The National Emergency Grants are provided by government if a person is dislocated or rendered unemployed if the plant is closed. It implies a worker has become dislocated under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Section 101 or if he is the civilian employee working under the Department of Defense or Department of Energy at the military installation which is forced to be closed or which requires the necessary realignment in a period of next 24 months. 

The National Emergency Grants are provided by the Department of Labor providing resources for laid-off workers if and when they are dislocated. Only workers are eligible to become a part of the NEG disaster projects who can show themselves temporarily or permanently dislocated on account of the disaster or closure of plants or their work place. They are unemployed and have temporary or permanently lost their jobs on account of the disaster.

An individual who has been employed in a non-managerial position with a Department of Defense contractor and is at a risk to be terminated from employment on account of the decline in defense expenditure or whose employer is changing their operations from defense to non-defense to prevent layoffs of workers are eligible for the grants.

The United States Department of Labor has sanctioned the grant for more than $29 million in National Emergency Grant (NEG) funds for 37 states, the District of Columbia and Guam. These funds will allow the states and local communities to form the planning strategies to feel the impact caused by the BRAC 2005 closures and realignments on a national scale. The Department of Labor is giving the help to workers who could get affected by the Base Realignment and Closure (or BRAC) recommendations.

The events that would make it mandatory for the government to help workers are closure of the plants, if in case there are mass layoffs having an affect on the 50 or more workers from a single site, if in case there are any closures or realignments of military installations, or if there are dislocations or layoffs in case there are emergency or natural disasters as mentioned under the paragraphs (1) and 2 under section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(1) and (2)) and have been considered eligible for public assistance by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); and or any other event that may occur and considered eligible for grants by Secretary.

John Goldman is one of the foremost advisors in matters relating to Government Grants and Financial Aid. To learn more about government grants and how to apply for them  http://www.governmentgrantusa.org the Government Grant USA website