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| The Georgia Department of Labor is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Program |
| Our Services |
| 189 Rogers Street Blairsville, GA 30512 (706) 745-6959 GAINESVILLE 2756 Atlanta Highway Gainesville, GA 30504 (770) 535-5484 HABERSHAM 215 Hodges Street, Suite 205 Cornelia, GA 30531 (706) 776-0811 TOCCOA 112 North Alexander Street Toccoa, GA 30577 (706) 282-4514 |
The Georgia Mountains Workforce Investment Area 2 office receives
its funding from federal funds that have been allocated to the State of
Georgia. The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 provides funding for
the following:
its funding from federal funds that have been allocated to the State of
Georgia. The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 provides funding for
the following:
Adults
Dislocated Workers
| Eligibility Definitions |
a. An individual who has been laid off or who has received a notice of
layoff due to no fault of their own;
b. An individual who is eligible for or has exhausted entitlement to
unemployment compensation; or has been employed for a duration
sufficient to demonstrate, to the appropriate entity at a one-stop center,
attachment to the workforce, but is not eligible for unemployment
compensation due to insufficient earnings or having performed services
for an employer that were not covered under a State unemployment
compensation law; and is unlikely to return to a previous industry or
occupation;
c. An individual who has been laid off or has received a notice of layoff,
from employment as a result of any permanent closure of, or any
substantial layoff at, a plant, facility or enterprise;
d. An individual who is employed at a facility at which the employer has
made a general announcement that such facility will close within 180
days;
e. Was self-employed (including employment as a farmer, a rancher, or a
fisherman) but is unemployed as a result of general economic conditions
in the community in which the individual resides or because of natural
disasters; or
f. Is a displaced homemaker
1. An individual who has been providing unpaid services to family
members in the home, is unemployed or underemployed and is
experiencing difficulty in obtaining or upgrading employment, and
2. Has been dependent either on public assistance and whose youngest
child is within two years of losing eligibility; or
3. Has been dependent on the income of another family member, but is
no longer supported by that income.
