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 $1,398,437.69 cooperative agreement to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development to collect, analyze, and publish statistical data on employment, unemployment, and wage statistics according to the Labor Force Statistics federal grant program (CFDA 17.002). Through this award, the recipients will work in partnership to release data and provide additional state analysis to help disseminate estimates on payroll employment, the civilian labor force, employment and unemployment, wages, hours, earnings, and occupational employment. Federal and state governments along with the general public utilize these economic statistics to assess the labor market and develop workforce policy. No subawards are intended under this cooperative agreement, which runs from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023.

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.