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News Release
US Department of Labor awards $43M to improve services for dislocated workers through integrated program information and data systems
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a total of $43,286,407 in Reemployment & Systems Integration National Dislocated Worker Grants to 43 states and territories to support and improve connectivity among existing workforce programs. These investments will help dislocated workers and other job seekers by providing seed funding for at least one of the following approaches: common registration and case management systems connecting workers to all available services; online portals that exchange information and serve as hubs for online resources; or data integration efforts, which help workforce agencies improve labor market information for customers as well as identify and address layoff trends.
“We have come a long way in breaking down silos to create a modern, job-driven federal workforce system, but too many of the tools and data systems designed to help serve job seekers and employers continue to operate independently,” said U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez. “By integrating these systems and providing more seamless services, these investments will help dislocated workers access the tools they need to help get them back to work.”
These grants will improve the capacity of the workforce system to seamlessly connect dislocated workers, unemployment insurance claimants, the long-term unemployed and other job seekers to all available services. Projects will focus on integrated case management, increased accessibility to services through customized online tools, and providing workforce agencies with real-time data to identify and address layoff trends within industries and develop responses or layoff aversion strategies.
The Reemployment & Systems Integration National Dislocated Worker Grants build on the principles outlined in Vice President Joseph R. Biden’s Job-Driven Training Report and advance the more integrated and comprehensive dislocated worker services being implemented under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
National Dislocated Worker Grants, formerly known as National Emergency Grants, are awarded by the Secretary of Labor under Section 170 of WIOA.
The grantees and amount of each award are as follows:
|
Grantee Name |
Amount Awarded |
|
Alabama Department of Commerce |
$1,100,000 |
|
State of Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development |
$1,100,000 |
|
State of Arizona - Department of Economic Security |
$797,505 |
|
Arkansas Department of Workforce Services |
$1,100,000 |
|
Connecticut Department of Labor |
$924,509 |
|
State of Delaware |
$693,357 |
|
Department of Economic Opportunity (Florida) |
$1,073,082 |
|
Government of Guam Department of Labor |
$2,166,118 |
|
State of Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations |
$1,100,000 |
|
State of Idaho Department of Labor |
$1,099,964 |
|
Indiana Department of Workforce Development |
$1,100,000 |
|
Iowa Workforce Development |
$1,100,000 |
|
Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet |
$1,100,000 |
|
Maine Department of Labor |
$1,100,000 |
|
Maryland Department of Labor Licensing and Regulation |
$1,100,000 |
|
Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development (Massachusetts) |
$1,100,000 |
|
Michigan Talent Investment Agency |
$1,100,000 |
|
Mississippi Department of Employment Security |
$1,100,000 |
|
Montana Department of Labor and Industry |
$1,081,801 |
|
Nebraska Department of Labor |
$814,193 |
|
Department of Employment Training and Rehabilitation (Nevada) |
$1,100,000 |
|
New Hampshire Employment Security |
$1,099,951 |
|
New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development |
$1,100,000 |
|
New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions |
$1,076,308 |
|
New York State Department of Labor |
$1,100,000 |
|
North Carolina Department of Commerce - Division of Workforce Solutions |
$834,230 |
|
Job Service North Dakota |
$1,069,980 |
|
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services |
$1,100,000 |
|
Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City |
$1,100,000 |
|
Higher Education Coordinating Commission (Oregon) |
$1,010,000 |
|
Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry |
$1,100,000 |
|
Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development and Commerce |
$1,100,000 |
|
South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation |
$945,409 |
|
Texas Workforce Commission |
$1,100,000 |
|
Vermont Department of Labor |
$1,100,000 |
|
Virginia Community College System |
$1,100,000 |
|
Washington State Employment Security Department |
$1,100,000 |
|
Workforce West Virginia |
$1,100,000 |
|
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development |
$1,100,000 |
|
State of Wyoming Department of Workforce Services |
$1,100,000 |
|
TOTAL |
$43,286,407 |