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 Bureau of Labor Statistics, within the United States Department of Labor, awarded $480,386.67 under the Labor Force Statistics cooperative agreement program (CFDA 17.002) to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security for the period of October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023.

Through this award, the recipient will collect, analyze, and publish statistical data on employment, unemployment, and wage statistics in Mississippi according to the Wagner-Peyser Act as amended by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. This includes releasing data in partnership with state workforce agencies, which will collect data, 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 generate unemployment figures, identify labor surplus areas, support military recruitment, conduct labor market analysis, develop national policy related to unemployment, and plan workforce training programs. No subawards are intended 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.