employment opportunities to assist with clean-up and recovery efforts, when an area impacted by disaster is declared eligible for public assistance by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or otherwise recognized by a federal agency with authority or jurisdiction over federal response to the emergency or disaster. |
| DOC / NOAA: Fishery Disaster Assistance | Grant Cooperative Agreement Supplemental | Long-Term | The Secretary of Commerce makes sums available to declared fishery disaster subject to appropriation of funds by Congress. The recipient(s) of the funding, in partnership with NOAA Fisheries, develops a spending plan based on high priority needs in the affected fishing community. |