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 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) awarded a $1.325 million cooperative agreement to the Michigan Department of Information Management & Budget to collect, analyze, and publish employment, unemployment, and wage statistics through September 2023. This funding supports the Labor Force Statistics federal grant program (CFDA 17.002), which provides statistical data to assess the economy and develop workforce policy. Under the award, the recipient will work with state workforce agencies to gather labor market data and produce estimates. Federal and state governments along with the general public utilize these statistics for activities such as identifying labor surplus areas, conducting labor analysis, and planning workforce training programs. Private industry also leverages the economic indicators for assessing labor demand. 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.