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The Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development uses the National Dislocated Worker Grant funds to provide retraining and skills development services to dislocated workers in Franklin and Worcester counties.
Independent descriptions of the U.S. Department of Labor’s National Dislocated Worker Grants (NDWGs) explain that these grants are specifically intended to fund employment, retraining, and skills development services for dislocated workers, administered through state workforce agencies such as the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. Massachusetts’ own NDWG guidance notes that these discretionary grants are used to temporarily expand local services for dislocated workers beyond regular formula funding, including training and skills development. Although most detailed confirmation that this particular 2026 grant targets Franklin and Worcester counties comes from the original DOL release, that focus is consistent with how NDWGs are structured and deployed for specific local dislocation events.
Verdict: True, because authoritative federal and state program documentation supports that National Dislocated Worker Grants are designed to allow state agencies like Massachusetts’ Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development to provide retraining and skills development services to dislocated workers in defined local areas, which is consistent with the claim about Franklin and Worcester counties in this grant.