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  Coal Mine Workers' Compensation The Black Lung Benefits Act provides monthly cash benefits and medical benefits to coal miners who have become totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis, and monthly cash benefits to widows and other survi... view more
  Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP) The objective of DVOP is to develop jobs and job training opportunities for disabled and other veterans.... view more
  Disaster Unemployment Assistance

The Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) program provides unemployment benefits to individuals who have become unemployed as a result of a Presidentially declared major disaster.

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  Dislocated Worker Program (Workforce Investment Act, Title I) The purpose of this program is to assist individuals who have been laid off or terminated, or who are scheduled to be laid off and need transition assistance to find or qualify for a new job.... view more
  Employment and Training Assistance Services are available to individuals seeking a job or developing work skills. Services include job search assistance, referral and placement assistance, reemployment services to unemployment insurance ... view more
  Federal Employees' Work-Related Injury or Disease Compensation The Federal Employees' Compensation (FEC) program assists Federal employees who have sustained work-related injuries or disease by providing both appropriate financial benefits and help in returning to ... view more
  Homeless Veterans Reintegration Project The Homeless Veterans Reintegration Project provides employment and training services and support to help homeless veterans reenter the workforce.... view more
  Local Veterans' Employment Representative Program (LVER) The purpose of LVER is to provide job development, placement, and support services directly to veterans and maximize employment and training opportunities.... view more
  Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Enacted in 1927, the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA) compensates for lost wages, medical benefits, and rehabilitation services to longshore, harbor and other maritime workers who ... view more
  National Emergency Grants

National Emergency Grants (NEG) are awards given by the Department of Labor that temporarily expand service capacity at the State and local levels through time-limited funding assistance in response to significant dislocation events. Significant e... view more

  National Farmworker Jobs Program The National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) provides job training, employment assistance, and other supportive services to migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their dependents with the goal of helping ... view more
  Native American Employment and Training Programs This program supports employment and training activities for Native American, Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian individuals to develop their academic, occupational and literacy skills, make them more c... view more
  One-Stop Career Center Initiative One-Stop Career Centers are at the heart of the new workforce investment system emerging under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). These centers provide an integrated array of high-quality services so t... view more
  Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Pension Insurance PBGC insures traditional private defined benefit plans, which are the type that promise to pay a specific monthly benefit at retirement.  PBGC does not insure retirement plans that do not ... view more
  Senior Community Service Employment Program The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) provides part-time community service training positions to low-income persons age 55 and older. Program participants work an average of 20 hours a... view more
  The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) The EEOICPA includes two separate benefit programs: Part B and Part E. Part B of the EEOICPA provides eligible employees or survivors with lump-sum compensation up to $150,000, ... view more
  Trade Adjustment Assistance for Dislocated Workers Trade Adjustment Assistance provides transition assistance to workers who have been determined by the U.S. Department of Labor to have been adversely affected by imports from or shifts in production to ... view more
  Unemployment Insurance

Unemployment insurance benefits provide temporary financial assistance to eligible workers who are unemployed through no fault of their own who meet eligibility requirements established by state laws.  Each state, including the District ... view more

  Veterans' Employment Program (Veterans' Workforce Investment Program) The purpose of the Veterans' Employment Program is to develop programs that meet the employment and training needs of service-connected disabled veterans who have significant barriers to employment.... view more
  Youth Education and Training Activities The Youth Activities Program provides grants to State and local communities to operate a comprehensive array of youth services that help low-income youth (ages 14-21) seeking assistance in achieving aca... view more
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