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…

This cooperative agreement award from the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics provides $651,051.26 to the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. The purpose of the award is to support the Labor Force Statistics federal grant program (CFDA 17.002) by collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data on employment, unemployment, and wage statistics in accordance with the Wagner-Peyser Act and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. The recipient will work in partnership with State Workforce Agencies to gather labor market data, conduct additional state-level analysis, and disseminate the resulting employment estimates. These statistical products will aid federal, state, and local governments as well as private industry in assessing economic conditions, developing workforce policies, and conducting labor market research. 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.