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 Florida Department of Commerce received a $1,773,815 cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics under the Labor Force Statistics federal grant program (CFDA 17.002). The purpose of this award is to collect, analyze, and publish statistical data on employment, unemployment, and wage statistics in Florida in accordance with the Wagner-Peyser Act and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. The Florida Department of Commerce will work in partnership with the state workforce agencies to gather labor market data, conduct additional state-level analysis, and disseminate the resulting employment estimates. This data is used by federal, state, and local governments as well as private industry for purposes such as assessing the economy, developing workforce policy, identifying labor surplus areas, and conducting labor market research. No subawards are planned 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.