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 of $710,275.17 from the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics will support the collection, analysis, and publication of employment, unemployment, and wage statistics in Arkansas through September 30, 2023. Under the Labor Force Statistics federal grant program (CFDA 17.002), the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services will work in partnership with the Bureau of Labor Statistics to gather and analyze state-level labor market data, provide additional analysis of state estimates, and help disseminate the estimates. Federal and state governments along with the general public utilize these statistics to monitor the economy, identify labor surplus areas, support military recruitment, conduct labor market analysis, and inform workforce training and national unemployment policy. No subawards are planned under this 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.