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 $1,094,098.16 under the Labor Force Statistics cooperative agreement program (CFDA 17.002) to the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development for the period of October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023.

Under this award, the recipient will collect, analyze, and publish statistical data on employment, unemployment, and wage statistics in Missouri according to the Wagner-Peyser Act as amended by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. The BLS will release this data in partnership with the recipient, which will also provide additional state analysis and help disseminate the estimates. Federal and state governments, as well as the general public, utilize these labor market statistics to inform policymaking, workforce planning, and economic analysis. 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.