National Emergency Grants (NEG) are time limited, special purpose grants for dislocated workers funded at the discretion of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor.
They provide supplemental funds to states, local boards and other eligible entities to respond to the needs of dislocated workers and communities affected by business closures and other events which are not met with formula allotments.
Events which may qualify for a national emergency grants include:
- Plant closures
- Mass layoffs affecting 50 or more workers at a single site of employment
- Closures and realignments of military installations
- Multiple layoffs in a single local community that have significantly increased the total number of unemployed individuals in a community
- Emergencies or natural disasters, as defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, which have been declared eligible for public assistance by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Other events as determined by the Secretary