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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

Agency
Employment and Training Administration
Date
September 29, 2016
Release Number
16-1946-NAT
Media Contact: Joe Versen
Phone Number