Rapid Response Team

Rapid Response is a federally mandated and funded program designed to provide immediate, on-site assistance to businesses and employees affected by downsizing or plant closures at no cost to the recipients. Rapid Response coordinators respond to notifications regarding layoff activity in their area, establishing contact with company management to arrange to provide services.

Rapid Response Can Help

Supporting Businesses
Supporting Businesses
  • Tailoring programs and services to your company's needs
  • Providing expertise on relevant state and federal regulations
  • Helping to reduce the stress among those affected and maintain morale of remaining workers, leading to increased productivity
  • Helping business owners demonstrate their commitment to the community, maintain and build good public relations
Supporting Workers
Supporting Workers
  • Helping to ease the transition for laid-off workers
  • Supporting them in making a quick return to the workforce
  • Providing information about unemployment insurance
  • Connecting to immediate employment opportunities
  • Assisting with access to benefits (health & retirement)
  • Providing job search assistance, training, and other career resources
Other Services
Other Services
  • Financial management
  • Stress management
  • Business Services
    (Business & Marketing Plan Development, Employee Training, Tax Incentive & Credits, Business Courses: Fiscal Management & Accounting, etc.)
  • Workshops
    (Job Search for employees and Guiding the Downsizing Process for management, etc.)

Dedicated staff will come to your workplace to conduct on-site meetings and provide information on available services and resources to allow affected workers to remain in a convenient and familiar environment. Our Rapid Response Team can help make this transition a positive experience for everyone.

Reach out to one of our Rapid Response experts to get more information.

Dennis Parks
📞 213-718-0281
Itzel Sanchez
📞 213-651-6594
Rapid Response Employee Workshops


Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN)

Since the passage of the WARN requirement law in 1988, all U.S. employers confronting a mass layoff, relocation or termination at a covered establishment are required to give employees a minimum of 60 days notice before the event. California specific WARN provisions became law in 2003.

More information and resources on the WARN process can be found on the California Employment Development Department website.