The purpose of the grant is to collect, analyze, and publish statistical data on employment, unemployment, and wage statistics according to the wagner-peyser act as amended by the workforce innovation…

The Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) awarded a $381,491.78 cooperative agreement to the Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. The purpose of this award under the Labor Force Statistics federal grant program (CFDA 17.002) is to collect, analyze, and publish statistical data on employment, unemployment, and wage statistics in Puerto Rico according to the Wagner-Peyser Act as amended by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. Specifically, the recipient will work in partnership with BLS to release employment and labor market data, provide additional state-level analysis, and help disseminate the estimates for use by federal and state governments as well as the general public. This data informs unemployment statistics, identifies labor surplus areas, guides military recruitment efforts, enables labor market analysis, and supports the development of national policies related to unemployment and workforce training programs. No subawards are planned under this cooperative agreement.

The purpose of the grant is to collect, analyze, and publish statistical data on employment, unemployment, and wage statistics according to the wagner-peyser act as amended by the workforce innovation and opportunity act (WIOA). Activities performed BLS releases data in partnership with the state workforce agencies (SWAS), which collect data, provide additional state analysis and help disseminate the estimates. Deliverables federal and state governments, and the general public use data to generate unemployment statistics, identify labor surplus areas, focus military recruitment efforts, conduct labor market analysis, develop national policy related to unemployment, and plan workforce training. The national personal income and gross domestic product statistics are also derived from this data. Intended beneficiary federal, state, and local governments use these economic statistics to assess the economy and develop policy. Private industry also use these statistical products for labor market analysis. Subrecipient activities the recipients do not intend to subaward funds.