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 Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development will receive $1.39 million through September 2023 from the Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics under the Labor Force Statistics federal grant program (CFDA 17.002). The funding will support the collection, analysis, and publication of employment, unemployment, and wage statistics in accordance with the Wagner-Peyser Act and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. In partnership with state workforce agencies, the Department will release labor market data for use by federal and state governments and the general public in areas such as identifying labor surplus areas, unemployment analysis, and national economic policy development. 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.