[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR671.130]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 671--NATIONAL EMERGENCY GRANTS FOR DISLOCATED WORKERS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 671.130  When should applications for national emergency grants be submitted to the Department?

    (a) Applications for national emergency grants to respond to mass 
layoffs and plant closures may be submitted to the Department as soon 
as:
    (1) The State receives a notification of a mass layoff or a closure 
as a result of a WARN notice, a general announcement or some other means 
determined by the Governor to be sufficient to respond;
    (2) Rapid response assistance has been initiated; and
    (3) A determination has been made, in collaboration with the 
applicable Local Board(s) and chief elected official(s), that State and 
local formula dislocated worker funds are inadequate to provide the 
level of services needed by the workers being laid off.
    (b) An eligible entity may apply for a national emergency grant at 
any time during the year.
    (c) Applications for national emergency grants to respond to a 
declared emergency or natural disaster as described in Sec. 671.110(e), 
cannot be considered until FEMA has declared that the affected area is 
eligible for disaster-related public assistance.