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 $953,473.25 under the Labor Force Statistics federal grant program (CFDA #17.002) to the Virginia Employment Commission through a cooperative agreement. The purpose of the award is to collect, analyze, and publish statistical data on employment, unemployment, and wage statistics in accordance with the Wagner-Peyser Act and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. The Virginia Employment Commission will work in partnership with BLS to release these labor force statistics, providing additional state analysis and dissemination support. Federal and state governments, as well as the general public, utilize these data products to monitor the economy, develop workforce and economic policy, and conduct labor market analysis. No subawards are planned under this cooperative agreement, which began on October 1, 2022 and ends on 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.