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 awarded $657,614 to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development under the Labor Force Statistics cooperative agreement program (CFDA 17.002) to collect, analyze, and publish employment, unemployment, and wage statistics from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. As specified in the Wagner-Peyser Act and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, the recipient will work with state workforce agencies to gather labor market data and release federal and state estimates. These statistics are used by federal, state, and local governments to assess economic conditions and develop workforce policies, as well as private industry for labor market analysis. No sub-awards 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.