---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 687.110"
title: "20"
number: "687.110"
heading: "What are major economic dislocations or other events which may qualify for a National Dislocated Worker Grant?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/687.110"
---

# §687.110. What are major economic dislocations or other events which may qualify for a National Dislocated Worker Grant?

- (a) **Qualifying events for Employment Recovery DWGs include—**
  - (1) Plant closures or mass layoffs affecting 50 or more workers from one employer in the same area;
  - (2) Closures and realignments of military installations;
  - (3) Plant closures or layoffs that have significantly increased the total number of unemployed individuals in a community;
  - (4) Situations where higher-than-average demand for employment and training activities for dislocated members of the Armed Forces, dislocated spouses of members of the Armed Forces on active duty (as defined in [10 U.S.C. 101(d)(1)](/usc/10/101.md?p=d-1)), or members of the Armed Forces described in [§ 687.170(a)(1)(iii)](/cfr/20/687.170.md?p=a-1-iii), exceeds State and local resources for providing such activities; and
  - (5) **Other events, as determined by the Secretary.**
- (b) **Qualifying events for Disaster Recovery DWGs include—**
  - (1) **Emergencies or major disasters, as defined in paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, of sec.** 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. [5122(1)](/usc/42/5122.md?p=1) and [(2)](/usc/42/5122.md?p=2)) which have been declared eligible for public assistance by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA);
  - (2) An emergency or disaster situation of national significance, natural or man-made, that could result in a potentially large loss of employment, as declared or otherwise recognized and issued in writing by the chief official of a Federal Agency with jurisdiction over the Federal response to the emergency or disaster situation; and
  - (3) Situations where a substantial number of workers from a State, tribal area, or outlying area in which an emergency or disaster has occurred relocate to another State, tribal area, or outlying area.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 170, 189, 503, Pub. L. 113-128, 128 Stat. 1425 (Jul. 22, 2014).

### Source

Source: 81 FR 56457, Aug. 19, 2016, unless otherwise noted.