Why are some icons larger in the Grant Locator map than others; in other words, does size really matter?
Size matters, but it doesn’t tell the whole story. The size of the icon represents how much funding has gone to a county, but the map is not entirely representative. For example, DCEO awards workforce development grants to 26 Local Workforce Investment Areas annually. LWIAs perform a multitude of services for job seekers including job search assistance, interview preparation, and referrals to training programs and/or support services. Grant Tracker will show you how much grant money went to each LWIA. But Grant Tracker doesn’t show the sub-grantees, or where the LWIA invested the funding in several counties, so the map only reflects the original funding given to the LWIA headquarters. You will find the same situation with DCEO’s Weatherization program, which distributes its funding to Local Administering Agencies (LAAs), which then weatherize homes throughout a region.
