Special Dislocated Worker Grants

Employment & Training Resources has received special grants from the federal government to provide occupational training and job search assistance for individuals recently laid off under special circumstances.

Have you recently been laid off from one of the following companies?

• ACT Electronics
• AJ Wright (including individuals formerly employed at the company's corporate headquarters, distribution center, and retail stores)
• Altus Pharmaceuticals
• Bank of America
• Biogen
• Bose Electronics (including Randstad contract workers)
• Breyer's
• Capital One
• Commercial Sheet Metal
• Conopco
• Covidien
• DHL Express
• EDO Fiber Innovations/ITT Corporation
• EMC
• Fidelity Investments (including Veritude contract workers)
• Henkel
• IDEC
• International Power
• Putnam Investments
• Reveal Imaging Technology
• SAIC
• Sepracor
• Snap-On Tools (IDMC, Inc)
• Sovereign Bank
• Staples
• State Street Corporation (and its subsidiaries)
• Taylor Corporation
• Unilever
• Wellington Management

If you answered "Yes", then you may be eligible for funds to help offset the costs of re-training for a new occupation. Please contact your nearest ETR office for additional information.